Davis County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
David Miles, Davis County, Texas, 1867
David Miles registered to vote in Davis County on August 19, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 16 years in Texas, 16 of them in Davis County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Davis County registered 986 freedmen in 1867, 35% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 16 years
- In Texas
- 16 years
- In the county
- about 1851
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1851 to 1870
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In Davis County
David Miles
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- David Miles
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Davis County
- Precinct
- 4
- Place of residence
- Davis County
- Registered
- August 19, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 16 years
- Years in Davis County
- 16 years
- Years in the precinct
- 16 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Miles in Davis County
- Henry Milesborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1867
- Isaac Milesborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1860
- Redick Milesborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1851
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. It sits on page 27 of the Davis County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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