Jackson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Morris Mitchel, Jackson County, Texas, 1867
Morris Mitchel registered to vote in Jackson County on July 13, 1867. He reported 21 years in Texas, 21 of them in Jackson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Jackson County registered 254 freedmen in 1867, 50% of its voters.
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 21 years
- In the county
- about 1846
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1846 to 1870
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In Jackson County
Morris Mitchel
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Morris Mitchel
- County of registration
- Jackson County
- Registered
- July 13, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Jackson County
- 21 years
- Years in the precinct
- 21 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 6 of the Jackson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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