Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Green Childs, Harrison County, Texas, 1867

Green Childs registered to vote in Harrison County on July 17, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 12 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Georgia and Texas marked
Born in Georgia, registered in Harrison County, Texas
Georgia
Birthplace
12 years
In Texas
about 1855
Reached Texas
11 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1855 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Harrison County

Green Childs

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Green Childs
Place of birth
Georgia
County of registration
Harrison County
Precinct
4
Place of residence
Harrison County
Registered
July 17, 1867
Years in Texas
12 years
Years in Harrison County
8 months
Years in the precinct
8 months
Years in Texas before Harrison County
11 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Harrison County highlighted
Harrison County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

11 years

Green Childs reported 11 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.

Other freedmen named Childs in Harrison County

Childses elsewhere in Texas

All 14 freedmen named Childs 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 33 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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