Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Wesley Childs, Austin County, Texas, 1867
Wesley Childs registered to vote in Austin County on July 23, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 24 years in Texas, 24 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 24 years
- In Texas
- 24 years
- In the county
What the register records
From about 1843 to 1870
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In Austin County
Wesley Childs
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Wesley Childs
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- July 23, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 24 years
- Years in Austin County
- 24 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Childs in Austin County
- Jefferson Childsborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1838
- Leven Childsborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1829
- Winston Childsborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1823
Childses elsewhere in Texas
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 7 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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