Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
George Brooks, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
George Brooks registered to vote in Colorado County on July 15, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas, 5 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
- 20 years
- In Texas
- 5 years
- In the county
- about 1847
- Reached Texas
- 15 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
George Brooks
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- George Brooks
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- July 15, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 5 years
- Years in the precinct
- 5 years
- Years in Texas before Colorado County
- 15 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
15 yearsGeorge Brooks reported 15 years more in Texas than in Colorado County.
Other freedmen named Brooks in Colorado County
- John Brooksborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1860
- Landon Brooksborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1847
- Lewis Brooksborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1844
- Stephen Brooksborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1837
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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