Jackson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Ellisin Ross, Jackson County, Texas, 1867
Ellisin Ross registered to vote in Jackson County on July 15, 1867. He reported 25 years in Texas, 25 of them in Jackson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Jackson County registered 254 freedmen in 1867, 50% of its voters.
- 25 years
- In Texas
- 25 years
- In the county
- about 1842
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1842 to 1870
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In Jackson County
Ellisin Ross
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Ellisin Ross
- County of registration
- Jackson County
- Registered
- July 15, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 25 years
- Years in Jackson County
- 25 years
- Years in the precinct
- 25 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Ross in Jackson County
- James Rossreached Texas about 1846
- John Rossreached Texas about 1860
Rosses elsewhere in Texas
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 7 of the Jackson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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