Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
William Mitchell, Colorado County, Texas, 1869
William Mitchell registered to vote in Colorado County on November 23, 1869. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 16 years in Texas, 2 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
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1853
- Reached Texas
- 14 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1853 to 1870
William Mitchell
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- William Mitchell
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- November 23, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 16 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Colorado County
- 14 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
14 yearsWilliam Mitchell reported 14 years more in Texas than in Colorado County.
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
- Hiram Mitchellborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1851
- Horace 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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