Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John W. Miller, Austin County, Texas, 1867
John W. Miller registered to vote in Austin County on August 22, 1867. He reported Pennsylvania as his birthplace and 8 years in Texas, 8 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Pennsylvania
- Birthplace
- 8 years
- In Texas
- 8 years
- In the county
- about 1859
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1859 to 1870
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In Austin County
John W. Miller
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John W. Miller
- Place of birth
- Pennsylvania
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- August 22, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 8 years
- Years in Austin County
- 8 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Miller in Austin County
- Anthony Millerborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1837
- Jesse Millerborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1865
- Johnson Millerborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1856
- Lorthamis Millerborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1834
- Sammuel Millerborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1834
Millers 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 31 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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