Madison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Levi Miles, Madison County, Texas, 1869
Levi Miles registered to vote in Madison County on November 16, 1869. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 5 years in Texas, 2 of them in Madison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Madison County registered 254 freedmen in 1867, 40% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 5 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1864
- Reached Texas
- 3 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Levi Miles
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Levi Miles
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Madison County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- November 16, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 5 years
- Years in Madison County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Madison County
- 3 years
- Signature, as written
- "Levi Moses"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
3 yearsLevi Miles reported 3 years more in Texas than in Madison County.
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 12 of the Madison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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