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Miller in the 1867 Texas voter registration: 117 freedmen

117 freedmen named Miller registered to vote in Texas between 1867 and 1870. Many registered in Anderson County (12), Bastrop County (11) and Austin County (6). The birthplaces they reported most often were Alabama, Tennessee and Virginia. The earliest of them reached Texas about 1827.

Map of Texas counties in 1870 with the counties where the Millers registered highlighted
Counties where freedmen named Miller registered, on the 1870 county map
117
Freedmen
41
Counties
Alabama
Largest birthplace
1827
Earliest arrival
1860s
Fullest decade

Where the Millers registered

Texas counties where the Millers registered
CountyFreedmen%
Anderson County1210%
Bastrop County119%
Austin County65%
Cherokee County65%
Brazoria County54%
Brazos County54%
Bowie County43%
Freestone County43%
Galveston County43%
Victoria County43%
Bexar County33%
Colorado County33%
Dallas County33%
DeWitt County33%
Falls County33%
Fort Bend County33%
Gonzales County33%
Henderson County33%
Caldwell County22%
Grayson County22%
Guadalupe County22%
Hays County22%
Matagorda County22%
McLennan County22%
San Augustine County22%
Walker County22%
Wharton County22%
Burleson County1under 1%
Burnet County1under 1%
Collin County1under 1%
Comal County1under 1%
Fayette County1under 1%
Goliad County1under 1%
Harrison County1under 1%
Houston County1under 1%
Lavaca County1under 1%
Leon County1under 1%
Washington County1under 1%
Williamson County1under 1%
Wilson County1under 1%
Wood County1under 1%

Where the Millers were born

Birthplaces the Millers reported
BirthplaceFreedmen%
Alabama1315%
Tennessee1214%
Virginia1214%
Georgia911%
South Carolina911%
Texas89%
North Carolina56%
Louisiana45%
Arkansas34%
Kentucky34%
Maryland22%
Mississippi22%
Indiana11%
Missouri11%
Pennsylvania11%

When the Millers reached Texas

Reported arrival decades for the Millers
DecadeFreedmen
1820s
2
1830s
7
1840s
13
1850s
42
1860s
50

Every Miller in the register

The Millers in the register, 51 to 100 of 117
NameCountyBirthplaceReached Texas
Isaac MillerWalker CountyVirginia1863
J. MillerBurleson County1857
Jack MillerGalveston County1863
Jackson MillerHenderson CountySouth Carolina1862
Jackson MillerHenderson CountyAlabama1852
Jeremiah MillerBrazoria CountyVirginia1827
Jeremiah MillerBrazos County1863
Jeremiah MillerGuadalupe CountyVirginia1866
Jesse MillerAustin CountyTexas1865
John MillerAustin CountyPennsylvania1859
John MillerBowie CountyVirginia1858
John MillerBrazos County1859
John MillerCherokee CountyTexas1866
John MillerDallas CountyKentucky1842
John MillerGalveston County
John MillerSan Augustine CountyTexas1866
Johnson MillerAustin CountySouth Carolina1856
Joseph MillerBrazos County1858
Joseph MillerDeWitt County1857
Joshua MillerMcLennan County1867
Lewis MillerGoliad County1827
Lony MillerBastrop CountyGeorgia1852
Lorthamis MillerAustin CountyAlabama1834
Louis MillerBastrop CountyTennessee1853
Mack MillerLavaca County1861
Mack MillerSan Augustine CountyLouisiana1866
Mansfield MillerFort Bend County1866
Manuel MillerCherokee CountyAlabama1866
Milas MillerWilliamson CountySouth Carolina1866
Mitchel MillerBexar CountyNorth Carolina1853
Mitchell MillerWilson CountyNorth Carolina1853
Morris MillerBexar CountyVirginia1855
Moses MillerHouston CountyVirginia1848
Nathan MillerAnderson CountySouth Carolina1855
Nathan MillerLeon CountyVirginia1862
Nathan MillerVictoria County1866
Oliver MillerFayette CountyTennessee1858
Orueu MillerAnderson CountyArkansas1857
Owen MillerBastrop CountyAlabama1861
Owen MillerBastrop CountyKentucky1838
Peter MillerColorado CountyTexas1848
Peter MillerHenderson CountyLouisiana1858
Philip MillerVictoria County1864
Prince MillerBrazoria CountyTexas1834
Ransom MillerCaldwell CountySouth Carolina1866
Raph MillerFreestone CountyAlabama1867
Richard MillerVictoria County1866
Robert MillerMatagorda CountyVirginia1840
Ruffin MillerAnderson CountyTennessee1852
Sam. MillerBrazoria CountySouth Carolina1844

Miller genealogy in Texas

How do I find an ancestor named Miller in Texas?

Start with the county: this is African American genealogy from the register itself. Anderson County holds 12 of the 117, Bastrop County 11. Open a name to read the original handwritten register page and the names written around it. Names were written in more than one form, so try the sound of the name as well as its letters.

Where did the Millers in Texas come from?

They reported Alabama (13), Tennessee (12) and Virginia (12) as their birthplaces most often, and 8 reported Texas. These are the answers the men themselves gave a board of registrars between 1867 and 1870.

Which Texas counties had the most freedmen named Miller?

Anderson County (12), Bastrop County (11), Austin County (6). In all, 117 registered across 41 Texas counties between 1867 and 1870.

Sources

Figures come from the 1867 to 1870 Texas voter registration held by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission. Registrars wrote each name as they heard it, so Miller appears in the register in more than one form. About Enslaved Texas.

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