Galveston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Samuel Miles, Galveston County, Texas, 1868
Samuel Miles registered to vote in Galveston County on January 29, 1868. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Galveston County registered 1,179 freedmen in 1867, 39% of its voters.
- Louisiana
- Birthplace
- 4 years
- In Texas
- about 1864
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Galveston County
Samuel Miles
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Samuel Miles
- Place of birth
- Louisiana
- County of registration
- Galveston County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- January 29, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in the precinct
- 3 months
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Miles in Galveston County
- Moses Milesreached 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 48 of the Galveston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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