Owens · Texas · 1867 voter registration

Owens in the 1867 Texas voter registration: 50 freedmen

50 freedmen named Owens registered to vote in Texas between 1867 and 1870. Many registered in Wharton County (9), Harrison County (8) and Colorado County (6). The birthplaces they reported most often were Mississippi, Georgia and North Carolina. The earliest of them reached Texas about 1842.

Map of Texas counties in 1870 with the counties where the Owenses registered highlighted
Counties where freedmen named Owens registered, on the 1870 county map
50
Freedmen
19
Counties
Mississippi
Largest birthplace
1842
Earliest arrival
1860s
Fullest decade

Where the Owenses registered

Texas counties where the Owenses registered
CountyFreedmen%
Wharton County918%
Harrison County816%
Colorado County612%
Leon County612%
Anderson County24%
Bexar County24%
Falls County24%
Fayette County24%
Galveston County24%
McLennan County24%
Austin County12%
Bastrop County12%
Burleson County12%
Davis County12%
Fort Bend County12%
Grayson County12%
Jasper County12%
Lampasas County12%
Walker County12%

Where the Owenses were born

Birthplaces the Owenses reported
BirthplaceFreedmen%
Mississippi927%
Georgia515%
North Carolina412%
Tennessee412%
Virginia412%
Louisiana39%
Missouri26%
Kentucky13%
South Carolina13%

When the Owenses reached Texas

Reported arrival decades for the Owenses
DecadeFreedmen
1840s
3
1850s
15
1860s
29

Variations of Owens

Every Owens in the register

The Owenses in the register, 1 to 50 of 50
NameCountyBirthplaceReached Texas
Abe OwensColorado CountyTennessee1854
Abe OwensWharton County
Aimus OwensBastrop CountyNorth Carolina1842
Albert OwensWharton County1866
Alex OwensColorado CountyMississippi1852
Anderson OwensFayette CountyTennessee1852
Andrew OwensBexar CountyLouisiana1863
Anthony OwensWharton County1866
Archey OwensColorado CountyGeorgia1855
Ben OwensFayette CountyVirginia1852
Benjamin OwensLeon CountyTennessee1863
Berry OwensHarrison CountyGeorgia1851
Bill OwensLeon CountyMississippi1862
Calvin OwensWalker CountyGeorgia1866
Daniel OwensWharton County1866
David OwensAnderson CountyNorth Carolina1864
David OwensJasper CountyLouisiana
Dennis OwensColorado CountyMississippi1859
Finn OwensFalls County
Geo OwensFort Bend County1866
Green OwensHarrison CountyMississippi1867
H. OwensBurleson County1863
Henry OwensGrayson CountyMissouri1862
Howard OwensMcLennan County
Isaac OwensWharton County1866
James OwensBexar CountyKentucky1849
Jeff OwensWharton County1866
Joe OwensLampasas CountyMissouri1866
Joe OwensWharton County
John OwensHarrison CountyVirginia1866
John OwensHarrison CountyVirginia1860
Jr., Bill OwensLeon CountyMississippi1863
Leander OwensLeon CountyLouisiana1863
Lee OwensGalveston County1866
Lewis OwensDavis CountyGeorgia1854
Michael OwensWharton County1866
Nathen OwensColorado CountyMississippi1860
Nelson OwensFalls County
Robert OwensHarrison CountySouth Carolina1856
Robert OwensHarrison CountyGeorgia1855
Robert OwensMcLennan County1866
Samuel OwensHarrison CountyTennessee1850
Silas OwensGalveston County1866
Simon OwensLeon CountyMississippi1863
Solomon OwensAnderson CountyMississippi1842
Squire OwensHarrison CountyMississippi1853
Temple OwensWharton County1866
William OwensLeon CountyNorth Carolina1856
Winn OwensAustin CountyNorth Carolina1852
York OwensColorado CountyVirginia1855

Owens genealogy in Texas

How do I find an ancestor named Owens in Texas?

Start with the county: this is African American genealogy from the register itself. Wharton County holds 9 of the 50, Harrison County 8. Open a name to read the original handwritten register page and the names written around it. Names were written in more than one form, so look under Owen as well.

Where did the Owenses in Texas come from?

They reported Mississippi (9), Georgia (5) and North Carolina (4) as their birthplaces most often. These are the answers the men themselves gave a board of registrars between 1867 and 1870.

Which Texas counties had the most freedmen named Owens?

Wharton County (9), Harrison County (8), Colorado County (6). In all, 50 registered across 19 Texas counties between 1867 and 1870.

Sources

Figures come from the 1867 to 1870 Texas voter registration held by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission. Registrars wrote each name as they heard it, so Owens appears in the register in more than one form. About Enslaved Texas.

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