Leon County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
James Childers, Leon County, Texas, 1867
James Childers registered to vote in Leon County on August 17, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 25 years in Texas, 12 of them in Leon County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Leon County registered 675 freedmen in 1867, 45% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 25 years
- In Texas
- 12 years
- In the county
- about 1842
- Reached Texas
- 13 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1842 to 1870
James Childers
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- James Childers
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Leon County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 17, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 25 years
- Years in Leon County
- 12 years
- Years in the precinct
- 10 years
- Years in Texas before Leon County
- 13 years
- Naturalized, where
- "James Walters"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
13 yearsJames Childers reported 13 years more in Texas than in Leon County.
Other freedmen named Childers in Leon County
- Andy Childersborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1849
- Edmond Childersborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1846
- Henry Childersborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1848
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 14 of the Leon County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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