Hodge · Texas · 1867 voter registration

Hodge in the 1867 Texas voter registration: 28 freedmen

28 freedmen named Hodge registered to vote in Texas between 1867 and 1870. Many registered in Harrison County (5), Gonzales County (3) and Anderson County (2). The birthplaces they reported most often were Tennessee, Alabama and Georgia. The earliest of them reached Texas about 1835.

Map of Texas counties in 1870 with the counties where the Hodges registered highlighted
Counties where freedmen named Hodge registered, on the 1870 county map
28
Freedmen
18
Counties
Tennessee
Largest birthplace
1835
Earliest arrival
1850s
Fullest decade

Where the Hodges registered

Texas counties where the Hodges registered
CountyFreedmen%
Harrison County518%
Gonzales County311%
Anderson County27%
Bastrop County27%
Bexar County27%
Fayette County27%
Bowie County14%
Brazoria County14%
Cherokee County14%
Colorado County14%
Dallas County14%
Davis County14%
Fort Bend County14%
Galveston County14%
McLennan County14%
Medina County14%
Walker County14%
Wharton County14%

Where the Hodges were born

Birthplaces the Hodges reported
BirthplaceFreedmen%
Tennessee629%
Alabama314%
Georgia314%
Mississippi314%
South Carolina314%
Kentucky210%
Louisiana15%

When the Hodges reached Texas

Reported arrival decades for the Hodges
DecadeFreedmen
1830s
5
1840s
7
1850s
8
1860s
8

Variations of Hodge

Every Hodge in the register

The Hodges in the register, 1 to 28 of 28
NameCountyBirthplaceReached Texas
Abram HodgeHarrison CountyGeorgia1853
Bedford HodgeBexar CountyTennessee1838
Clinch HodgeHarrison CountyLouisiana1850
Doctor HodgeBowie CountyAlabama1849
Eli HodgeHarrison CountyAlabama1846
Frank HodgeFort Bend County1866
Gen. U. HodgeDallas CountyTennessee1860
Henry HodgeFayette CountyTennessee1839
Humphrey HodgeGalveston CountyMississippi1853
Isaac HodgeWharton County1866
Isham HodgeDavis CountyKentucky1860
Jacob HodgeBexar CountyTennessee1840
John HodgeGonzales County1851
Lewis HodgeHarrison CountyGeorgia1852
Mosea HodgeBastrop CountyMississippi1848
Nathan HodgeMcLennan County1866
Needen HodgeAnderson CountyGeorgia1861
Nelson HodgeBastrop CountySouth Carolina1841
R. HodgeCherokee CountyTennessee1866
Samuel HodgeMedina County1837
Scott HodgeFayette CountyTennessee1857
Spencer HodgeGonzales County1835
Thomas HodgeHarrison CountySouth Carolina1864
Umphris HodgeWalker CountyMississippi1849
William HodgeAnderson CountySouth Carolina1848
William HodgeBrazoria CountyKentucky1835
William HodgeGonzales County1856
Wm H HodgeColorado CountyAlabama1854

Hodge genealogy in Texas

How do I find an ancestor named Hodge in Texas?

Start with the county: this is African American genealogy from the register itself. Harrison County holds 5 of the 28, Gonzales County 3. Open a name to read the original handwritten register page and the names written around it. Names were written in more than one form, so look under Hodges as well.

Where did the Hodges in Texas come from?

They reported Tennessee (6), Alabama (3) and Georgia (3) as their birthplaces most often. These are the answers the men themselves gave a board of registrars between 1867 and 1870.

Which Texas counties had the most freedmen named Hodge?

Harrison County (5), Gonzales County (3), Anderson County (2). In all, 28 registered across 18 Texas counties between 1867 and 1870.

Sources

Figures come from the 1867 to 1870 Texas voter registration held by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission. Registrars wrote each name as they heard it, so Hodge appears in the register in more than one form. About Enslaved Texas.

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