Oliver · Texas · 1867 voter registration

Oliver in the 1867 Texas voter registration: 42 freedmen

42 freedmen named Oliver registered to vote in Texas between 1867 and 1870. Many registered in Austin County (6), Bastrop County (4) and Falls County (4). The birthplaces they reported most often were Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi. The earliest of them reached Texas about 1834.

Map of Texas counties in 1870 with the counties where the Olivers registered highlighted
Counties where freedmen named Oliver registered, on the 1870 county map
42
Freedmen
19
Counties
Georgia
Largest birthplace
1834
Earliest arrival
1860s
Fullest decade

Where the Olivers registered

Texas counties where the Olivers registered
CountyFreedmen%
Austin County614%
Bastrop County410%
Falls County410%
Fort Bend County410%
Brazoria County37%
Colorado County37%
Davis County37%
Fayette County25%
Madison County25%
McLennan County25%
Bexar County12%
Brazos County12%
Collin County12%
Freestone County12%
Guadalupe County12%
Harrison County12%
Hill County12%
Jasper County12%
Tarrant County12%

Where the Olivers were born

Birthplaces the Olivers reported
BirthplaceFreedmen%
Georgia723%
Alabama619%
Mississippi413%
North Carolina310%
Tennessee310%
Virginia310%
South Carolina26%
Florida13%
Kentucky13%
Texas13%

When the Olivers reached Texas

Reported arrival decades for the Olivers
DecadeFreedmen
1830s
1
1840s
2
1850s
17
1860s
18

Every Oliver in the register

The Olivers in the register, 1 to 42 of 42
NameCountyBirthplaceReached Texas
Anderson OliverFayette CountyMississippi1858
Armstead OliverBastrop CountyAlabama1864
Armsted OliverBastrop CountyAlabama1850
Burrell OliverFayette CountyVirginia1852
Charles OliverBrazoria CountyFlorida1861
Danry OliverGuadalupe CountyNorth Carolina1866
Edward OliverMcLennan County1866
Frank OliverDavis CountyAlabama1850
Frank OliverFort Bend County1866
Frank OliverMadison CountyMississippi1856
George OliverColorado CountyKentucky1847
Handy OliverFort Bend County1866
Harrison OliverBrazoria CountyMississippi1854
Henry OliverMadison CountyTexas1848
Isaac OliverBrazos County1864
Isaac OliverColorado CountyGeorgia1851
Isam OliverAustin CountyGeorgia1857
Jackson OliverMcLennan County1866
James OliverColorado CountyVirginia1853
James OliverHill CountySouth Carolina1852
James OliverTarrant CountySouth Carolina1862
Jeremiah OliverAustin CountyGeorgia1853
Jesse OliverFort Bend County1834
John OliverFalls County
John OliverFort Bend County1866
John OliverJasper CountyAlabama1865
Jordin OliverBexar CountyVirginia1857
Joseph OliverBrazoria CountyMississippi1862
Lornelm OliverCollin CountyTennessee1861
Marcus OliverBastrop CountyTennessee1860
Nathan OliverAustin CountyAlabama1860
Nathan OliverDavis CountyNorth Carolina1850
Nelson B. OliverFalls County
Patrick OliverAustin CountyGeorgia1860
Peter OliverAustin CountyGeorgia1859
Peter OliverBastrop CountyTennessee1851
Peter OliverFreestone CountyGeorgia1863
Philip OliverFalls County
Richard OliverHarrison CountyGeorgia1865
Ruben OliverAustin CountyAlabama1859
Simon OliverDavis CountyNorth Carolina1855
Vass OliverFalls County

Oliver genealogy in Texas

How do I find an ancestor named Oliver in Texas?

Start with the county: this is African American genealogy from the register itself. Austin County holds 6 of the 42, Bastrop County 4. Open a name to read the original handwritten register page and the names written around it. Names were written in more than one form, so try the sound of the name as well as its letters.

Where did the Olivers in Texas come from?

They reported Georgia (7), Alabama (6) and Mississippi (4) as their birthplaces most often, and 1 reported Texas. These are the answers the men themselves gave a board of registrars between 1867 and 1870.

Which Texas counties had the most freedmen named Oliver?

Austin County (6), Bastrop County (4), Falls County (4). In all, 42 registered across 19 Texas counties between 1867 and 1870.

Sources

Figures come from the 1867 to 1870 Texas voter registration held by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission. Registrars wrote each name as they heard it, so Oliver appears in the register in more than one form. About Enslaved Texas.

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