Lamar County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
William Brooks, Lamar County, Texas, 1867
William Brooks registered to vote in Lamar County on July 11, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 6 years in Texas, 6 of them in Lamar County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Lamar County registered 772 freedmen in 1867, 30% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 6 years
- In Texas
- 6 years
- In the county
- about 1861
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Lamar County
William Brooks
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- William Brooks
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Lamar County
- Precinct
- 6
- Registered
- July 11, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 6 years
- Years in Lamar County
- 6 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 years
- Signature, as written
- "G. G. Barnhart"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Brooks in Lamar County
- Washington Brooksborn in Kentucky, 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 16 of the Lamar County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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