Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Griffin Thornton, Walker County, Texas, 1867
Griffin Thornton registered to vote in Walker County on August 22, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 14 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 14 years
- In Texas
- about 1853
- Reached Texas
- 13 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1853 to 1870
Griffin Thornton
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Griffin Thornton
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 22, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 14 years
- Years in Walker County
- 6 months
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Walker County
- 13 years
- Signature, as written
- "C. X Thornton"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
13 yearsGriffin Thornton reported 13 years more in Texas than in Walker County.
Thorntons 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 18 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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