Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Samuel Mitchel, Colorado County, Texas, 1867

Samuel Mitchel registered to vote in Colorado County on July 12, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 8 years in Texas, 8 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.

Born in North Carolina, registered in Colorado County, Texas

North Carolina
Birthplace: 8 years
In Texas: 8 years
In the county: about 1859
Reached Texas

What the register records

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In Colorado County

Samuel Mitchel

Texas

Name: Samuel Mitchel
Place of birth: North Carolina
County of registration: Colorado County
Precinct: 96° 32'
Registered: July 12, 1867
Years in Texas: 8 years
Years in Colorado County: 8 years
Years in the precinct: 8 years
Remarks, as written: "Colored"

Colorado County on the 1870 county map

Mitchels elsewhere in Texas

All 28 freedmen named Mitchel in Texas

Variations of Mitchel

Mitchell 68

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 3 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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