Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Eli Hodge, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Eli Hodge registered to vote in Harrison County on July 16, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas, 21 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 21 years
- In the county
- about 1846
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1846 to 1870
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In Harrison County
Eli Hodge
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Eli Hodge
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 3
- Place of residence
- Harrison County
- Registered
- July 16, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 21 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Hodge in Harrison County
- Abram Hodgeborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1853
- Clinch Hodgeborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1850
- 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 31 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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