Galveston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Robert Mitchel, Galveston County, Texas, 1867
Robert Mitchel registered to vote in Galveston County on June 8, 1867. He reported 11 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Galveston County registered 1,179 freedmen in 1867, 39% of its voters.
- 11 years
- In Texas
- about 1856
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1856 to 1870
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In Galveston County
Robert Mitchel
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Robert Mitchel
- County of registration
- Galveston County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- June 8, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 11 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Mitchel in Galveston County
- Isreal Mitchelreached Texas about 1863
- Samuel Mitchelreached Texas about 1863
Mitchels elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Mitchel
- Mitchell 68
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 10 of the Galveston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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