Galveston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Benjamin Mitchell, Galveston County, Texas, 1867
Benjamin Mitchell registered to vote in Galveston County on July 13, 1867. He reported 4 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Galveston County registered 1,179 freedmen in 1867, 39% of its voters.
- 4 years
- In Texas
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Galveston County
Benjamin Mitchell
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Benjamin Mitchell
- County of registration
- Galveston County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- July 13, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Mitchell in Galveston County
- Green Mitchellreached Texas about 1855
- 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 41 of the Galveston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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