Tarrant County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Charles Brooks, Tarrant County, Texas, 1869
Charles Brooks registered to vote in Tarrant County on November 19, 1869. He reported Maryland as his birthplace and 7 years in Texas, 7 of them in Tarrant County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Tarrant County registered 212 freedmen in 1867, 18% of its voters.
- Maryland
- Birthplace
- 7 years
- In Texas
- 7 years
- In the county
- about 1862
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Tarrant County
Charles Brooks
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Charles Brooks
- Place of birth
- Maryland
- County of registration
- Tarrant County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- November 19, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 7 years
- Years in Tarrant County
- 7 years
- Years in the precinct
- 7 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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 24 of the Tarrant County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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