Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Mitchel Ragston, Austin County, Texas, 1868
Mitchel Ragston registered to vote in Austin County on January 28, 1868. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 18 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.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 18 years
- In Texas
- 15 years
- In the county
- about 1850
- Reached Texas
- 3 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1850 to 1870
Mitchel Ragston
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Mitchel Ragston
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- January 28, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 18 years
- Years in Austin County
- 15 years
- Years in Texas before Austin County
- 3 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
3 yearsMitchel Ragston reported 3 years more in Texas than in Austin County.
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 Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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