Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Philip Brooks, Austin County, Texas, 1867
Philip Brooks registered to vote in Austin County on July 19, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 8 years in Texas, 3 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 8 years
- In Texas
- 3 years
- In the county
- about 1859
- Reached Texas
- 5 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1859 to 1870
Philip Brooks
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Philip Brooks
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Place of residence
- Bellville
- Registered
- July 19, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 8 years
- Years in Austin County
- 3 years
- Years in Texas before Austin County
- 5 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
5 yearsPhilip Brooks reported 5 years more in Texas than in Austin 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 1 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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