Tyler County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Peter Griffin, Tyler County, Texas, 1867
Peter Griffin registered to vote in Tyler County on August 5, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 16 years in Texas, 9 of them in Tyler County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Tyler County registered 256 freedmen in 1867, 41% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 16 years
- In Texas
- 9 years
- In the county
- about 1851
- Reached Texas
- 7 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1851 to 1870
Peter Griffin
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Peter Griffin
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Tyler County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 5, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 16 years
- Years in Tyler County
- 9 years
- Years in the precinct
- 9 years
- Years in Texas before Tyler County
- 7 years
- Signature, as written
- "Peter Griffin"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
7 yearsPeter Griffin reported 7 years more in Texas than in Tyler County.
Other freedmen named Griffin in Tyler County
- Jerry Griffinborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1854
- 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 4 of the Tyler County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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