Wood County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Wiley Riley, Wood County, Texas, 1867
Wiley Riley registered to vote in Wood County on July 23, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas, 10 of them in Wood County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Wood County registered 259 freedmen in 1867, 24% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 10 years
- In Texas
- 10 years
- In the county
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
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In Wood County
Wiley Riley
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Wiley Riley
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Wood County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 23, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Wood County
- 10 years
- Years in the precinct
- 10 years
- Signature, as written
- "Wiley his X mark Riley"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Riley in Wood County
- Shaderick Rileyborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1863
- Thomas Rileyborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1863
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 4 of the Wood County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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