Brazos County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Rufus Mitchell, Brazos County, Texas, 1869
Rufus Mitchell registered to vote in Brazos County on November 25, 1869. He reported 22 years in Texas, 1 of them in Brazos County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazos County registered 1,199 freedmen in 1867, 59% of its voters.
- 22 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1847
- Reached Texas
- 21 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
Rufus Mitchell
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Rufus Mitchell
- County of registration
- Brazos County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- November 25, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 22 years
- Years in Brazos County
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Brazos County
- 21 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
21 yearsRufus Mitchell reported 21 years more in Texas than in Brazos County.
Other freedmen named Mitchell in Brazos County
- Harrison Mitchellreached Texas about 1860
- Harry Mitchellreached Texas about 1850
- Jacob Mitchellreached Texas about 1856
- Sam Mitchellreached Texas about 1857
- Will. E. Mitchellreached Texas about 1864
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 47 of the Brazos County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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