Bexar County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Richard Brooks, Bexar County, Texas, 1867
Richard Brooks registered to vote in Bexar County on July 16, 1867. He reported Maryland as his birthplace and 18 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Bexar County registered 500 freedmen in 1867, 22% of its voters.
- Maryland
- Birthplace
- 18 years
- In Texas
- about 1849
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1849 to 1870
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In Bexar County
Richard Brooks
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Richard Brooks
- Place of birth
- Maryland
- County of registration
- Bexar County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- July 16, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 18 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Brooks in Bexar County
- Jordan Brooksborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1853
- Jordin Brooksborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1854
- Nelson Brooksborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1853
- Saulsberry Brooksborn in Maryland, reached Texas about 1861
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 23 of the Bexar County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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