Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Miles Mage, Anderson County, Texas, 1867
Miles Mage registered to vote in Anderson County on August 26, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 6 years in Texas, 1 of them in Anderson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Anderson County registered 976 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 6 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1861
- Reached Texas
- 5 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Miles Mage
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Miles Mage
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Anderson County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 26, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 6 years
- Years in Anderson County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Years in Texas before Anderson County
- 5 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
5 yearsMiles Mage reported 5 years more in Texas than in Anderson County.
Mages elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Mage
- Magee 7
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. Anderson County's entries fill 53 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.
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