Houston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Willis Rhodes, Houston County, Texas, 1867
Willis Rhodes registered to vote in Houston County on August 5, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 15 of them in Houston County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Houston County registered 963 freedmen in 1867, 50% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 15 years
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
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In Houston County
Willis Rhodes
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Willis Rhodes
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Houston County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 5, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Houston County
- 15 years
- Years in the precinct
- 15 years
- Signature, as written
- "Willis his x mark Rhodes"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Rhodes in Houston County
- James Rhodesborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1851
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 7 of the Houston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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