Childs · Texas · 1867 voter registration

Childs in the 1867 Texas voter registration: 14 freedmen

14 freedmen named Childs registered to vote in Texas between 1867 and 1870. Most registered in Austin County (4), Grayson County (3) and Harrison County (3). The birthplaces they reported most often were Georgia, Kentucky and Missouri. The earliest of them reached Texas about 1823.

Map of Texas counties in 1870 with the counties where the Childses registered highlighted
Counties where freedmen named Childs registered, on the 1870 county map
14
Freedmen
6
Counties
Georgia
Largest birthplace
1823
Earliest arrival
1840s
Fullest decade

Where the Childses registered

Texas counties where the Childses registered
CountyFreedmen%
Austin County429%
Grayson County321%
Harrison County321%
Brazoria County214%
Bexar County17%
Falls County17%

Where the Childses were born

Birthplaces the Childses reported
BirthplaceFreedmen%
Georgia215%
Kentucky215%
Missouri215%
South Carolina215%
Texas215%
Virginia215%
Louisiana18%

When the Childses reached Texas

Reported arrival decades for the Childses
DecadeFreedmen
1820s
2
1830s
2
1840s
4
1850s
2
1860s
3

Every Childs in the register

The Childses in the register, 1 to 14 of 14
NameCountyBirthplaceReached Texas
George ChildsGrayson CountyKentucky1860
Green ChildsHarrison CountyGeorgia1855
Jackson ChildsGrayson CountyVirginia1861
Jefferson ChildsAustin CountySouth Carolina1838
Joshua ChildsHarrison CountySouth Carolina1846
Leven ChildsAustin CountyTexas1829
Madison ChildsBrazoria CountyVirginia1840
Marcus ChildsHarrison CountyGeorgia1858
Noah ChildsBexar CountyMissouri1845
Philip ChildsFalls County
Piggins ChildsBrazoria CountyLouisiana1837
Ruben ChildsGrayson CountyMissouri1862
Wesley ChildsAustin CountyTexas1843
Winston ChildsAustin CountyKentucky1823

Childs genealogy in Texas

How do I find an ancestor named Childs in Texas?

Start with the county: this is African American genealogy from the register itself. Austin County holds 4 of the 14, Grayson County 3. 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 Childses in Texas come from?

They reported Georgia (2), Kentucky (2) and Missouri (2) as their birthplaces most often, and 2 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 Childs?

Austin County (4), Grayson County (3), Harrison County (3). In all, 14 registered across 6 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 Childs appears in the register in more than one form. About Enslaved Texas.

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