Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Henry Riley, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867
Henry Riley registered to vote in Brazoria County on August 14, 1867. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 25 years in Texas, 25 of them in Brazoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazoria County registered 1,331 freedmen in 1867, 82% of its voters.
- Louisiana
- Birthplace
- 25 years
- In Texas
- 25 years
- In the county
- about 1842
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1842 to 1870
Henry Riley
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Henry Riley
- Place of birth
- Louisiana
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Registered
- August 14, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 25 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 25 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Riley in Brazoria County
- Jackson Rileyborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1851
- William Rileyborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1855
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 18 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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