Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John A. Miles, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867
John A. Miles registered to vote in Brazoria County on August 21, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 17 years in Texas, 17 of them in Brazoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazoria County registered 1,331 freedmen in 1867, 82% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 17 years
- In Texas
- 17 years
- In the county
- about 1850
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1850 to 1870
John A. Miles
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John A. Miles
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Registered
- August 21, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 17 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 17 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Miles in Brazoria County
- Isaac Milesborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1860
Mileses 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 24 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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