Bexar County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Washington Mitchell, Bexar County, Texas, 1867
Washington Mitchell registered to vote in Bexar County on July 3, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 6 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Bexar County registered 500 freedmen in 1867, 22% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 6 years
- In Texas
- about 1861
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Bexar County
Washington Mitchell
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Washington Mitchell
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Bexar County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- July 3, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 6 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Mitchell in Bexar County
- Lee Mitchellborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1865
- Lee Mitchellborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1865
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 4 of the Bexar County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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