Galveston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Major Mitchell, Galveston County, Texas, 1868
Major Mitchell registered to vote in Galveston County on January 31, 1868. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Galveston County registered 1,179 freedmen in 1867, 39% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 20 years
- In Texas
- about 1848
- Reached Texas
- 19 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1848 to 1870
Major Mitchell
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Major Mitchell
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Galveston County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- January 31, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Galveston County
- 6 months
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Galveston County
- 19 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
19 yearsMajor Mitchell reported 19 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
- James Mitchellborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1862
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 49 of the Galveston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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