Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Wyatt Railey, Austin County, Texas, 1868
Wyatt Railey registered to vote in Austin County on January 27, 1868. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 26 years in Texas, 26 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Louisiana
- Birthplace
- 26 years
- In Texas
- 26 years
- In the county
- about 1842
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1842 to 1870
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In Austin County
Wyatt Railey
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Wyatt Railey
- Place of birth
- Louisiana
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- January 27, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 26 years
- Years in Austin County
- 26 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Raileys 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 45 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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