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.
- 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"
Other freedmen named Brooks in Gonzales County
- Bailey Brooksreached Texas about 1840
- 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 13 of the Gonzales County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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