Atascosa County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Miles Linley, Atascosa County, Texas, 1869
Miles Linley registered to vote in Atascosa County on November 23, 1869. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 1 of them in Atascosa County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Atascosa County registered 30 freedmen in 1867, 6% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
- 14 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
Miles Linley
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Miles Linley
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Atascosa County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- November 23, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Atascosa County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Atascosa County
- 14 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
14 yearsMiles Linley reported 14 years more in Texas than in Atascosa County.
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 11 of the Atascosa County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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