Gonzales County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

George Hodges, Gonzales County, Texas, 1867

George Hodges registered to vote in Gonzales County on July 13, 1867. He reported 32 years in Texas, 22 of them in Gonzales County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Gonzales County registered 739 freedmen in 1867, 41% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Texas marked
Registered in Gonzales County, Texas
32 years
In Texas
22 years
In the county
about 1835
Reached Texas
10 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1835 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Gonzales County

George Hodges

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
George Hodges
County of registration
Gonzales County
Precinct
1
Registered
July 13, 1867
Years in Texas
32 years
Years in Gonzales County
22 years
Years in the precinct
22 years
Years in Texas before Gonzales County
10 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Gonzales County highlighted
Gonzales County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

10 years

George Hodges reported 10 years more in Texas than in Gonzales County.

Other freedmen named Hodges in Gonzales County

Hodgeses elsewhere in Texas

All 19 freedmen named Hodges in Texas

Variations of Hodges

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 6 of the Gonzales County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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