Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Riley Massey, Walker County, Texas, 1867
Riley Massey registered to vote in Walker County on August 6, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 8 years in Texas, 8 of them in Walker County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 8 years
- In Texas
- 8 years
- In the county
- about 1859
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1859 to 1870
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In Walker County
Riley Massey
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Riley Massey
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- August 6, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 8 years
- Years in Walker County
- 8 years
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Signature, as written
- "Riley X Massey"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Massey in Walker County
- William Masseyborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1859
Masseys 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 8 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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