Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Charles Miller, Walker County, Texas, 1867
Charles Miller registered to vote in Walker County on August 28, 1867. He reported Maryland as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas, 1 of them in Walker County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- Maryland
- Birthplace
- 4 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
- 3 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Charles Miller
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Charles Miller
- Place of birth
- Maryland
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 28, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Walker County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Walker County
- 3 years
- Signature, as written
- "Chas Miller"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
3 yearsCharles Miller reported 3 years more in Texas than in Walker County.
Other freedmen named Miller in Walker County
- Isaac Millerborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1863
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 23 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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