Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Lewis Hodge, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Lewis Hodge registered to vote in Harrison County on August 3, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 2 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
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
- 13 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
Lewis Hodge
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Lewis Hodge
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 3, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Harrison County
- 13 years
- Signature, as written
- "S. Lodge"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
13 yearsLewis Hodge reported 13 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.
Other freedmen named Hodge in Harrison County
- Abram Hodgeborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1853
- Clinch Hodgeborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1850
- Eli Hodgeborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1846
- 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 56 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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