Hunt County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Lexions Miles, Hunt County, Texas, 1867

Lexions Miles registered to vote in Hunt County on August 8, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 13 years in Texas, 7 of them in Hunt County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Hunt County registered 149 freedmen in 1867, 12% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Georgia and Texas marked
Born in Georgia, registered in Hunt County, Texas
Georgia
Birthplace
13 years
In Texas
7 years
In the county
about 1854
Reached Texas
6 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1854 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Hunt County

Lexions Miles

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Lexions Miles
Place of birth
Georgia
County of registration
Hunt County
Precinct
7
Registered
August 8, 1867
Years in Texas
13 years
Years in Hunt County
7 years
Years in the precinct
2 years
Years in Texas before Hunt County
6 years
Signature, as written
"Cyrus Mills"
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Hunt County highlighted
Hunt County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

6 years

Lexions Miles reported 6 years more in Texas than in Hunt County.

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 14 of the Hunt County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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