Galveston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Humphrey Hodge, Galveston County, Texas, 1868
Humphrey Hodge registered to vote in Galveston County on January 27, 1868. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Galveston County registered 1,179 freedmen in 1867, 39% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- about 1853
- Reached Texas
- 14 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1853 to 1870
Humphrey Hodge
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Humphrey Hodge
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Galveston County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- January 27, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Galveston County
- 2 months
- Years in the precinct
- 2 months
- Years in Texas before Galveston County
- 14 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
14 yearsHumphrey Hodge reported 14 years more in Texas than in Galveston County.
Hodges elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Hodge
- Hodges 19
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 45 of the Galveston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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