Houston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
James Rhodes, Houston County, Texas, 1867
James Rhodes registered to vote in Houston County on July 22, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 16 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Houston County registered 963 freedmen in 1867, 50% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 16 years
- In Texas
- about 1851
- Reached Texas
- 15 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1851 to 1870
James Rhodes
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- James Rhodes
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Houston County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 22, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 16 years
- Years in Houston County
- 8 months
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Houston County
- 15 years
- Signature, as written
- "James his X mark Rhodes"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
15 yearsJames Rhodes reported 15 years more in Texas than in Houston County.
Other freedmen named Rhodes in Houston County
- Willis Rhodesborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1852
Rhodeses 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 2 of the Houston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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