Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Jim Olliver, Fayette County, Texas, 1869

Jim Olliver registered to vote in Fayette County on November 23, 1869. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 15 of them in Fayette County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Georgia and Texas marked
Born in Georgia, registered in Fayette County, Texas
Georgia
Birthplace
15 years
In Texas
15 years
In the county
about 1854
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1854 to 1870

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In Fayette County

Jim Olliver

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Jim Olliver
Place of birth
Georgia
County of registration
Fayette County
Registered
November 23, 1869
Years in Texas
15 years
Years in Fayette County
15 years
Years in the precinct
15 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Fayette County highlighted
Fayette County on the 1870 county map

Ollivers elsewhere in Texas

All 2 freedmen named Olliver in Texas

Variations of Olliver

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 66 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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