Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
James Riley, Fayette County, Texas, 1867
James Riley registered to vote in Fayette County on August 15, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
- 14 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
James Riley
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- James Riley
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- August 15, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 8 months
- Years in the precinct
- 7 months
- Years in Texas before Fayette County
- 14 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
14 yearsJames Riley reported 14 years more in Texas than in Fayette County.
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 43 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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