Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Thomas Miller, Anderson County, Texas, 1867
Thomas Miller registered to vote in Anderson County on July 27, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 15 of them in Anderson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Anderson County registered 976 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 15 years
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
Thomas Miller
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Thomas Miller
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Anderson County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- July 27, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Anderson County
- 15 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Miller in Anderson County
- Alford Millerborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1855
- Benny Millerborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1859
- Bill Millerborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1855
- George Millerborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1855
- George Millerborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1858
Millers 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 3 of the Anderson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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