Galveston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
James Brooks, Galveston County, Texas, 1867
James Brooks registered to vote in Galveston County on June 27, 1867. He reported 1 year in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Galveston County registered 1,179 freedmen in 1867, 39% of its voters.
- 1 year
- In Texas
- about 1866
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Galveston County
James Brooks
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- James Brooks
- County of registration
- Galveston County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- June 27, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 4 months
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Brooks in Galveston County
- William Brooksreached Texas about 1865
Brookses 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 27 of the Galveston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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