Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
James Mitchell, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867
James Mitchell registered to vote in Brazoria County on August 15, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas, 20 of them in Brazoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazoria County registered 1,331 freedmen in 1867, 82% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 20 years
- In Texas
- 20 years
- In the county
- about 1847
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
James Mitchell
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- James Mitchell
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Registered
- August 15, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 20 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Mitchell in Brazoria County
- George Mitchellborn in Maryland, reached Texas about 1850
- Michael Mitchellborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1844
- Nelson Mitchellborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1852
- Peyton Mitchellborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1849
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 20 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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