Wood County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

John Ellis, Wood County, Texas, 1867

John Ellis registered to vote in Wood County on July 23, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas, 10 of them in Wood County. The registrar wrote "Colored. Left" beside his name. Wood County registered 259 freedmen in 1867, 24% of its voters.

Born in Georgia, registered in Wood County, Texas

Georgia
Birthplace: 10 years
In Texas: 10 years
In the county: about 1857
Reached Texas

What the register records

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In Wood County

John Ellis

Texas

Name: John Ellis
Place of birth: Georgia
County of registration: Wood County
Precinct: 1
Registered: July 23, 1867
Years in Texas: 10 years
Years in Wood County: 10 years
Years in the precinct: 10 years
Signature, as written: "John his X mark Ector"
Remarks, as written: "Colored. Left"

Wood County on the 1870 county map

Ellises elsewhere in Texas

All 44 freedmen named Ellis 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 4 of the Wood County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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