Shelby County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Charles Brooks, Shelby County, Texas, 1867
Charles Brooks registered to vote in Shelby County on August 24, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 30 years in Texas, 30 of them in Shelby County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Shelby County registered 374 freedmen in 1867, 36% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 30 years
- In Texas
- 30 years
- In the county
- about 1837
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1837 to 1870
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In Shelby County
Charles Brooks
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Charles Brooks
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Shelby County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- August 24, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 30 years
- Years in Shelby County
- 30 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 months
- Signature, as written
- "Russ Weathers"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Brooks in Shelby County
- West Brooksborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1856
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 16 of the Shelby County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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