Tarrant County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Jesse Mitchell, Tarrant County, Texas, 1867

Jesse Mitchell registered to vote in Tarrant County on July 29, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 14 years in Texas, 14 of them in Tarrant County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Tarrant County registered 212 freedmen in 1867, 18% of its voters.

Born in Alabama, registered in Tarrant County, Texas

Alabama
Birthplace: 14 years
In Texas: 14 years
In the county: about 1853
Reached Texas

What the register records

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Jesse Mitchell

Texas

Name: Jesse Mitchell
Place of birth: Alabama
County of registration: Tarrant County
Precinct: 3
Registered: July 29, 1867
Years in Texas: 14 years
Years in Tarrant County: 14 years
Years in the precinct: 14 years
Remarks, as written: "Colored"

Tarrant County on the 1870 county map

Mitchells elsewhere in Texas

All 68 freedmen named Mitchell 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 1 of the Tarrant County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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