Bastrop County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Allen Miller, Bastrop County, Texas, 1867

Allen Miller registered to vote in Bastrop County on July 10, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 14 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored Voter" beside his name. Bastrop County registered 946 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Tennessee and Texas marked
Born in Tennessee, registered in Bastrop County, Texas
Tennessee
Birthplace
14 years
In Texas
about 1853
Reached Texas
13 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1853 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Bastrop County

Allen Miller

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Allen Miller
Place of birth
Tennessee
County of registration
Bastrop County
Precinct
1
Registered
July 10, 1867
Years in Texas
14 years
Years in Bastrop County
1 month
Years in the precinct
1 month
Years in Texas before Bastrop County
13 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored Voter"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Bastrop County highlighted
Bastrop County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

13 years

Allen Miller reported 13 years more in Texas than in Bastrop County.

Other freedmen named Miller in Bastrop 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 11 of the Bastrop County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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