San Augustine County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jake Ellis, San Augustine County, Texas, 1868
Jake Ellis registered to vote in San Augustine County on January 29, 1868. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 1 year in Texas, 1 of them in San Augustine County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. San Augustine County registered 340 freedmen in 1867, 48% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 1 year
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Jake Ellis
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jake Ellis
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- San Augustine County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- January 29, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Years in San Augustine County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Signature, as written
- "Jake L. Ellis"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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 15 of the San Augustine County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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