Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Claiborn Griffin, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
Claiborn Griffin registered to vote in Colorado County on August 15, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 7 years in Texas, 7 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 7 years
- In Texas
- 7 years
- In the county
- about 1860
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1860 to 1870
Claiborn Griffin
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Claiborn Griffin
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- August 15, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 7 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 7 years
- Years in the precinct
- 7 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Griffin in Colorado County
- Anderson Griffinborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1855
- Henry Griffinborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1859
- Isaac Griffinborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1845
- Kaleb Griffinborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1845
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 41 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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