Freestone County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Richard Wiley, Freestone County, Texas, 1869
Richard Wiley registered to vote in Freestone County on November 17, 1869. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Freestone County registered 960 freedmen in 1867, 54% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- about 1851
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1851 to 1870
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In Freestone County
Richard Wiley
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Richard Wiley
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Freestone County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- November 17, 1869
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Wileys 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 33 of the Freestone County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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