Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Abe Miller, Brazoria County, Texas, 1869
Abe Miller registered to vote in Brazoria County on November 25, 1869. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 1 of them in Brazoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazoria County registered 1,331 freedmen in 1867, 82% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
- 14 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
Abe Miller
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Abe Miller
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- November 25, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Brazoria County
- 14 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
14 yearsAbe Miller reported 14 years more in Texas than in Brazoria County.
Other freedmen named Miller in Brazoria County
- David B. Millerborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1855
- Jeremiah Millerborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1827
- Prince Millerborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1834
- Sam. Millerborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1844
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 40 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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