Childers · Texas · 1867 voter registration

Childers in the 1867 Texas voter registration: 11 freedmen

11 freedmen named Childers registered to vote in Texas between 1867 and 1870. Most registered in Leon County (4), Calhoun County (1) and Dallas County (1). The birthplaces they reported most often were Alabama, Mississippi and Tennessee. The earliest of them reached Texas about 1842.

Map of Texas counties in 1870 with the counties where the Childerses registered highlighted
Counties where freedmen named Childers registered, on the 1870 county map
11
Freedmen
8
Counties
Alabama
Largest birthplace
1842
Earliest arrival
1840s
Fullest decade

Where the Childerses registered

Texas counties where the Childerses registered
CountyFreedmen%
Leon County436%
Calhoun County19%
Dallas County19%
Galveston County19%
Harrison County19%
Hopkins County19%
Jasper County19%
Madison County19%

Where the Childerses were born

Birthplaces the Childerses reported
BirthplaceFreedmen%
Alabama222%
Mississippi222%
Tennessee222%
Arkansas111%
North Carolina111%
Texas111%

When the Childerses reached Texas

Reported arrival decades for the Childerses
DecadeFreedmen
1840s
4
1850s
2
1860s
4

Every Childers in the register

The Childerses in the register, 1 to 11 of 11
NameCountyBirthplaceReached Texas
Alexander ChildersHarrison CountyTennessee1854
Andy ChildersLeon CountyTexas1849
Benjamin ChildersJasper CountyNorth Carolina
Edmond ChildersLeon CountyTennessee1846
Henry ChildersLeon CountyMississippi1848
J. ChildersCalhoun County1866
James ChildersLeon CountyMississippi1842
John ChildersMadison CountyArkansas1852
Peter ChildersHopkins CountyAlabama1863
Sam ChildersGalveston County
Sam. ChildersDallas CountyAlabama1864

Childers genealogy in Texas

How do I find an ancestor named Childers in Texas?

Start with the county: this is African American genealogy from the register itself. Leon County holds 4 of the 11, Calhoun County 1. Open a name to read the original handwritten register page and the names written around it. Names were written in more than one form, so try the sound of the name as well as its letters.

Where did the Childerses in Texas come from?

They reported Alabama (2), Mississippi (2) and Tennessee (2) as their birthplaces most often, and 1 reported Texas. These are the answers the men themselves gave a board of registrars between 1867 and 1870.

Which Texas counties had the most freedmen named Childers?

Leon County (4), Calhoun County (1), Dallas County (1). In all, 11 registered across 8 Texas counties between 1867 and 1870.

Sources

Figures come from the 1867 to 1870 Texas voter registration held by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission. Registrars wrote each name as they heard it, so Childers appears in the register in more than one form. About Enslaved Texas.

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