Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Sammuel Miller, Austin County, Texas, 1868
Sammuel Miller registered to vote in Austin County on January 28, 1868. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 34 years in Texas, 7 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
- 34 years
- In Texas
- 7 years
- In the county
- about 1834
- Reached Texas
- 27 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1834 to 1870
Sammuel Miller
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Sammuel Miller
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- January 28, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 34 years
- Years in Austin County
- 7 years
- Years in Texas before Austin County
- 27 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
27 yearsSammuel Miller reported 27 years more in Texas than in Austin County.
Other freedmen named Miller in Austin County
- Anthony Millerborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1837
- Jesse Millerborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1865
- 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
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 46 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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