Brazos County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Miles Hichen, Brazos County, Texas, 1869
Miles Hichen registered to vote in Brazos County on November 20, 1869. He reported 5 years in Texas, 1 of them in Brazos County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazos County registered 1,199 freedmen in 1867, 59% of its voters.
- 5 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1864
- Reached Texas
- 4 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Miles Hichen
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Miles Hichen
- County of registration
- Brazos County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- November 20, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 5 years
- Years in Brazos County
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Brazos County
- 4 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
4 yearsMiles Hichen reported 4 years more in Texas than in Brazos 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 40 of the Brazos County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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