Bowie County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Green Miller, Bowie County, Texas, 1869
Green Miller registered to vote in Bowie County on July 23, 1869. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas, 10 of them in Bowie County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Bowie County registered 462 freedmen in 1867, 55% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 10 years
- In Texas
- 10 years
- In the county
- about 1859
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1859 to 1870
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In Bowie County
Green Miller
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Green Miller
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Bowie County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 23, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Bowie County
- 10 years
- Years in the precinct
- 10 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Miller in Bowie County
- Hiram W. Millerborn in Tennessee
- John Millerborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1858
- Sammuel Millerborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1866
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 8 of the Bowie County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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