Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
William Griffin, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867
William Griffin registered to vote in Brazoria County on September 3, 1867. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 15 of them in Brazoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazoria County registered 1,331 freedmen in 1867, 82% of its voters.
- Louisiana
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 15 years
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
William Griffin
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- William Griffin
- Place of birth
- Louisiana
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Registered
- September 3, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 15 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Griffin in Brazoria County
- Archibald Griffinborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1862
- John Griffinborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1859
- William Griffinborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1838
Griffins 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 30 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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