Burleson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

John Mitchell, Burleson County, Texas, 1867

John Mitchell registered to vote in Burleson County on July 6, 1867. He reported 17 years in Texas, 16 of them in Burleson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Burleson County registered 636 freedmen in 1867, 44% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Texas marked
Registered in Burleson County, Texas
17 years
In Texas
16 years
In the county
about 1850
Reached Texas
1 year
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

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John Mitchell

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
John Mitchell
County of registration
Burleson County
Precinct
4
Registered
July 6, 1867
Years in Texas
17 years
Years in Burleson County
16 years
Years in the precinct
11 months
Years in Texas before Burleson County
1 year
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Burleson County highlighted
Burleson County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

1 year

John Mitchell reported 1 year more in Texas than in Burleson County.

Other freedmen named Mitchell in Burleson 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 7 of the Burleson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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