Tyler County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Henry Miller, Tyler County, Texas, 1867
Henry Miller registered to vote in Tyler County on August 28, 1867. He reported Florida as his birthplace and 7 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Tyler County registered 256 freedmen in 1867, 41% of its voters.
- Florida
- Birthplace
- 7 years
- In Texas
- about 1860
- Reached Texas
- 6 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1860 to 1870
Henry Miller
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Henry Miller
- Place of birth
- Florida
- County of registration
- Tyler County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 28, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 7 years
- Years in Tyler County
- 3 months
- Years in the precinct
- 3 months
- Years in Texas before Tyler County
- 6 years
- Signature, as written
- "Henry Miller"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
6 yearsHenry Miller reported 6 years more in Texas than in Tyler County.
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 10 of the Tyler County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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