Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Umphris Hodge, Walker County, Texas, 1868

Umphris Hodge registered to vote in Walker County on February 1, 1868. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 19 years in Texas, 19 of them in Walker County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.

Born in Mississippi, registered in Walker County, Texas

Mississippi
Birthplace: 19 years
In Texas: 19 years
In the county: about 1849
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1849 to 1870

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In Walker County

Umphris Hodge

Texas

Name: Umphris Hodge
Place of birth: Mississippi
County of registration: Walker County
Precinct: 4
Registered: February 1, 1868
Years in Texas: 19 years
Years in Walker County: 19 years
Years in the precinct: 19 years
Signature, as written: "Winston his X mark Hodge"
Remarks, as written: "Colored"

Walker County on the 1870 county map

Hodges elsewhere in Texas

All 28 freedmen named Hodge 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 38 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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