Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Anderson Wiley, Walker County, Texas, 1867
Anderson Wiley registered to vote in Walker County on August 20, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas, 4 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
- 4 years
- In Texas
- 4 years
- In the county
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Walker County
Anderson Wiley
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Anderson Wiley
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 20, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Walker County
- 4 years
- Years in the precinct
- 4 years
- Signature, as written
- "A. J. Riley"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Wiley in Walker County
- Adam Wileyborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1856
- Albert Wileyborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1851
- Alfred Wileyborn in Georgia
- 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 15 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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