Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Ben Owens, Fayette County, Texas, 1867

Ben Owens registered to vote in Fayette County on August 14, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 15 of them in Fayette County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.

Born in Virginia, registered in Fayette County, Texas

Virginia
Birthplace: 15 years
In Texas: 15 years
In the county: about 1852
Reached Texas

What the register records

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In Fayette County

Ben Owens

Texas

Name: Ben Owens
Place of birth: Virginia
County of registration: Fayette County
Registered: August 14, 1867
Years in Texas: 15 years
Years in Fayette County: 15 years
Years in the precinct: 15 years
Remarks, as written: "Colored"

Fayette County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Owens in Fayette County

Anderson Owensborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1852

Owenses elsewhere in Texas

All 50 freedmen named Owens 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 40 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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