Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
George L. Mitchell, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
George L. Mitchell registered to vote in Harrison County on July 12, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas, 21 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 21 years
- In the county
- about 1846
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1846 to 1870
George L. Mitchell
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- George L. Mitchell
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 2
- Place of residence
- Harrison County
- Registered
- July 12, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 21 years
- Years in the precinct
- 21 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
- Green Mitchellborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1849
- 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 27 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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