Gonzales County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Jim Brooks, Gonzales County, Texas, 1867

Jim Brooks registered to vote in Gonzales County on July 18, 1867. He reported 22 years in Texas, 22 of them in Gonzales County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Gonzales County registered 739 freedmen in 1867, 41% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Texas marked
Registered in Gonzales County, Texas
22 years
In Texas
22 years
In the county
about 1845
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1845 to 1870

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In Gonzales County

Jim Brooks

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Jim Brooks
County of registration
Gonzales County
Precinct
1
Registered
July 18, 1867
Years in Texas
22 years
Years in Gonzales County
22 years
Years in the precinct
22 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Gonzales County highlighted
Gonzales County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Brooks in Gonzales County

Brookses elsewhere in Texas

All 82 freedmen named Brooks 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 13 of the Gonzales County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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