Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
George Hobbs, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867
George Hobbs registered to vote in Brazoria County on August 24, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 18 years in Texas, 18 of them in Brazoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazoria County registered 1,331 freedmen in 1867, 82% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 18 years
- In Texas
- 18 years
- In the county
- about 1849
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1849 to 1870
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In Brazoria County
George Hobbs
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- George Hobbs
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Registered
- August 24, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 18 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 18 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Hobbs in Brazoria County
- Patrick Hobbsborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1855
- Richard Hobbsborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1847
- Thomas Hobbsborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1852
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 29 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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