Bexar County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Nelson Brooks, Bexar County, Texas, 1867
Nelson Brooks registered to vote in Bexar County on July 5, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 14 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Bexar County registered 500 freedmen in 1867, 22% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 14 years
- In Texas
What the register records
From about 1853 to 1870
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In Bexar County
Nelson Brooks
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Nelson Brooks
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Bexar County
- Registered
- July 5, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 14 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
- Richard Brooksborn in Maryland, reached Texas about 1849
- 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 6 of the Bexar County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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