Houston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Oliver Ellis, Houston County, Texas, 1867
Oliver Ellis registered to vote in Houston County on July 22, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 28 years in Texas, 27 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
- 28 years
- In Texas
- 27 years
- In the county
- about 1839
- Reached Texas
- 1 year
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1839 to 1870
Oliver Ellis
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Oliver Ellis
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Houston County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- July 22, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 28 years
- Years in Houston County
- 27 years
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Houston County
- 1 year
- Signature, as written
- "Oliver his X mark Ellis"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
1 yearOliver Ellis reported 1 year more in Texas than in Houston County.
Other freedmen named Ellis in Houston County
- Claiborne Ellisborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1852
- Henry Ellisborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1839
- Ira Ellisborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1845
- Joel Ellisborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1832
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 Houston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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