Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Needen Hodge, Anderson County, Texas, 1867

Needen Hodge registered to vote in Anderson County on August 6, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 6 years in Texas, 1 of them in Anderson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Anderson County registered 976 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Georgia and Texas marked
Born in Georgia, registered in Anderson County, Texas
Georgia
Birthplace
6 years
In Texas
1 year
In the county
about 1861
Reached Texas
5 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Anderson County

Needen Hodge

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Needen Hodge
Place of birth
Georgia
County of registration
Anderson County
Precinct
10
Registered
August 6, 1867
Years in Texas
6 years
Years in Anderson County
1 year
Years in the precinct
12 years
Years in Texas before Anderson County
5 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Anderson County highlighted
Anderson County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

5 years

Needen Hodge reported 5 years more in Texas than in Anderson County.

Other freedmen named Hodge in Anderson County

Hodges elsewhere in Texas

All 28 freedmen named Hodge in Texas

Variations of Hodge

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. Anderson County's entries fill 53 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.

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