Bastrop County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Marcus Oliver, Bastrop County, Texas, 1867
Marcus Oliver registered to vote in Bastrop County on July 12, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 7 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored Voter" beside his name. Bastrop County registered 946 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 7 years
- In Texas
- about 1860
- Reached Texas
- 6 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1860 to 1870
Marcus Oliver
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Marcus Oliver
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Bastrop County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 12, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 7 years
- Years in Bastrop County
- 1 month
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Years in Texas before Bastrop County
- 6 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored Voter"
Elsewhere in Texas
6 yearsMarcus Oliver reported 6 years more in Texas than in Bastrop County.
Other freedmen named Oliver in Bastrop County
- Armstead Oliverborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1864
- Armsted Oliverborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1850
- Peter Oliverborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1851
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 14 of the Bastrop County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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