Chambers County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
David Ellis, Chambers County, Texas, 1867
David Ellis registered to vote in Chambers County on August 8, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 5 years in Texas, 5 of them in Chambers County. The registrar wrote "Emancipation in 1863 in South Carolina" beside his name.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 5 years
- In Texas
- 5 years
- In the county
- about 1862
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Chambers County
David Ellis
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- David Ellis
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Chambers County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 8, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 5 years
- Years in Chambers County
- 5 years
- Years in the precinct
- 5 years
- Naturalized, how
- "Emancipation"
- Naturalized, when
- "1863"
- Naturalized, where
- "South Carolina"
- Signature, as written
- "David Ellis"
- Remarks, as written
- "Emancipation in 1863 in South Carolina"
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 1 of the Chambers County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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