Davis County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Simon Oliver, Davis County, Texas, 1867
Simon Oliver registered to vote in Davis County on August 31, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 12 years in Texas, 12 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
- 12 years
- In Texas
- 12 years
- In the county
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
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In Davis County
Simon Oliver
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Simon Oliver
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Davis County
- Precinct
- 4
- Place of residence
- Davis County
- Registered
- August 31, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in Davis County
- 12 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Oliver in Davis County
- Frank Oliverborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1850
- Nathan Oliverborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1850
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 61 of the Davis County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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