Gonzales County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Ben Miller, Gonzales County, Texas, 1867

Ben Miller registered to vote in Gonzales County on August 9, 1867. He reported 25 years in Texas, 6 of them in Gonzales County. The registrar wrote "Colored Removed" beside his name. Gonzales County registered 739 freedmen in 1867, 41% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Texas marked
Registered in Gonzales County, Texas
25 years
In Texas
6 years
In the county
about 1842
Reached Texas
19 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1842 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Gonzales County

Ben Miller

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Ben Miller
County of registration
Gonzales County
Precinct
9
Registered
August 9, 1867
Years in Texas
25 years
Years in Gonzales County
6 years
Years in Texas before Gonzales County
19 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored Removed"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Gonzales County highlighted
Gonzales County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

19 years

Ben Miller reported 19 years more in Texas than in Gonzales 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 31 of the Gonzales County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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