Bowie County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Hiram H. Miller, Bowie County, Texas, 1869

Hiram H. Miller registered to vote in Bowie County on August 24, 1869. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 1 year in Texas, 1 of them in Bowie County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Bowie County registered 462 freedmen in 1867, 55% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with North Carolina and Texas marked
Born in North Carolina, registered in Bowie County, Texas
North Carolina
Birthplace
1 year
In Texas
1 year
In the county
about 1868
Reached Texas

What the register records

From 1860 to 1870

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In Bowie County

Hiram H. Miller

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Hiram H. Miller
Place of birth
North Carolina
County of registration
Bowie County
Precinct
1
Registered
August 24, 1869
Years in Texas
1 year
Years in Bowie County
1 year
Years in the precinct
1 year
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Bowie County highlighted
Bowie County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Miller in Bowie 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 16 of the Bowie County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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