Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
David Owens, Anderson County, Texas, 1867
David Owens registered to vote in Anderson County on July 25, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 3 years in Texas, 3 of them in Anderson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Anderson County registered 976 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 3 years
- In Texas
- 3 years
- In the county
- about 1864
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
David Owens
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- David Owens
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Anderson County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- July 25, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 3 years
- Years in Anderson County
- 3 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Owens in Anderson County
- Solomon Owensborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1842
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 2 of the Anderson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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