Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Green Mitchell, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Green Mitchell registered to vote in Harrison County on July 11, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 18 years in Texas, 18 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 18 years
- In Texas
- 18 years
- In the county
- about 1849
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1849 to 1870
Green Mitchell
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Green Mitchell
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 4
- Place of residence
- Harrison County
- Registered
- July 11, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 18 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 18 years
- Years in the precinct
- 18 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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
- Joel Mitchellborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1861
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 24 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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