Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Ellis Johnson, Fayette County, Texas, 1867

Ellis Johnson registered to vote in Fayette County on August 23, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 2 years in Texas, 1 of them in Fayette County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Tennessee and Texas marked
Born in Tennessee, registered in Fayette County, Texas
Tennessee
Birthplace
2 years
In Texas
1 year
In the county
about 1865
Reached Texas
0 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

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Ellis Johnson

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Ellis Johnson
Place of birth
Tennessee
County of registration
Fayette County
Registered
August 23, 1867
Years in Texas
2 years
Years in Fayette County
1 year 8 months
Years in the precinct
1 year 8 months
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Fayette County highlighted
Fayette County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

0 years

Ellis Johnson reported 0 years more in Texas than in Fayette County.

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Sources

This entry comes from the 1867 to 1870 Texas voter registration, the Texas Secretary of State registration lists held by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission. It sits on page 49 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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