Davis County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Mitchel, Davis County, Texas, 1868
John Mitchel registered to vote in Davis County on January 18, 1868. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 12 years in Texas, 2 of them in Davis County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Davis County registered 986 freedmen in 1867, 35% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 12 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1856
- Reached Texas
- 10 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1856 to 1870
John Mitchel
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Mitchel
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Davis County
- Precinct
- 1
- Place of residence
- Davis County
- Registered
- January 18, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in Davis County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Davis County
- 10 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
10 yearsJohn Mitchel reported 10 years more in Texas than in Davis County.
Other freedmen named Mitchel in Davis County
- Levi Mitchelborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1854
- Wilson Mitchelborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1862
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 65 of the Davis County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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