Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Willace Ridley, Walker County, Texas, 1867
Willace Ridley registered to vote in Walker County on August 20, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 2 years in Texas, 2 of them in Walker County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 2 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1865
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Walker County
Willace Ridley
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Willace Ridley
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 20, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 2 years
- Years in Walker County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Signature, as written
- "W. X Ridley"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Ridley in Walker County
- Abraham Ridleyborn in Virginia
Ridleys 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 14 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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