Hardin County · 1867 voter registration
J.W. Odom, Hardin County, Texas, 1867
J.W. Odom registered to vote in Hardin County on July 29, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 8 years in Texas, 8 of them in Hardin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Hardin County registered 41 freedmen in 1867, 18% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 8 years
- In Texas
- 8 years
- In the county
- about 1859
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1859 to 1870
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In Hardin County
J.W. Odom
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- J.W. Odom
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Hardin County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- July 29, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 8 years
- Years in Hardin County
- 8 years
- Years in the precinct
- 7 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Odoms 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 6 of the Hardin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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