Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
William Riley, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
William Riley registered to vote in Harrison County on June 24, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 3 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 3 years
- In Texas
- about 1864
- Reached Texas
- 2 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
William Riley
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- William Riley
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 5
- Place of residence
- Marshall. Harrison County.
- Registered
- June 24, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 3 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 6 months
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Harrison County
- 2 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
2 yearsWilliam Riley reported 2 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.
Other freedmen named Riley in Harrison County
- Simon Rileyborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1857
- William Rileyborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1846
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 2 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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