Freestone County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
James Hobbs, Freestone County, Texas, 1867
James Hobbs registered to vote in Freestone County on August 14, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Freestone County registered 960 freedmen in 1867, 54% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- about 1851
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1851 to 1870
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In Freestone County
James Hobbs
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- James Hobbs
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Freestone County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- August 14, 1867
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Hobbses elsewhere in Texas
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 20 of the Freestone County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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