Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Thomas Brooks, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Thomas Brooks registered to vote in Harrison County on July 30, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 13 years in Texas, 13 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 13 years
- In Texas
- 13 years
- In the county
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
Thomas Brooks
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Thomas Brooks
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- July 30, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 13 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 13 years
- Years in the precinct
- 13 years
- Signature, as written
- "S Brook"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Other freedmen named Brooks in Harrison County
- Daniel Brooksborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1859
- Daniel Brooksborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1847
- John Brooksborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1846
- Littleton Brooksborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1866
- Manuel Brooksborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1858
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 51 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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