Bastrop County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Fryson Mitchell, Bastrop County, Texas, 1867
Fryson Mitchell registered to vote in Bastrop County on August 9, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 11 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored Voter" beside his name. Bastrop County registered 946 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 11 years
- In Texas
- about 1856
- Reached Texas
- 10 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1856 to 1870
Fryson Mitchell
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Fryson Mitchell
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Bastrop County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 9, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 11 years
- Years in Bastrop County
- 1 month
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Years in Texas before Bastrop County
- 10 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored Voter"
Elsewhere in Texas
10 yearsFryson Mitchell reported 10 years more in Texas than in Bastrop County.
Other freedmen named Mitchell in Bastrop County
- Anthony Mitchellborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1855
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 36 of the Bastrop County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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