Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Winston Childs, Austin County, Texas, 1867
Winston Childs registered to vote in Austin County on August 19, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 44 years in Texas, 39 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 44 years
- In Texas
- 39 years
- In the county
- about 1823
- Reached Texas
- 5 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1823 to 1870
Winston Childs
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Winston Childs
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Place of residence
- Pine Groove
- Registered
- August 19, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 44 years
- Years in Austin County
- 39 years
- Years in Texas before Austin County
- 5 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
5 yearsWinston Childs reported 5 years more in Texas than in Austin County.
Other freedmen named Childs in Austin County
- Jefferson Childsborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1838
- Leven Childsborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1829
- Wesley Childsborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1843
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 27 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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