Houston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Henry Ellison, Houston County, Texas, 1867
Henry Ellison registered to vote in Houston County on July 22, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 16 years in Texas, 1 of them in Houston County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Houston County registered 963 freedmen in 1867, 50% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 16 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1851
- Reached Texas
- 15 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1851 to 1870
Henry Ellison
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Henry Ellison
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Houston County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- July 22, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 16 years
- Years in Houston County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Houston County
- 15 years
- Signature, as written
- "Henry his X mark Ellison"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
15 yearsHenry Ellison reported 15 years more in Texas than in Houston County.
Ellisons elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Ellison
- Ellis 44
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 Houston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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