Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Mark Mills, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867
Mark Mills registered to vote in Brazoria County on September 28, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 13 years in Texas, 13 of them in Brazoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazoria County registered 1,331 freedmen in 1867, 82% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 13 years
- In Texas
- 13 years
- In the county
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
Mark Mills
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Mark Mills
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Registered
- September 28, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 13 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 13 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Mills in Brazoria County
- Andrew Millsborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1840
- Dempsey Millsborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1844
- James Millsborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1845
- Joesph Millsborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1847
Millses 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 36 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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