Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Anderson Owens, Fayette County, Texas, 1867
Anderson Owens registered to vote in Fayette County on July 30, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 6 of them in Fayette County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 6 years
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
- 9 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
Anderson Owens
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Anderson Owens
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- July 30, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 6 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 years
- Years in Texas before Fayette County
- 9 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
9 yearsAnderson Owens reported 9 years more in Texas than in Fayette County.
Other freedmen named Owens in Fayette County
- Ben Owensborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1852
Owenses elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Owens
- Owen 7
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 28 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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