Houston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Joel Ellis, Houston County, Texas, 1867
Joel Ellis registered to vote in Houston County on August 6, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 35 years in Texas, 35 of them in Houston County. The registrar wrote "Colored. Had been in precinct half a year, not full year" beside his name. Houston County registered 963 freedmen in 1867, 50% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 35 years
- In Texas
- 35 years
- In the county
- about 1832
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1832 to 1870
Joel Ellis
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Joel Ellis
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Houston County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 6, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 35 years
- Years in Houston County
- 35 years
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Signature, as written
- "Jesse Ellis"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored. Had been in precinct half a year, not full year"
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
- 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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