Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Wesley Ellis, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Wesley Ellis registered to vote in Harrison County on July 3, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 4 years
- In Texas
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
- 3 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Wesley Ellis
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Wesley Ellis
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 1
- Place of residence
- Harrison County
- Registered
- July 3, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 6 months
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Harrison County
- 3 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
3 yearsWesley Ellis reported 3 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.
Other freedmen named Ellis in Harrison County
- Cabe Ellisborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1855
- Jesse Ellisborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1847
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 15 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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