Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Mitchell Mosley, Walker County, Texas, 1867
Mitchell Mosley registered to vote in Walker County on September 23, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas, 18 of them in Walker County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 20 years
- In Texas
- 18 years
- In the county
- about 1847
- Reached Texas
- 2 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
Mitchell Mosley
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Mitchell Mosley
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- September 23, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Walker County
- 18 years
- Years in the precinct
- 18 years
- Years in Texas before Walker County
- 2 years
- Signature, as written
- "Mitchell X Moseley"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
2 yearsMitchell Mosley reported 2 years more in Texas than in Walker County.
Mosleys 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 31 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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