Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Joesph Mills, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867

Joesph Mills registered to vote in Brazoria County on August 12, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas, 20 of them in Brazoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazoria County registered 1,331 freedmen in 1867, 82% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Virginia and Texas marked
Born in Virginia, registered in Brazoria County, Texas
Virginia
Birthplace
20 years
In Texas
20 years
In the county
about 1847
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1847 to 1870

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In Brazoria County

Joesph Mills

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Joesph Mills
Place of birth
Virginia
County of registration
Brazoria County
Registered
August 12, 1867
Years in Texas
20 years
Years in Brazoria County
20 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Brazoria County highlighted
Brazoria County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Mills in Brazoria County

Millses elsewhere in Texas

All 26 freedmen named Mills 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. Brazoria County's entries fill 41 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.

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