Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Hiram Mitchell, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
Hiram Mitchell registered to vote in Colorado County on July 16, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 16 years in Texas, 16 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 16 years
- In Texas
- 16 years
- In the county
- about 1851
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1851 to 1870
Hiram Mitchell
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Hiram Mitchell
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- July 16, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 16 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 16 years
- Years in the precinct
- 16 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Mitchell in Colorado County
- Benjamin Mitchellborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1852
- Benjamin J. Mitchellborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1852
- Ephriam B. Mitchellborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1847
- 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. It sits on page 10 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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