Gonzales County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Bailey Brooks, Gonzales County, Texas, 1867
Bailey Brooks registered to vote in Gonzales County on July 17, 1867. He reported United States of America as his birthplace and 27 years in Texas, 27 of them in Gonzales County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Gonzales County registered 739 freedmen in 1867, 41% of its voters.
- United States of America
- Birthplace
- 27 years
- In Texas
- 27 years
- In the county
- about 1840
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1840 to 1870
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In Gonzales County
Bailey Brooks
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Bailey Brooks
- Place of birth
- United States of America
- County of registration
- Gonzales County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 17, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 27 years
- Years in Gonzales County
- 27 years
- Years in the precinct
- 27 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Brooks in Gonzales County
- Jim Brooksreached Texas about 1845
- Phelix Brooksreached Texas about 1854
- 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 12 of the Gonzales County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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