Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Alex Owens, Colorado County, Texas, 1867

Alex Owens registered to vote in Colorado County on July 17, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 15 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.

Born in Mississippi, registered in Colorado County, Texas

Mississippi
Birthplace: 15 years
In Texas: 15 years
In the county: about 1852
Reached Texas

What the register records

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In Colorado County

Alex Owens

Texas

Name: Alex Owens
Place of birth: Mississippi
County of registration: Colorado County
Precinct: 96° 32'
Registered: July 17, 1867
Years in Texas: 15 years
Years in Colorado County: 15 years
Years in the precinct: 15 years
Remarks, as written: "Colored"

Colorado County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Owens in Colorado County

Abe Owensborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1854
Archey Owensborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1855
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

All 50 freedmen named Owens 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 11 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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