Henderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jackson Miller, Henderson County, Texas, 1867
Jackson Miller registered to vote in Henderson County on August 7, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 8 of them in Henderson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Henderson County registered 294 freedmen in 1867, 28% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 8 years
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
- 7 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
Jackson Miller
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jackson Miller
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Henderson County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- August 7, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Henderson County
- 8 years
- Years in the precinct
- 8 years
- Years in Texas before Henderson County
- 7 years
- Signature, as written
- "Arthur L. Miller"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
7 yearsJackson Miller reported 7 years more in Texas than in Henderson County.
Other freedmen named Miller in Henderson County
- Jackson Millerborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1862
- Peter Millerborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1858
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 9 of the Henderson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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