Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Abraham Miles, Anderson County, Texas, 1867
Abraham Miles registered to vote in Anderson County on August 6, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 10 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.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 10 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
- 9 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
Abraham Miles
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Abraham Miles
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Anderson County
- Precinct
- 10
- Registered
- August 6, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Anderson County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Years in Texas before Anderson County
- 9 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
9 yearsAbraham Miles reported 9 years more in Texas than in Anderson County.
Other freedmen named Miles in Anderson County
- George Milesborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1849
- 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 13 of the Anderson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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