Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
William Riley, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867
William Riley registered to vote in Brazoria County on August 14, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 12 years in Texas, 12 of them in Brazoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazoria County registered 1,331 freedmen in 1867, 82% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 12 years
- In Texas
- 12 years
- In the county
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
William Riley
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- William Riley
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Registered
- August 14, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 12 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Riley in Brazoria County
- Henry Rileyborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1842
- Jackson Rileyborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1851
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 17 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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