Owen, Henry T.

Henry T. Owen entered the Confederate Army as a captain on April 23, 1861, age 30, in Burkeville, Virginia, in Company C, 18th Regiment of Virginia Infantry. During the course of his military service, he was court martialed several times, but always returned to active duty; no explanation is given for the actions. Following the war, he served as a clerk in the Second Auditor's Office in Richmond. While he was a clerk, he devoted his spare time to investigating the Land Office records for genealogical information, and compiled preliminary maps showing plats of land grants in Prince Edward County.

Owen's family was made up of his wife Harriet and their children, Henry Clay and E. Millie. W.H.H. Ewing was a nephew.

Many of Owen's correspondents also fought in the Civil War and were engaged in writing historical accounts.

The collection also contains papers of the Whiteside family of Pennsylvania and Virginia.

From the description of Papers, 1822-1929. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 86172343