Brazos County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Richard Brooks, Brazos County, Texas, 1867
Richard Brooks registered to vote in Brazos County on June 29, 1867. He reported 13 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazos County registered 1,199 freedmen in 1867, 59% of its voters.
- 13 years
- In Texas
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
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In Brazos County
Richard Brooks
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Richard Brooks
- County of registration
- Brazos County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- June 29, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 13 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Brooks in Brazos County
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 14 of the Brazos County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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