Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Samuel Owens, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Samuel Owens registered to vote in Harrison County on July 6, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 17 years in Texas, 16 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 17 years
- In Texas
- 16 years
- In the county
- about 1850
- Reached Texas
- 1 year
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1850 to 1870
Samuel Owens
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Samuel Owens
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 4
- Place of residence
- Harrison County
- Registered
- July 6, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 17 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 16 years
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year 6 months
- Years in Texas before Harrison County
- 1 year
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
1 yearSamuel Owens reported 1 year more in Texas than in Harrison County.
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 1866
- John Owensborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1860
- Robert Owensborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1856
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 18 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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