Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Isaac Oliver, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
Isaac Oliver registered to vote in Colorado County on July 12, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 16 years in Texas, 16 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 16 years
- In Texas
- 16 years
- In the county
- about 1851
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1851 to 1870
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In Colorado County
Isaac Oliver
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Isaac Oliver
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- July 12, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 16 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 16 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Oliver in Colorado County
- George Oliverborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1847
- James Oliverborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1853
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 3 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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