Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

David Wiley, Walker County, Texas, 1867

David Wiley registered to vote in Walker County on August 20, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 13 years in Texas, 11 of them in Walker County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Alabama and Texas marked
Born in Alabama, registered in Walker County, Texas
Alabama
Birthplace
13 years
In Texas
11 years
In the county
about 1854
Reached Texas
2 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1854 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Walker County

David Wiley

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
David Wiley
Place of birth
Alabama
County of registration
Walker County
Precinct
1
Registered
August 20, 1867
Years in Texas
13 years
Years in Walker County
11 years
Years in the precinct
5 years
Years in Texas before Walker County
2 years
Signature, as written
"David X Wiley"
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Walker County highlighted
Walker County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

2 years

David Wiley reported 2 years more in Texas than in Walker County.

Other freedmen named Wiley in Walker County

Wileys elsewhere in Texas

All 29 freedmen named Wiley 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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