Grayson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
George Madison Miles, Grayson County, Texas, 1869
George Madison Miles registered to vote in Grayson County on November 23, 1869. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 1 year in Texas, 1 of them in Grayson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Grayson County registered 377 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 1 year
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1868
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
George Madison Miles
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- George Madison Miles
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Grayson County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- November 23, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Years in Grayson County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Mileses 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. Grayson County's entries fill 38 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.
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