DeWitt County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Charles Ellis, DeWitt County, Texas, 1867

Charles Ellis registered to vote in DeWitt County on July 18, 1867. He reported 13 years in Texas, 2 of them in DeWitt County. DeWitt County registered 364 freedmen in 1867, 35% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Texas marked
Registered in DeWitt County, Texas
13 years
In Texas
2 years
In the county
about 1854
Reached Texas
11 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1854 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In DeWitt County

Charles Ellis

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Charles Ellis
County of registration
DeWitt County
Precinct
1
Registered
July 18, 1867
Years in Texas
13 years
Years in DeWitt County
2 years
Years in the precinct
2 years
Years in Texas before DeWitt County
11 years
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with DeWitt County highlighted
DeWitt County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

11 years

Charles Ellis reported 11 years more in Texas than in DeWitt County.

Other freedmen named Ellis in DeWitt County

Ellises elsewhere in Texas

All 44 freedmen named Ellis in Texas

Variations of Ellis

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 5 of the DeWitt County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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