Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Owen McMillen, Austin County, Texas, 1867
Owen McMillen registered to vote in Austin County on August 27, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 15 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 15 years
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
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In Austin County
Owen McMillen
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Owen McMillen
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- August 27, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Austin County
- 15 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named McMillen in Austin County
- Kinzie McMillenborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1862
- Sammuel McMillenborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1828
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 36 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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