Burleson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Tobias Oldham, Burleson County, Texas, 1867
Tobias Oldham registered to vote in Burleson County on July 30, 1867. He reported 29 years in Texas, 29 of them in Burleson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Burleson County registered 636 freedmen in 1867, 44% of its voters.
- 29 years
- In Texas
- 29 years
- In the county
- about 1838
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1838 to 1870
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In Burleson County
Tobias Oldham
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Tobias Oldham
- County of registration
- Burleson County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 30, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 29 years
- Years in Burleson County
- 29 years
- Years in the precinct
- 29 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Oldham in Burleson County
- Geo Oldhamreached Texas about 1845
- Gil Oldhamreached Texas about 1841
- Hugo Oldhamreached Texas about 1847
- Jack Oldhamreached Texas about 1842
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 24 of the Burleson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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