Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Alford Miller, Anderson County, Texas, 1869

Alford Miller registered to vote in Anderson County on November 24, 1869. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 12 years in Texas, 12 of them in Anderson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Anderson County registered 976 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.

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

What the register records

From about 1855 to 1870

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In Anderson County

Alford Miller

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Alford Miller
Place of birth
Alabama
County of registration
Anderson County
Registered
November 24, 1869
Years in Texas
12 years
Years in Anderson County
12 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Anderson County highlighted
Anderson County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Miller in Anderson County

Millers elsewhere in Texas

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 47 of the Anderson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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