Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Henderson Mitchell, Anderson County, Texas, 1867
Henderson Mitchell registered to vote in Anderson County on August 6, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 12 years in Texas, 11 of them in Anderson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Anderson County registered 976 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 12 years
- In Texas
- 11 years
- In the county
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
- 1 year
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
Henderson Mitchell
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Henderson Mitchell
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Anderson County
- Precinct
- 8
- Registered
- August 6, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in Anderson County
- 11 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Years in Texas before Anderson County
- 1 year
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
1 yearHenderson Mitchell reported 1 year more in Texas than in Anderson County.
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 13 of the Anderson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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