Grayson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Ruben Childs, Grayson County, Texas, 1867
Ruben Childs registered to vote in Grayson County on July 15, 1867. He reported Missouri as his birthplace and 5 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Grayson County registered 377 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Missouri
- Birthplace
- 5 years
- In Texas
- about 1862
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Grayson County
Ruben Childs
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Ruben Childs
- Place of birth
- Missouri
- County of registration
- Grayson County
- Precinct
- 6
- Registered
- July 15, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 5 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Childs in Grayson County
- George Childsborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1860
- Jackson Childsborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1861
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 1 of the Grayson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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