Jackson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Riley Brooks, Jackson County, Texas, 1869
Riley Brooks registered to vote in Jackson County on November 16, 1869. He reported 17 years in Texas, 17 of them in Jackson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Jackson County registered 254 freedmen in 1867, 50% of its voters.
- 17 years
- In Texas
- 17 years
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
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In Jackson County
Riley Brooks
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Riley Brooks
- County of registration
- Jackson County
- Registered
- November 16, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 17 years
- Years in Jackson County
- 17 years
- Years in the precinct
- 17 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Brooks in Jackson County
- Davis Brooksreached Texas about 1857
- Hiram Brooksreached Texas about 1857
- 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 12 of the Jackson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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