Freestone County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Oliver Bonner, Freestone County, Texas, 1868

Oliver Bonner registered to vote in Freestone County on January 30, 1868. He reported Alabama as his birthplace. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Freestone County registered 960 freedmen in 1867, 54% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Alabama and Texas marked
Born in Alabama, registered in Freestone County, Texas
Alabama
Birthplace
about 1858
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1858 to 1870

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In Freestone County

Oliver Bonner

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Oliver Bonner
Place of birth
Alabama
County of registration
Freestone County
Precinct
1
Registered
January 30, 1868
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Freestone County highlighted
Freestone County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Bonner in Freestone County

Bonners elsewhere in Texas

All 24 freedmen named Bonner 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 32 of the Freestone County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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