Gonzales County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Manuel Riley, Gonzales County, Texas, 1867
Manuel Riley registered to vote in Gonzales County on July 17, 1867. He reported 28 years in Texas, 15 of them in Gonzales County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Gonzales County registered 739 freedmen in 1867, 41% of its voters.
- 28 years
- In Texas
- 15 years
- In the county
- about 1839
- Reached Texas
- 13 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1839 to 1870
Manuel Riley
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Manuel Riley
- County of registration
- Gonzales County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 17, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 28 years
- Years in Gonzales County
- 15 years
- Years in the precinct
- 15 years
- Years in Texas before Gonzales County
- 13 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
13 yearsManuel Riley reported 13 years more in Texas than in Gonzales County.
Other freedmen named Riley in Gonzales County
- Robert Rileyreached Texas about 1841
- William Rileyreached Texas about 1842
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 11 of the Gonzales County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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