Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Sammuel McMillen, Austin County, Texas, 1868
Sammuel McMillen registered to vote in Austin County on January 30, 1868. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 40 years in Texas, 2 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
- 40 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- 38 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1828 to 1870
Sammuel McMillen
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Sammuel McMillen
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- January 30, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 40 years
- Years in Austin County
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Austin County
- 38 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
38 yearsSammuel McMillen reported 38 years more in Texas than in Austin County.
Other freedmen named McMillen in Austin County
- Kinzie McMillenborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1862
- Owen McMillenborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1852
McMillens 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 50 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
African American genealogy in Austin County, Texas
Austin County freedmen and genealogyEvery freedman who registered in Austin CountyThe McMillen name in TexasBorn in TexasSearch Austin County by name