Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

William Mitchell, Fayette County, Texas, 1867

William Mitchell registered to vote in Fayette County on September 28, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 15 of them in Fayette County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.

Born in Tennessee, registered in Fayette County, Texas

Tennessee
Birthplace: 15 years
In Texas: 15 years
In the county: about 1852
Reached Texas

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In Fayette County

William Mitchell

Texas

Name: William Mitchell
Place of birth: Tennessee
County of registration: Fayette County
Registered: September 28, 1867
Years in Texas: 15 years
Years in Fayette County: 15 years
Years in the precinct: 15 years
Remarks, as written: "Colored"

Fayette 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. Fayette County's entries fill 70 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.

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