Davis County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Jack Mitchell, Davis County, Texas, 1869

Jack Mitchell registered to vote in Davis County on November 24, 1869. He reported Arkansas as his birthplace and 1 year in Texas, 1 of them in Davis County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Davis County registered 986 freedmen in 1867, 35% of its voters.

Born in Arkansas, registered in Davis County, Texas

Arkansas
Birthplace: 1 year
In Texas: 1 year
In the county: about 1868
Reached Texas

What the register records

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In Davis County

Jack Mitchell

Texas

Name: Jack Mitchell
Place of birth: Arkansas
County of registration: Davis County
Precinct: 1
Place of residence: Davis County
Registered: November 24, 1869
Years in Texas: 1 year
Years in Davis County: 1 year
Years in the precinct: 1 year
Remarks, as written: "Colored"

Davis 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. Davis County's entries fill 67 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.

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