Shelby County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
West Brooks, Shelby County, Texas, 1867
West Brooks registered to vote in Shelby County on August 27, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 11 years in Texas, 5 of them in Shelby County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Shelby County registered 374 freedmen in 1867, 36% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 11 years
- In Texas
- 5 years
- In the county
- about 1856
- Reached Texas
- 6 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1856 to 1870
West Brooks
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- West Brooks
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Shelby County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- August 27, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 11 years
- Years in Shelby County
- 5 years
- Years in the precinct
- 5 years
- Years in Texas before Shelby County
- 6 years
- Signature, as written
- "Mack Brooks"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
6 yearsWest Brooks reported 6 years more in Texas than in Shelby County.
Other freedmen named Brooks in Shelby County
- Charles Brooksborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1837
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 17 of the Shelby County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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