Leon County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Edmond Childers, Leon County, Texas, 1867
Edmond Childers registered to vote in Leon County on August 14, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas, 21 of them in Leon County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Leon County registered 675 freedmen in 1867, 45% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 21 years
- In the county
- about 1846
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1846 to 1870
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In Leon County
Edmond Childers
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Edmond Childers
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Leon County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- August 14, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Leon County
- 21 years
- Years in the precinct
- 8 months
- Signature, as written
- "Edward x Sellers"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Childers in Leon County
- Andy Childersborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1849
- Henry Childersborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1848
- James Childersborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1842
Childerses 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 11 of the Leon County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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