Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Cornelius Griffin, Walker County, Texas, 1867
Cornelius Griffin registered to vote in Walker County on August 5, 1867. He reported Arkansas as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas, 10 of them in Walker County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- Arkansas
- Birthplace
- 10 years
- In Texas
- 10 years
- In the county
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
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In Walker County
Cornelius Griffin
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Cornelius Griffin
- Place of birth
- Arkansas
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- August 5, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Walker County
- 10 years
- Years in the precinct
- 10 years
- Signature, as written
- "Cornelius his X mark Griffin"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Griffin in Walker County
- Dennis Griffinborn in Maryland, reached Texas about 1863
- Henry Griffinborn in Arkansas
- Robert Griffinborn in Kentucky
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 Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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