Leon County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Levi Miles, Leon County, Texas, 1867
Levi Miles registered to vote in Leon County on August 15, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Leon County registered 675 freedmen in 1867, 45% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1866
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Leon County
Levi Miles
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Levi Miles
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Leon County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- August 15, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 18 months
- Years in Leon County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Signature, as written
- "Levi x McIver"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Miles in Leon County
- Giles Milesborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1845
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 Leon County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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