Bexar County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Andrew Owens, Bexar County, Texas, 1867

Andrew Owens registered to vote in Bexar County on August 8, 1867. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Bexar County registered 500 freedmen in 1867, 22% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Louisiana and Texas marked
Born in Louisiana, registered in Bexar County, Texas
Louisiana
Birthplace
4 years
In Texas
about 1863
Reached Texas
3 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Bexar County

Andrew Owens

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Andrew Owens
Place of birth
Louisiana
County of registration
Bexar County
Precinct
4
Registered
August 8, 1867
Years in Texas
4 years
Years in Bexar County
5 months
Years in Texas before Bexar County
3 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Bexar County highlighted
Bexar County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

3 years

Andrew Owens reported 3 years more in Texas than in Bexar County.

Variations of Owens

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 33 of the Bexar County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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