Wilson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Nelson Brooks, Wilson County, Texas, 1867
Nelson Brooks registered to vote in Wilson County on July 16, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 13 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Wilson County registered 97 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 13 years
- In Texas
- 12 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
Nelson Brooks
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Nelson Brooks
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Wilson County
- Precinct
- 1
- Place of residence
- Wilson County
- Registered
- July 16, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 13 years
- Years in Wilson County
- 7 months
- Years in the precinct
- 7 months
- Years in Texas before Wilson County
- 12 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
12 yearsNelson Brooks reported 12 years more in Texas than in Wilson County.
Other freedmen named Brooks in Wilson County
- Jordan Brooksborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1854
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 2 of the Wilson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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