Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Walter Mitchell, Harrison County, Texas, 1869
Walter Mitchell registered to vote in Harrison County on November 17, 1869. He reported Missouri as his birthplace and 1 year in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Missouri
- Birthplace
- 1 year
- In Texas
- about 1868
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Harrison County
Walter Mitchell
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Walter Mitchell
- Place of birth
- Missouri
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- November 17, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Years in Harrison County
- 3 months
- Years in the precinct
- 3 months
- Naturalized, how
- "Ala"
- Signature, as written
- "W. Mitchell (x)"
- 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
- 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 87 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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