Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Miles Freeman, Austin County, Texas, 1867
Miles Freeman registered to vote in Austin County on August 19, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 26 years in Texas, 1 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 26 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- 25 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1841 to 1870
Miles Freeman
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Miles Freeman
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- August 19, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 26 years
- Years in Austin County
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Austin County
- 25 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
25 yearsMiles Freeman reported 25 years more in Texas than in Austin County.
Other freedmen named Freeman in Austin County
- Jacob Freemanborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1848
- John Freemanborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1854
- Sammuel Freemanborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1853
Freemans 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 26 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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