Cherokee County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

James Owen, Cherokee County, Texas, 1867

James Owen registered to vote in Cherokee County on Jul. 27 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 1 year in Texas, 1 of them in Cherokee County. Cherokee County registered 695 freedmen in 1867, 30% of its voters.

Born in Georgia, registered in Cherokee County, Texas

Georgia
Birthplace: 1 year
In Texas: 1 year
In the county: about 1866
Reached Texas

What the register records

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In Cherokee County

James Owen

Texas

Name: James Owen
Place of birth: Georgia
County of registration: Cherokee County
Precinct: 4
Registered: Jul. 27 1867
Years in Texas: 1 year
Years in Cherokee County: 1 year
Years in the precinct: 1 year

Cherokee County on the 1870 county map

Owens elsewhere in Texas

All 7 freedmen named Owen in Texas

Variations of Owen

Owens 50

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. Cherokee County's entries fill 59 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.

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