Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Walker Griffin, Walker County, Texas, 1869
Walker Griffin registered to vote in Walker County on November 23, 1869. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 1 year in Texas, 1 of them in Walker County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 1 year
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1868
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Walker County
Walker Griffin
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Walker Griffin
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- November 23, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Years in Walker County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Signature, as written
- "Solon X Speed"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Griffin in Walker County
- Cornelius Griffinborn in Arkansas, reached Texas about 1857
- 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 48 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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