Galveston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
James Mitchell, Galveston County, Texas, 1868
James Mitchell registered to vote in Galveston County on January 27, 1868. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 6 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Galveston County registered 1,179 freedmen in 1867, 39% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 6 years
- In Texas
- about 1862
- Reached Texas
- 5 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
James Mitchell
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- James Mitchell
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Galveston County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- January 27, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 6 years
- Years in Galveston County
- 6 months
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Galveston County
- 5 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
5 yearsJames Mitchell reported 5 years more in Texas than in Galveston County.
Other freedmen named Mitchell in Galveston County
- Benjamin Mitchellreached Texas about 1863
- Green Mitchellreached Texas about 1855
- 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 45 of the Galveston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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