Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Johnson Miller, Austin County, Texas, 1867

Johnson Miller registered to vote in Austin County on July 19, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 11 years in Texas, 11 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with South Carolina and Texas marked
Born in South Carolina, registered in Austin County, Texas
South Carolina
Birthplace
11 years
In Texas
11 years
In the county
about 1856
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1856 to 1870

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In Austin County

Johnson Miller

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Johnson Miller
Place of birth
South Carolina
County of registration
Austin County
Registered
July 19, 1867
Years in Texas
11 years
Years in Austin County
11 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Austin County highlighted
Austin County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Miller in Austin County

Millers elsewhere in Texas

All 105 freedmen named Miller 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 1 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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