Dallas County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Clayton Miller, Dallas County, Texas, 1867

Clayton Miller registered to vote in Dallas County on August 19, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 13 years in Texas, 2 of them in Dallas County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Dallas County registered 399 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Alabama and Texas marked
Born in Alabama, registered in Dallas County, Texas
Alabama
Birthplace
13 years
In Texas
2 years
In the county
about 1854
Reached Texas
11 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1854 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Dallas County

Clayton Miller

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Clayton Miller
Place of birth
Alabama
County of registration
Dallas County
Precinct
1
Registered
August 19, 1867
Years in Texas
13 years
Years in Dallas County
2 years
Years in Texas before Dallas County
11 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Dallas County highlighted
Dallas County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

11 years

Clayton Miller reported 11 years more in Texas than in Dallas County.

Other freedmen named Miller in Dallas 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 14 of the Dallas County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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