Bexar County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Lewis Brook, Bexar County, Texas, 1867
Lewis Brook registered to vote in Bexar County on July 2, 1867. He reported Maryland as his birthplace and 11 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Bexar County registered 500 freedmen in 1867, 22% of its voters.
- Maryland
- Birthplace
- 11 years
- In Texas
- about 1856
- Reached Texas
- 10 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1856 to 1870
Lewis Brook
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Lewis Brook
- Place of birth
- Maryland
- County of registration
- Bexar County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- July 2, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 11 years
- Years in Bexar County
- 3 months
- Years in Texas before Bexar County
- 10 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
10 yearsLewis Brook reported 10 years more in Texas than in Bexar County.
Brooks elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Brook
- Brooks 82
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 1 of the Bexar County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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