Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Samson Wiley, Walker County, Texas, 1867
Samson Wiley registered to vote in Walker County on August 29, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 16 years in Texas, 12 of them in Walker County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 16 years
- In Texas
- 12 years
- In the county
- about 1851
- Reached Texas
- 4 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1851 to 1870
Samson Wiley
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Samson Wiley
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- August 29, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 16 years
- Years in Walker County
- 12 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Walker County
- 4 years
- Signature, as written
- "S. X Riley"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
4 yearsSamson Wiley reported 4 years more in Texas than in Walker County.
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
- Anderson Wileyborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1863
- Calvin Wileyborn in Mississippi
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 27 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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