Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
George Miles, Anderson County, Texas, 1867
George Miles registered to vote in Anderson County on July 30, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 18 years in Texas, 18 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
- 18 years
- In Texas
- 18 years
- In the county
- about 1849
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1849 to 1870
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In Anderson County
George Miles
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- George Miles
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Anderson County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- July 30, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 18 years
- Years in Anderson County
- 18 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Miles in Anderson County
- Abraham Milesborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1857
- Robert Milesborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1857
Mileses 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 52 of the Anderson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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