Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Peter Oliver, Austin County, Texas, 1867
Peter Oliver registered to vote in Austin County on August 21, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 8 years in Texas, 8 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 8 years
- In Texas
- 8 years
- In the county
- about 1859
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1859 to 1870
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In Austin County
Peter Oliver
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Peter Oliver
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- August 21, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 8 years
- Years in Austin County
- 8 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Oliver in Austin County
- Isam Oliverborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1857
- Jeremiah Oliverborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1853
- Nathan Oliverborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1860
- Patrick Oliverborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1860
- Ruben Oliverborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1859
Olivers 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 29 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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