Henderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Thomas Brooks, Henderson County, Texas, 1867
Thomas Brooks registered to vote in Henderson County on August 3, 1867. He reported Maryland as his birthplace and 13 years in Texas, 13 of them in Henderson County. The registrar wrote "Colored. Transferred to Anderson County" beside his name. Henderson County registered 294 freedmen in 1867, 28% of its voters.
- Maryland
- Birthplace
- 13 years
- In Texas
- 13 years
- In the county
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
Thomas Brooks
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Thomas Brooks
- Place of birth
- Maryland
- County of registration
- Henderson County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 3, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 13 years
- Years in Henderson County
- 13 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Signature, as written
- "Thomas Bryant"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored. Transferred to Anderson County"
Other freedmen named Brooks in Henderson County
- John Brooksborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1863
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 5 of the Henderson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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