Houston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Ira Ellis, Houston County, Texas, 1867
Ira Ellis registered to vote in Houston County on August 6, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 22 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Houston County registered 963 freedmen in 1867, 50% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 22 years
- In Texas
- 21 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1845 to 1870
Ira Ellis
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Ira Ellis
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Houston County
- Precinct
- 11
- Registered
- August 6, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 22 years
- Years in Houston County
- 7 months
- Years in the precinct
- 7 months
- Years in Texas before Houston County
- 21 years
- Signature, as written
- "Troy Ellis"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
21 yearsIra Ellis reported 21 years 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
- Joel Ellisborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1832
- Oliver Ellisborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1839
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 9 of the Houston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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