Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Joel Mitchell, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Joel Mitchell registered to vote in Harrison County on June 26, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 6 years in Texas, 1 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 6 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1861
- Reached Texas
- 5 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Joel Mitchell
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Joel Mitchell
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 5
- Place of residence
- Marshall. Harrison County.
- Registered
- June 26, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 6 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Harrison County
- 5 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
5 yearsJoel Mitchell reported 5 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.
Other freedmen named Mitchell in Harrison County
- Adam Mitchellborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1850
- George Mitchellborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1846
- George Mitchellborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1851
- George L. Mitchellborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1846
- Green Mitchellborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1849
Mitchells elsewhere 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. It sits on page 4 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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