Bexar County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
James Owens, Bexar County, Texas, 1867
James Owens registered to vote in Bexar County on July 25, 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 18 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Bexar County registered 500 freedmen in 1867, 22% of its voters.
- Kentucky
- Birthplace
- 18 years
- In Texas
- about 1849
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1849 to 1870
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In Bexar County
James Owens
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- James Owens
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Bexar County
- Precinct
- 6
- Registered
- July 25, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 18 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Owens in Bexar County
- Andrew Owensborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1863
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 29 of the Bexar County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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