Leon County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Simon Owens, Leon County, Texas, 1867
Simon Owens registered to vote in Leon County on August 17, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas, 4 of them in Leon County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Leon County registered 675 freedmen in 1867, 45% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 4 years
- In Texas
- 4 years
- In the county
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Leon County
Simon Owens
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Simon Owens
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Leon County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- August 17, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Leon County
- 4 years
- Years in the precinct
- 4 years
- Naturalized, where
- "Simon Owens"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Owens in Leon County
- Benjamin Owensborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1863
- Bill Owensborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1862
- Jr., Bill Owensborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1863
- Leander Owensborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1863
- William Owensborn in North 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 15 of the Leon County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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