Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Benjamin J. Mitchell, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
Benjamin J. Mitchell registered to vote in Colorado County on July 20, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 15 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 15 years
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
Benjamin J. Mitchell
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Benjamin J. Mitchell
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- July 20, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 15 years
- Years in the precinct
- 15 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Mitchell in Colorado County
- Benjamin Mitchellborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1852
- Ephriam B. Mitchellborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1847
- Hiram Mitchellborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1851
- Horace Mitchellborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1852
- Ruffin Mitchellborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1852
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. Colorado County's entries fill 64 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.
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