Caldwell County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Matthew Griffin, Caldwell County, Texas, 1869
Matthew Griffin registered to vote in Caldwell County on November 22, 1869. He reported 1 year in Texas, 1 of them in Caldwell County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Caldwell County registered 447 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- 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 Caldwell County
Matthew Griffin
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Matthew Griffin
- County of registration
- Caldwell County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- November 22, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Years in Caldwell County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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 24 of the Caldwell County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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