Madison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Cezar Brooks, Madison County, Texas, 1867
Cezar Brooks registered to vote in Madison County on August 19, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 16 years in Texas, 7 of them in Madison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Madison County registered 254 freedmen in 1867, 40% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 16 years
- In Texas
- 7 years
- In the county
- about 1851
- Reached Texas
- 9 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1851 to 1870
Cezar Brooks
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Cezar Brooks
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Madison County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 19, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 16 years
- Years in Madison County
- 7 years
- Years in the precinct
- 7 years
- Years in Texas before Madison County
- 9 years
- Naturalized, where
- "Bryan Brooks"
- Signature, as written
- "John Jordan"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
9 yearsCezar Brooks reported 9 years more in Texas than in Madison County.
Other freedmen named Brooks in Madison County
- Leander Brooksborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1846
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 6 of the Madison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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