Houston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Claiborne Ellis, Houston County, Texas, 1867
Claiborne Ellis registered to vote in Houston County on August 6, 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 15 of them in Houston County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Houston County registered 963 freedmen in 1867, 50% of its voters.
- Kentucky
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 15 years
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
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In Houston County
Claiborne Ellis
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Claiborne Ellis
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Houston County
- Precinct
- 11
- Registered
- August 6, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Houston County
- 15 years
- Years in the precinct
- 7 months
- Signature, as written
- "Claiborne Ellis"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Ellis in Houston County
- Henry Ellisborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1839
- Ira Ellisborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1845
- 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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