Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Stephen Mills, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Stephen Mills registered to vote in Harrison County on July 23, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas, 10 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 10 years
- In the county
- about 1846
- Reached Texas
- 11 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1846 to 1870
Stephen Mills
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Stephen Mills
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- July 23, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 10 years
- Years in the precinct
- 10 years
- Years in Texas before Harrison County
- 11 years
- Signature, as written
- "J. Mills"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
11 yearsStephen Mills reported 11 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.
Other freedmen named Mills in Harrison County
- Major Millsborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1849
- Robert Millsborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1849
Millses 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 41 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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