Limestone County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Mitchel Cotton, Limestone County, Texas, 1867
Mitchel Cotton registered to vote in Limestone County on July 16, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 22 years in Texas, 22 of them in Limestone County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Limestone County registered 368 freedmen in 1867, 33% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 22 years
- In Texas
- 22 years
- In the county
What the register records
From about 1845 to 1870
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In Limestone County
Mitchel Cotton
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Mitchel (Michael) Cotton
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Limestone County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 16, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 22 years
- Years in Limestone County
- 22 years
- Years in the precinct
- 22 years
- Signature, as written
- "Dick Johnson"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Cottons elsewhere in Texas
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 1 of the Limestone County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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