Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Archey Owens, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
Archey Owens registered to vote in Colorado County on July 20, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 12 years in Texas, 6 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 12 years
- In Texas
- 6 years
- In the county
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
- 6 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
Archey Owens
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Archey Owens
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- July 20, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 6 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 years
- Years in Texas before Colorado County
- 6 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
6 yearsArchey Owens reported 6 years more in Texas than in Colorado County.
Other freedmen named Owens in Colorado County
- Abe Owensborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1854
- Alex Owensborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1852
- Dennis Owensborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1859
- Nathen Owensborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1860
- York Owensborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1855
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 18 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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