Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Sam Hoge, Walker County, Texas, 1868
Sam Hoge registered to vote in Walker County on January 31, 1868. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 25 years in Texas, 5 of them in Walker County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 25 years
- In Texas
- 5 years
- In the county
- about 1843
- Reached Texas
- 20 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1843 to 1870
Sam Hoge
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Sam Hoge (Hauge)
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 6
- Registered
- January 31, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 25 years
- Years in Walker County
- 5 years
- Years in the precinct
- 3 months
- Years in Texas before Walker County
- 20 years
- Signature, as written
- "Sam X Hague"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
20 yearsSam Hoge (Hauge) reported 20 years more in Texas than in Walker County.
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 37 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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