Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Green Owens, Harrison County, Texas, 1869

Green Owens registered to vote in Harrison County on November 19, 1869. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 2 years in Texas, 2 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Mississippi and Texas marked
Born in Mississippi, registered in Harrison County, Texas
Mississippi
Birthplace
2 years
In Texas
2 years
In the county
about 1867
Reached Texas

What the register records

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In Harrison County

Green Owens

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Green Owens
Place of birth
Mississippi
County of registration
Harrison County
Precinct
4
Registered
November 19, 1869
Years in Texas
2 years
Years in Harrison County
2 years
Years in the precinct
2 years
Naturalized, how
"Ga"
Signature, as written
"g Owens [x] A Copeland"
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Harrison County highlighted
Harrison County on the 1870 county map

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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 88 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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