Fort Bend County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Mellis Mitchell, Fort Bend County, Texas, 1869

Mellis Mitchell registered to vote in Fort Bend County on November 24, 1869. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 11 years in Texas, 10 of them in Fort Bend County. Fort Bend County registered 1,360 freedmen in 1867, 81% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with South Carolina and Texas marked
Born in South Carolina, registered in Fort Bend County, Texas
South Carolina
Birthplace
11 years
In Texas
10 years
In the county
about 1858
Reached Texas
1 year
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1858 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Fort Bend County

Mellis Mitchell

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Mellis Mitchell
Place of birth
South Carolina
County of registration
Fort Bend County
Precinct
2
Registered
November 24, 1869
Years in Texas
11 years
Years in Fort Bend County
10 years
Years in the precinct
10 years
Years in Texas before Fort Bend County
1 year
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Fort Bend County highlighted
Fort Bend County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

1 year

Mellis Mitchell reported 1 year more in Texas than in Fort Bend County.

Other freedmen named Mitchell in Fort Bend County

Mitchells elsewhere in Texas

All 68 freedmen named Mitchell in Texas

Variations of Mitchell

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 38 of the Fort Bend County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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