Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Stephen Brooks, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
Stephen Brooks registered to vote in Colorado County on July 15, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 30 years in Texas, 30 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 30 years
- In Texas
- 30 years
- In the county
- about 1837
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1837 to 1870
Stephen Brooks
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Stephen Brooks
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- July 15, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 30 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 30 years
- Years in the precinct
- 30 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Brooks in Colorado County
- George Brooksborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1847
- John Brooksborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1860
- Landon Brooksborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1847
- Lewis Brooksborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1844
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 7 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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