Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Lewis Brooks, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
Lewis Brooks registered to vote in Colorado County on August 15, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 23 years in Texas, 23 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 23 years
- In Texas
- 23 years
- In the county
- about 1844
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1844 to 1870
Lewis Brooks
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Lewis Brooks
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- August 15, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 23 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 23 years
- Years in the precinct
- 23 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
- 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 39 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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