Leon County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Willis Riley, Leon County, Texas, 1867
Willis Riley registered to vote in Leon County on August 13, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas, 3 of them in Leon County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Leon County registered 675 freedmen in 1867, 45% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 4 years
- In Texas
- 3 years
- In the county
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
- 1 year
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Willis Riley
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Willis Riley
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Leon County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 13, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Leon County
- 3 years
- Years in the precinct
- 3 years
- Years in Texas before Leon County
- 1 year
- Signature, as written
- "Willis x Riley"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
1 yearWillis Riley reported 1 year more in Texas than in Leon 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 9 of the Leon County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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