Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Adam Wiley, Walker County, Texas, 1867
Adam Wiley registered to vote in Walker County on August 20, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 11 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.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 11 years
- In Texas
- 11 years
- In the county
- about 1856
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1856 to 1870
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In Walker County
Adam Wiley
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Adam Wiley
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 20, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 11 years
- Years in Walker County
- 11 years
- Years in the precinct
- 11 years
- Signature, as written
- "A. X Wiley"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Wiley in Walker County
- Albert Wileyborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1851
- Alfred Wileyborn in Georgia
- Anderson Wileyborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1863
- Calvin Wileyborn in Mississippi
- Charles Wileyborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1851
Wileys 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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