Davis County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Levi Mitchel, Davis County, Texas, 1867
Levi Mitchel registered to vote in Davis County on August 5, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 13 years in Texas, 13 of them in Davis County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Davis County registered 986 freedmen in 1867, 35% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 13 years
- In Texas
- 13 years
- In the county
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
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In Davis County
Levi Mitchel
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Levi Mitchel
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Davis County
- Precinct
- 1
- Place of residence
- Davis County
- Registered
- August 5, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 13 years
- Years in Davis County
- 13 years
- Years in the precinct
- 13 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Mitchel in Davis County
- John Mitchelborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1856
- 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 18 of the Davis County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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