Galveston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Moses Miles, Galveston County, Texas, 1867
Moses Miles registered to vote in Galveston County on June 14, 1867. He reported 3 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Galveston County registered 1,179 freedmen in 1867, 39% of its voters.
- 3 years
- In Texas
- about 1864
- Reached Texas
- 2 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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Elsewhere in Texas
In Galveston County
Moses Miles
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Moses Miles
- County of registration
- Galveston County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- June 14, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 3 years
- Years in Galveston County
- 9 months
- Years in the precinct
- 9 months
- Years in Texas before Galveston County
- 2 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
2 yearsMoses Miles reported 2 years more in Texas than in Galveston County.
Other freedmen named Miles in Galveston County
- Samuel Milesborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1864
- William Milesreached Texas about 1858
Mileses elsewhere in Texas
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 19 of the Galveston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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