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.
- 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
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"
Elsewhere in Texas
19 yearsBen Miller reported 19 years more in Texas than in Gonzales County.
Other freedmen named Miller in Gonzales County
- Harper Millerreached Texas about 1839
- William Millerreached Texas about 1860
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 31 of the Gonzales County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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