Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Abram Hodge, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Abram Hodge registered to vote in Harrison County on July 23, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 14 years in Texas, 14 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 14 years
- In Texas
- 14 years
- In the county
- about 1853
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1853 to 1870
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In Harrison County
Abram Hodge
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Abram Hodge
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- July 23, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 14 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 14 years
- Years in the precinct
- 5 years
- Signature, as written
- "A. Rodge"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Other freedmen named Hodge in Harrison County
- Clinch Hodgeborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1850
- Eli Hodgeborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1846
- Lewis Hodgeborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1852
- Thomas Hodgeborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1864
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 42 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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