Madison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Henry Oliver, Madison County, Texas, 1869
Henry Oliver registered to vote in Madison County on November 25, 1869. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas, 4 of them in Madison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Madison County registered 254 freedmen in 1867, 40% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 4 years
- In the county
- 17 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1848 to 1870
Henry Oliver
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Henry Oliver
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Madison County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- November 25, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Madison County
- 4 years
- Years in the precinct
- 4 years
- Years in Texas before Madison County
- 17 years
- Signature, as written
- "Henry Oliver"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
17 yearsHenry Oliver reported 17 years more in Texas than in Madison County.
Other freedmen named Oliver in Madison County
- Frank Oliverborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1856
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 15 of the Madison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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