Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jesse Ellis, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Jesse Ellis registered to vote in Harrison County on June 25, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas, 20 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 20 years
- In Texas
- 20 years
- In the county
- about 1847
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
Jesse Ellis
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jesse Ellis
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 5
- Place of residence
- Marshall, Harrison County.
- Registered
- June 25, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 20 years
- Years in the precinct
- 20 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Ellis in Harrison County
- Cabe Ellisborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1855
- 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 2 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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