Bastrop County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Aimus Owens, Bastrop County, Texas, 1867
Aimus Owens registered to vote in Bastrop County on July 16, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 25 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored Voter" beside his name. Bastrop County registered 946 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 25 years
- In Texas
- about 1842
- Reached Texas
- 24 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1842 to 1870
Aimus Owens
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Aimus Owens
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Bastrop County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- July 16, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 25 years
- Years in Bastrop County
- 1 month
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Years in Texas before Bastrop County
- 24 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored Voter"
Elsewhere in Texas
24 yearsAimus Owens reported 24 years more in Texas than in Bastrop County.
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 21 of the Bastrop County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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