Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Owens, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
John Owens registered to vote in Harrison County on July 23, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- about 1866
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Harrison County
John Owens
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Owens
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- July 23, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 18 months
- Years in Harrison County
- 18 months
- Years in the precinct
- 18 months
- Signature, as written
- "J. Owens"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Other freedmen named Owens in Harrison County
- Berry Owensborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1851
- Green Owensborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1867
- John Owensborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1860
- Robert Owensborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1856
- Robert Owensborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1855
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 41 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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