Tyler County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jerry Griffin, Tyler County, Texas, 1867
Jerry Griffin registered to vote in Tyler County on July 31, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 13 years in Texas, 13 of them in Tyler County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Tyler County registered 256 freedmen in 1867, 41% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 13 years
- In Texas
- 13 years
- In the county
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
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In Tyler County
Jerry Griffin
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jerry Griffin
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Tyler County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 31, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 13 years
- Years in Tyler County
- 13 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Signature, as written
- "Jerry Griffin"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Griffin in Tyler County
- Peter Griffinborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1851
- Pleasant Griffinborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1851
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 2 of the Tyler County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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