Bowie County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Soloman Riley, Bowie County, Texas, 1869
Soloman Riley registered to vote in Bowie County on July 29, 1869. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 3 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Bowie County registered 462 freedmen in 1867, 55% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 3 years
- In Texas
- 20 years
- In the county
- about 1866
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Bowie County
Soloman Riley
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Soloman Riley
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Bowie County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 29, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 3 years
- Years in Bowie County
- 20 years
- Years in the precinct
- 20 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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 10 of the Bowie County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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