Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
David B. Miller, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867
David B. Miller registered to vote in Brazoria County on September 6, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 12 years in Texas, 12 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
- 12 years
- In Texas
- 12 years
- In the county
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
David B. Miller
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- David B. Miller
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Registered
- September 6, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 12 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Miller in Brazoria County
- Abe Millerborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1854
- 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 31 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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