Bexar County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Morris Miller, Bexar County, Texas, 1867

Morris Miller registered to vote in Bexar County on July 11, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 12 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored. Registered by mistake, lives in Wilson Co" beside his name. Bexar County registered 500 freedmen in 1867, 22% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Virginia and Texas marked
Born in Virginia, registered in Bexar County, Texas
Virginia
Birthplace
12 years
In Texas
about 1855
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1855 to 1870

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In Bexar County

Morris Miller

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Morris Miller
Place of birth
Virginia
County of registration
Bexar County
Precinct
2
Registered
July 11, 1867
Years in Texas
12 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored. Registered by mistake, lives in Wilson Co"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Bexar County highlighted
Bexar County on the 1870 county map

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All 105 freedmen named Miller 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 15 of the Bexar County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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