Gonzales County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
William Riley, Gonzales County, Texas, 1867
William Riley registered to vote in Gonzales County on July 16, 1867. He reported 25 years in Texas, 16 of them in Gonzales County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Gonzales County registered 739 freedmen in 1867, 41% of its voters.
- 25 years
- In Texas
- 16 years
- In the county
- about 1842
- Reached Texas
- 9 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1842 to 1870
William Riley
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- William Riley
- County of registration
- Gonzales County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 16, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 25 years
- Years in Gonzales County
- 16 years
- Years in the precinct
- 16 years
- Years in Texas before Gonzales County
- 9 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
9 yearsWilliam Riley reported 9 years more in Texas than in Gonzales County.
Other freedmen named Riley in Gonzales County
- Manuel Rileyreached Texas about 1839
- Robert Rileyreached Texas about 1841
Rileys 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 9 of the Gonzales County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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