Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Eliyah Brooks, Brazoria County, Texas, 1869
Eliyah Brooks registered to vote in Brazoria County on November 18, 1869. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 22 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazoria County registered 1,331 freedmen in 1867, 82% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 22 years
- In Texas
- 23 years
- In the county
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
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In Brazoria County
Eliyah Brooks
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Eliyah Brooks
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- November 18, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 22 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 23 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Brooks in Brazoria County
- Conner Brooksborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1859
- Isaac Brooksborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1843
- James Brooksborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1863
- John N. Brooksborn in Maryland, reached Texas about 1852
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 37 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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