Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Thomas Hobbs, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867
Thomas Hobbs registered to vote in Brazoria County on August 21, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 15 of them in Brazoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazoria County registered 1,331 freedmen in 1867, 82% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 15 years
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
Thomas Hobbs
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Thomas Hobbs
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Registered
- August 21, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 15 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Hobbs in Brazoria County
- George Hobbsborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1849
- Patrick Hobbsborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1855
- Richard Hobbsborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1847
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 24 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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