Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Sam Griffin, Anderson County, Texas, 1867
Sam Griffin registered to vote in Anderson County on July 31, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas, 21 of them in Anderson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Anderson County registered 976 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 21 years
- In the county
- about 1846
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1846 to 1870
Sam Griffin
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Sam Griffin
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Anderson County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- July 31, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Anderson County
- 21 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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 7 of the Anderson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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