Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Solomon Owens, Anderson County, Texas, 1867
Solomon Owens registered to vote in Anderson County on August 15, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 25 years in Texas, 10 of them in Anderson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Anderson County registered 976 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 25 years
- In Texas
- 10 years
- In the county
- about 1842
- Reached Texas
- 15 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1842 to 1870
Solomon Owens
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Solomon Owens
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Anderson County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- August 15, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 25 years
- Years in Anderson County
- 10 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Years in Texas before Anderson County
- 15 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
15 yearsSolomon Owens reported 15 years more in Texas than in Anderson County.
Other freedmen named Owens in Anderson County
- David Owensborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1864
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 22 of the Anderson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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