Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Marcus Childs, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Marcus Childs registered to vote in Harrison County on July 8, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 9 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 9 years
- In Texas
- about 1858
- Reached Texas
- 8 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1858 to 1870
Marcus Childs
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Marcus Childs
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 11
- Place of residence
- Harrison County
- Registered
- July 8, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 9 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 6 months
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Harrison County
- 8 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
8 yearsMarcus Childs reported 8 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.
Other freedmen named Childs in Harrison County
- Green Childsborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1855
- Joshua Childsborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1846
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 20 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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