Burleson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Gil Oldham, Burleson County, Texas, 1867
Gil Oldham registered to vote in Burleson County on July 5, 1867. He reported 26 years in Texas, 26 of them in Burleson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Burleson County registered 636 freedmen in 1867, 44% of its voters.
- 26 years
- In Texas
- 26 years
- In the county
- about 1841
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1841 to 1870
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In Burleson County
Gil Oldham
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Gil Oldham
- County of registration
- Burleson County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 5, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 26 years
- Years in Burleson County
- 26 years
- Years in the precinct
- 26 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Oldham in Burleson County
- Geo Oldhamreached Texas about 1845
- Hugo Oldhamreached Texas about 1847
- Jack Oldhamreached Texas about 1842
- Tobias Oldhamreached Texas about 1838
Oldhams 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 5 of the Burleson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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