Liberty County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Briger Hobbs, Liberty County, Texas, 1867
Briger Hobbs registered to vote in Liberty County on September 24, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Liberty County registered 335 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
What the register records
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Briger Hobbs
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Liberty County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- September 24, 1867
- Signature, as written
- "J. Leisner"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Hobbs in Liberty County
- Jacob Hobbsborn in Tennessee
Hobbses 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 14 of the Liberty County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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