Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Isaac Griffin, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Isaac Griffin registered to vote in Harrison County on August 16, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas, 9 of them in Harrison County. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 20 years
- In Texas
- 9 years
- In the county
- about 1847
- Reached Texas
- 11 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
Isaac Griffin
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Isaac Griffin
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 16, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 9 years
- Years in the precinct
- 9 years
- Years in Texas before Harrison County
- 11 years
- Signature, as written
- "" Griffin"
Elsewhere in Texas
11 yearsIsaac Griffin reported 11 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.
Other freedmen named Griffin in Harrison County
- A.J. Griffinborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1846
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 65 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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