Dallas County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Miller, Dallas County, Texas, 1867
John Miller registered to vote in Dallas County on August 26, 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 25 years in Texas, 14 of them in Dallas County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Dallas County registered 399 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Kentucky
- Birthplace
- 25 years
- In Texas
- 14 years
- In the county
- about 1842
- Reached Texas
- 11 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1842 to 1870
John Miller
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Miller
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Dallas County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- August 26, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 25 years
- Years in Dallas County
- 14 years
- Years in the precinct
- 5 years
- Years in Texas before Dallas County
- 11 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
11 yearsJohn Miller reported 11 years more in Texas than in Dallas County.
Other freedmen named Miller in Dallas County
- Arch Millerborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1854
- Clayton Millerborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1854
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 21 of the Dallas County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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