Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Seneca Mitchel, Austin County, Texas, 1867
Seneca Mitchel registered to vote in Austin County on August 22, 1867. He reported Missouri as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 15 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Missouri
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 15 years
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
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In Austin County
Seneca Mitchel
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Seneca Mitchel
- Place of birth
- Missouri
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- August 22, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Austin County
- 15 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Mitchels elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Mitchel
- Mitchell 68
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 32 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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