Rhodes · Texas · 1867 voter registration

Rhodes in the 1867 Texas voter registration: 17 freedmen

17 freedmen named Rhodes registered to vote in Texas between 1867 and 1870. Many registered in Anderson County (2), Colorado County (2) and Houston County (2). The birthplaces they reported most often were Alabama, Tennessee and Mississippi. The earliest of them reached Texas about 1845.

Map of Texas counties in 1870 with the counties where the Rhodeses registered highlighted
Counties where freedmen named Rhodes registered, on the 1870 county map
17
Freedmen
13
Counties
Alabama
Largest birthplace
1845
Earliest arrival
1840s
Fullest decade

Where the Rhodeses registered

Where the Rhodeses were born

Birthplaces the Rhodeses reported
BirthplaceFreedmen%
Alabama323%
Tennessee323%
Mississippi215%
North Carolina215%
Georgia18%
Kentucky18%
South Carolina18%

When the Rhodeses reached Texas

Reported arrival decades for the Rhodeses
DecadeFreedmen
1840s
7
1850s
7
1860s
2

Every Rhodes in the register

The Rhodeses in the register, 1 to 17 of 17
NameCountyBirthplaceReached Texas
Benjamin RhodesColorado CountySouth Carolina1852
Benjamin RhodesFannin CountyKentucky1847
Bill RhodesGonzales County1856
Caldwell RhodesAnderson CountyMississippi1847
Dennis RhodesWalker CountyAlabama1852
Fredrick RhodesGalveston County1845
G.W. RhodesMcLennan County1866
Henry J. RhodesHarrison CountyTennessee1849
Isaac RhodesJasper CountyNorth Carolina
Isac RhodesLeon CountyNorth Carolina1847
James RhodesHouston CountyAlabama1851
January RhodesColorado CountyGeorgia1852
Jefferson RhodesWalker CountyAlabama1847
Michel RhodesJackson County1852
Parker RhodesAnderson CountyMississippi1862
Rich RhodesDallas CountyTennessee1847
Willis RhodesHouston CountyTennessee1852

Rhodes genealogy in Texas

How do I find an ancestor named Rhodes in Texas?

Start with the county: this is African American genealogy from the register itself. Anderson County holds 2 of the 17, Colorado County 2. 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 try the sound of the name as well as its letters.

Where did the Rhodeses in Texas come from?

They reported Alabama (3), Tennessee (3) and Mississippi (2) 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 Rhodes?

Anderson County (2), Colorado County (2), Houston County (2). In all, 17 registered across 13 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 Rhodes appears in the register in more than one form. About Enslaved Texas.

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