Goliad County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Lewis Miller, Goliad County, Texas, 1867

Lewis Miller registered to vote in Goliad County on July 19, 1867. He reported 40 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Goliad County registered 161 freedmen in 1867, 28% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Texas marked
Registered in Goliad County, Texas
40 years
In Texas
about 1827
Reached Texas
39 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1827 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Goliad County

Lewis Miller

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Lewis Miller
County of registration
Goliad County
Precinct
5
Registered
July 19, 1867
Years in Texas
40 years
Years in Goliad County
4 months
Years in the precinct
4 months
Years in Texas before Goliad County
39 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Goliad County highlighted
Goliad County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

39 years

Lewis Miller reported 39 years more in Texas than in Goliad 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 4 of the Goliad County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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