Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Oliver Palmer, Austin County, Texas, 1867
Oliver Palmer registered to vote in Austin County on August 26, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 15 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 15 years
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
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In Austin County
Oliver Palmer
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Oliver Palmer
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Place of residence
- Pine Grove
- Registered
- August 26, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Austin County
- 15 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Palmer in Austin County
- Armstead Palmerborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1854
- Charles Palmerborn in Florida, reached Texas about 1862
- Friday Palmerborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1854
- Jenned Palmerborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1867
- Warren Palmerborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1863
Palmers 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 36 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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