Brazos County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Miller, Brazos County, Texas, 1869
John Miller registered to vote in Brazos County on November 19, 1869. He reported 10 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.
- 10 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1859
- Reached Texas
- 9 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1859 to 1870
John Miller
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Miller
- County of registration
- Brazos County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- November 19, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Brazos County
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Brazos County
- 9 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
9 yearsJohn Miller reported 9 years more in Texas than in Brazos County.
Other freedmen named Miller in Brazos County
- Cornelius Millerreached Texas about 1863
- George Millerreached Texas about 1865
- Jeremiah Millerreached Texas about 1863
- Joseph Millerreached Texas about 1858
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 37 of the Brazos County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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