Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Archibald Griffin, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867
Archibald Griffin registered to vote in Brazoria County on August 15, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 5 years in Texas, 5 of them in Brazoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazoria County registered 1,331 freedmen in 1867, 82% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 5 years
- In Texas
- 5 years
- In the county
- about 1862
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Archibald Griffin
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Archibald Griffin
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Registered
- August 15, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 5 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 5 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Griffin in Brazoria County
- John Griffinborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1859
- William Griffinborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1838
- William Griffinborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1852
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 20 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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