Person:Leonard Owen (2)

Records

PATRICK COUNTY, VA - COURT - Order Book "2"

NOVEMBER COURT

(12 November 1818)

Commonwealth v. Hamon Bowman a Jury sworn, to Wit, Thomas Harbour, Thomas Beazley, Jno. Smith, William East, Wm. Sharp, William McMillion, Thomas H. Watson, Thomas Baker, Jese Reynolds, Silas Carter, Leonard Owen and Jeremiah Burnett. Verdict returned for Defendant.

Source: USGenWeb Archives

1.   Ancestry.com - Message Boards.

   (1)Leonard Owen m. Jane Qualls in PCVA on 16 Aug 1803. Surety is Elisha
   Ayers. Minister is Thomas Whitlock.
   
   (2)Leonard Owen m. Nancey Hampton in PCVA on 26 Oct 1805. Surety is
   Archibald Bryson. Minister is Thomas Whitlock.
   
   (3)Leonard Owen m. ___________(no name listed) in PCVA on 15 Aug 1811.
   Surety is McKinley Landreth.
   
   http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/VAPATRIC/2000-05/0959207344

2.   Hodes, Martha. White Women, Black Men: Illicit Sex in the Nineteenth-Century South
   pg. 177.

   Some men who accused their wives of extramarital intercourse with African Americans clearly believed that the interracial element greatly exacerbated the betrayal. Joseph Gresham, for example, stated bluntly that his wife’s adultery was ‘‘aggravated by the fact, that it was committed and carried on with a man of colour.’’ [23] Thomas Cain argued that Mary Cain’s delivery of children of mixed ancestry made her adultery ‘‘of the most aggravated character.’’ [24] Similarly, Leonard Owen of Patrick County offered the fact that his wife Nancy give birth to a biracial child as ‘‘such a horrid violation of the marriage bed’’ that he saw no need to elaborate further ‘‘upon his case as he is convinced it must be obvious to any person’’ that he deserved a divorce. [25]

3. ↑ ^3.0 3.1 Ancestry.com. Public Member Trees: (Note: not considered a reliable primary source).

   http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/70085631/person/32210643493

4.   United States. 1820 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M33).

   1820 U.S. Census Population Schedule
   Name: Leonard Owen
   Home in 1820 (City, County, State): Patrick, Virginia
   Enumeration Date: August 7, 1820
   Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 15: 1
   Free White Persons - Males - 16 thru 25: 1
   Free White Persons - Females - Under 10: 1
   Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 15: 1
   Free White Persons - Females - 16 thru 25: 1
   Number of Persons - Engaged in Agriculture: 1
   Free White Persons - Under 16: 3
   Total Free White Persons: 5
   Total All Persons - White, Slaves, Colored, Other: 5

5.   United States. 1830 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M19).

   1830 U.S. Census Population Schedule
   Name:Leonard Owen
   Home in 1830 (City, County, State): Patrick, Virginia
   Free White Persons - Males - 5 thru 9: 1
   Free White Persons - Males - 40 thru 49: 1
   Free White Persons - Females - 20 thru 29: 1
   Free White Persons - Females - 60 thru 69: 1
   Free White Persons - Under 20: 1
   Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 2
   Total Free White Persons: 4
   Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored): 4

6.   United States. 1850 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M432).

   1850 U.S. Census Population Schedule
   Name: Leonard Owen
   Age: 74
   Birth Year: abt 1776
   Birthplace: Virginia
   Home in 1850: Washington, Hendricks, Indiana
   Gender: Male
   Family Number: 524
   Household Members: Name Age
   Leonard Owen 74
   Hannah Owen 70