Wood County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
George Miller, Wood County, Texas, 1867
George Miller registered to vote in Wood County on August 2, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 13 years in Texas, 1 of them in Wood County. Wood County registered 259 freedmen in 1867, 24% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 13 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
- 12 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
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Elsewhere in Texas
In Wood County
George Miller
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- George Miller
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Wood County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- August 2, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 13 years
- Years in Wood County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Wood County
- 12 years
- Signature, as written
- "George Willis"
Elsewhere in Texas
12 yearsGeorge Miller reported 12 years more in Texas than in Wood County.
Millers 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 13 of the Wood County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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