Jackson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Davis Brooks, Jackson County, Texas, 1867
Davis Brooks registered to vote in Jackson County on September 24, 1867. He reported 10 years in Texas, 10 of them in Jackson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Jackson County registered 254 freedmen in 1867, 50% of its voters.
- 10 years
- In Texas
- 10 years
- In the county
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
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In Jackson County
Davis Brooks
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Davis Brooks
- County of registration
- Jackson County
- Registered
- September 24, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Jackson County
- 10 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Brooks in Jackson County
- Hiram Brooksreached Texas about 1857
- Riley Brooksreached Texas about 1852
- Samuel Brooksreached Texas about 1853
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 10 of the Jackson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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