Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Orueu Miller, Anderson County, Texas, 1867

Orueu Miller registered to vote in Anderson County on August 14, 1867. He reported Arkansas as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas, 10 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 Arkansas and Texas marked
Born in Arkansas, registered in Anderson County, Texas
Arkansas
Birthplace
10 years
In Texas
10 years
In the county
about 1857
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1857 to 1870

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In Anderson County

Orueu Miller

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Orueu Miller
Place of birth
Arkansas
County of registration
Anderson County
Precinct
7
Registered
August 14, 1867
Years in Texas
10 years
Years in Anderson County
10 years
Years in the precinct
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. Anderson County's entries fill 53 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.

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