Davis County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Redick Miles, Davis County, Texas, 1867
Redick Miles registered to vote in Davis County on August 22, 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
Redick Miles
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Redick Miles
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Davis County
- Precinct
- 4
- Place of residence
- Davis County
- Registered
- August 22, 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
- David Milesborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1851
- Henry Milesborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1867
- Isaac Milesborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1860
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 57 of the Davis County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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