Madison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Frank Oliver, Madison County, Texas, 1867
Frank Oliver registered to vote in Madison County on August 14, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 11 years in Texas, 2 of them in Madison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Madison County registered 254 freedmen in 1867, 40% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 11 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1856
- Reached Texas
- 9 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1856 to 1870
Frank Oliver
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Frank Oliver
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Madison County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 14, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 11 years
- Years in Madison County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 7 months
- Years in Texas before Madison County
- 9 years
- Signature, as written
- "Frank Oliver"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
9 yearsFrank Oliver reported 9 years more in Texas than in Madison County.
Other freedmen named Oliver in Madison County
- Henry Oliverborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1848
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 5 of the Madison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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