Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Wiat Ray, Anderson County, Texas, 1867

Wiat Ray registered to vote in Anderson County on July 29, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 1 year in Texas, 1 of them in Anderson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Anderson County registered 976 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Georgia and Texas marked
Born in Georgia, registered in Anderson County, Texas
Georgia
Birthplace
1 year
In Texas
1 year
In the county
about 1866
Reached Texas

What the register records

From 1860 to 1870

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In Anderson County

Wiat Ray

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Wiat Ray
Place of birth
Georgia
County of registration
Anderson County
Precinct
3
Registered
July 29, 1867
Years in Texas
1 year
Years in Anderson County
1 year
Years in the precinct
12 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Anderson County highlighted
Anderson County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Ray in Anderson County

  • Miller Rayborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1854

Rays elsewhere in Texas

All 18 freedmen named Ray 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. Anderson County's entries fill 53 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.

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