Bexar County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jack Ellis, Bexar County, Texas, 1867
Jack Ellis registered to vote in Bexar County on July 17, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 2 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Bexar County registered 500 freedmen in 1867, 22% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 2 years
- In Texas
- about 1865
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Bexar County
Jack Ellis
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jack Ellis
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Bexar County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- July 17, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 2 years
- 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 25 of the Bexar County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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