Henderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Peter Miller, Henderson County, Texas, 1867
Peter Miller registered to vote in Henderson County on July 31, 1867. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 9 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored. Removed" beside his name. Henderson County registered 294 freedmen in 1867, 28% of its voters.
- Louisiana
- Birthplace
- 9 years
- In Texas
- about 1858
- Reached Texas
- 8 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1858 to 1870
Peter Miller
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Peter Miller
- Place of birth
- Louisiana
- County of registration
- Henderson County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 31, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 9 years
- Years in Henderson County
- 18 months
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Henderson County
- 8 years
- Signature, as written
- "Peter Miller"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored. Removed"
Elsewhere in Texas
8 yearsPeter Miller reported 8 years more in Texas than in Henderson County.
Other freedmen named Miller in Henderson County
- Jackson Millerborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1862
- Jackson Millerborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1852
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 4 of the Henderson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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