Wood County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Shaderick Riley, Wood County, Texas, 1867

Shaderick Riley registered to vote in Wood County on July 23, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas, 4 of them in Wood County. Wood County registered 259 freedmen in 1867, 24% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with South Carolina and Texas marked
Born in South Carolina, registered in Wood County, Texas
South Carolina
Birthplace
4 years
In Texas
4 years
In the county
about 1863
Reached Texas

What the register records

From 1860 to 1870

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In Wood County

Shaderick Riley

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Shaderick Riley
Place of birth
South Carolina
County of registration
Wood County
Precinct
9
Registered
July 23, 1867
Years in Texas
4 years
Years in Wood County
4 years
Years in the precinct
6 months
Signature, as written
"Frederick his X mark Ricey"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Wood County highlighted
Wood County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Riley in Wood County

Rileys elsewhere in Texas

All 27 freedmen named Riley 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 5 of the Wood County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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