Davis County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Frank Oliver, Davis County, Texas, 1867
Frank Oliver registered to vote in Davis County on August 23, 1867. He reported Alabama 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.
- Alabama
- 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
Frank Oliver
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Frank Oliver
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Davis County
- Precinct
- 4
- Place of residence
- Davis County
- Registered
- August 23, 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
- Nathan Oliverborn in North Carolina, 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 58 of the Davis County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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