Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Cabe Ellis, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Cabe Ellis registered to vote in Harrison County on August 21, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 12 years in Texas, 12 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 12 years
- In Texas
- 12 years
- In the county
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
Cabe Ellis
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Cabe Ellis
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 21, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 12 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Signature, as written
- "C. Ellis"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Ellis in Harrison County
- Jesse Ellisborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1847
- Wesley Ellisborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1863
Ellises elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Ellis
- Ellison 30
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 73 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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