Ellis County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Charles Tarrant, Ellis County, Texas, 1867
Charles Tarrant registered to vote in Ellis County on July 22, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas, 20 of them in Ellis County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Ellis County registered 342 freedmen in 1867, 28% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 20 years
- In Texas
- 20 years
- In the county
- about 1847
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
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In Ellis County
Charles Tarrant
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Charles Tarrant
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Ellis County
- Registered
- July 22, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Ellis County
- 20 years
- Years in the precinct
- 20 years
- Signature, as written
- "John E. Reagan"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
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 1 of the Ellis County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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