Galveston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Green Mitchell, Galveston County, Texas, 1867
Green Mitchell registered to vote in Galveston County on June 27, 1867. He reported 12 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Galveston County registered 1,179 freedmen in 1867, 39% of its voters.
- 12 years
- In Texas
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
- 11 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
Green Mitchell
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Green Mitchell
- County of registration
- Galveston County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- June 27, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in Galveston County
- 5 months
- Years in the precinct
- 5 months
- Years in Texas before Galveston County
- 11 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
11 yearsGreen Mitchell reported 11 years more in Texas than in Galveston County.
Other freedmen named Mitchell in Galveston County
- Benjamin Mitchellreached Texas about 1863
- James Mitchellborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1862
- Major Mitchellborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1848
Mitchells elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Mitchell
- Mitchel 28
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 28 of the Galveston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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