Galveston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Samuel Miller, Galveston County, Texas, 1867
Samuel Miller registered to vote in Galveston County on June 11, 1867. He reported 5 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Galveston County registered 1,179 freedmen in 1867, 39% of its voters.
- 5 years
- In Texas
- about 1862
- Reached Texas
- 4 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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Elsewhere in Texas
In Galveston County
Samuel Miller
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Samuel Miller
- County of registration
- Galveston County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- June 11, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 5 years
- Years in Galveston County
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Galveston County
- 4 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
4 yearsSamuel Miller reported 4 years more in Texas than in Galveston County.
Other freedmen named Miller in Galveston County
- Frank Millerreached Texas about 1866
- Jack Millerreached Texas about 1863
- John Miller
Millers 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 14 of the Galveston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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