Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Miles Christian, Colorado County, Texas, 1869
Miles Christian registered to vote in Colorado County on November 17, 1869. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 16 years in Texas, 12 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 16 years
- In Texas
- 12 years
- In the county
- about 1853
- Reached Texas
- 4 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1853 to 1870
Miles Christian
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Miles Christian
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- November 17, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 16 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 12 years
- Years in the precinct
- 7 years
- Years in Texas before Colorado County
- 4 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
4 yearsMiles Christian reported 4 years more in Texas than in Colorado County.
Other freedmen named Christian in Colorado County
- Oliver Christianborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1852
Christians 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 50 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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