Davis County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Nathan Oliver, Davis County, Texas, 1867
Nathan Oliver registered to vote in Davis County on August 7, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 17 years in Texas, 17 of them in Davis County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Davis County registered 986 freedmen in 1867, 35% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 17 years
- In Texas
- 17 years
- In the county
- about 1850
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1850 to 1870
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In Davis County
Nathan Oliver
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Nathan Oliver
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Davis County
- Precinct
- 1
- Place of residence
- Davis County
- Registered
- August 7, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 17 years
- Years in Davis County
- 17 years
- Years in the precinct
- 17 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Oliver in Davis County
- Frank Oliverborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1850
- Simon Oliverborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1855
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 20 of the Davis County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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