Erath County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Mack Ellis, Erath County, Texas, 1867

Mack Ellis registered to vote in Erath County on August 17, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas, 9 of them in Erath County. Erath County registered 21 freedmen in 1867, 6% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with North Carolina and Texas marked
Born in North Carolina, registered in Erath County, Texas
North Carolina
Birthplace
20 years
In Texas
9 years
In the county
about 1847
Reached Texas
11 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1847 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Erath County

Mack Ellis

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Mack Ellis
Place of birth
North Carolina
County of registration
Erath County
Precinct
1
Registered
August 17, 1867
Years in Texas
20 years
Years in Erath County
9 years
Years in the precinct
8 years
Years in Texas before Erath County
11 years
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Erath County highlighted
Erath County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

11 years

Mack Ellis reported 11 years more in Texas than in Erath County.

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 3 of the Erath County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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