Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jesse Miller, Austin County, Texas, 1869
Jesse Miller registered to vote in Austin County on November 26, 1869. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas, 4 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 4 years
- In Texas
- 4 years
- In the county
- about 1865
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Austin County
Jesse Miller
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jesse Miller
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Place of residence
- Bellville
- Registered
- November 26, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Austin County
- 4 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Miller in Austin County
- Anthony Millerborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1837
- John Millerborn in Pennsylvania, reached Texas about 1859
- 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 64 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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