Gonzales County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Phelix Brooks, Gonzales County, Texas, 1867
Phelix Brooks registered to vote in Gonzales County on July 13, 1867. He reported 13 years in Texas, 1 of them in Gonzales County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Gonzales County registered 739 freedmen in 1867, 41% of its voters.
- 13 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
- 12 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
Phelix Brooks
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Phelix Brooks
- County of registration
- Gonzales County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 13, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 13 years
- Years in Gonzales County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Gonzales County
- 12 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
12 yearsPhelix Brooks reported 12 years more in Texas than in Gonzales County.
Other freedmen named Brooks in Gonzales County
- Bailey Brooksreached Texas about 1840
- Jim Brooksreached Texas about 1845
- Pleas Brooksreached Texas about 1863
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 6 of the Gonzales County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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