Gonzales County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Harper Miller, Gonzales County, Texas, 1867
Harper Miller registered to vote in Gonzales County on August 9, 1867. He reported 28 years in Texas, 28 of them in Gonzales County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Gonzales County registered 739 freedmen in 1867, 41% of its voters.
- 28 years
- In Texas
- 28 years
- In the county
- about 1839
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1839 to 1870
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In Gonzales County
Harper Miller
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Harper Miller
- County of registration
- Gonzales County
- Precinct
- 9
- Registered
- August 9, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 28 years
- Years in Gonzales County
- 28 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Miller in Gonzales County
- Ben Millerreached Texas about 1842
- 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 33 of the Gonzales County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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