Johnson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
G Westbrooks, Johnson County, Texas, 1867
G Westbrooks registered to vote in Johnson County on August 24, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 12 years in Texas, 12 of them in Johnson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Johnson County registered 88 freedmen in 1867, 11% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 12 years
- In Texas
- 12 years
- In the county
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
G Westbrooks
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- G Westbrooks
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Johnson County
- Precinct
- Grandview
- Registered
- August 24, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in Johnson County
- 12 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Westbrooks in Johnson County
- S Westbrooksborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1855
Westbrookses 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. Johnson County's entries fill 20 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.
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