Horace
H
Griffin
Born about in Florida, United States
Son of Unknown Griffin
and [mother unknown]
Brother of
George Griffin
Husband of
Jane (Griner) Heart
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Husband of
Georgiana (Gonzales) Griffin
— married
30 Sep 1882 in Uvalde, Texas, United States
Descendants 
Father of
William H Griffin, Cherry Ann Griffin, Margaret Griffin, Henrietta Griffin, Ellis Abraham Griffin, Horace S Griffin, Hagar Griffin, Selbat Griffin, Nellie (Griffin) Fry, Christopher Griffin and George Mayo Griffin
Died
at about age 75
in Wetmore, Bexar, Texas
Profile last modified
| Created 2 Oct 2014
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Biography
Horace Griffin is a part of US Black heritage.
Horace was born about 1839 in Pensacola, Florida. He was moved by his enslaver, Buck Owens, from Florida to Uvalde County, Texas. After emancipation in 1865, he was able to accumulate some money and purchase land in Uvalde. He eventually moved with his family to property now part of San Antonio and became farming there. He passed away in what is now San Antonio in 1914, and is buried in the family cemetery that he established on his land.[1]
Slave Owners
- William S. B. "Buck" Owens[1]
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Griffin Family Cemetery and Family History by Pat Ezell, Historic Farm and Ranch Committee, Conservation Society of San Antonio, May 2021 Copy Online
- 1870 Census: "1870 United States Federal Census"
Year: 1870; Census Place: Uvalde, Uvalde, Texas; Roll: M593_1597; Page: 538B
Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 7163 #14553159 (accessed 25 February 2022)
Horace Griffin (31), Freighter, in Uvalde, Uvalde, Texas. Born in Florida. With inferred wife Jane, several possible children.
- 1880 Census: "1880 United States Federal Census"
Year: 1880; Census Place: Precinct 4, Uvalde, Texas; Roll: 1330; Page: 544B; Enumeration District: 137
Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 6742 #40672926 (accessed 25 February 2022)
Horrace Griffin (41), married self (head), Farmer, in household of Horrace Griffin (41) in Precinct 4, Uvalde, Texas, USA. Born in Florida. With wife Jane, 7 children.
- 1882 Marriage: "Texas, U.S., Select County Marriage Index, 1837-1965"
Ancestry Record 60183 #3057145 (accessed 25 February 2022)
Horace Griffin marriage to Georgiana Gonzales in 1882 in Uvalde, Texas, United States.
- 1900 Census: "1900 United States Federal Census"
Year: 1900; Census Place: Justice Precinct 3, Bexar, Texas; Page: 16; Enumeration District: 0112; FHL microfilm: 1241612
Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 7602 #78927340 (accessed 25 February 2022)
Horace Griffin (61), widowed, Farmer, head of household in Justice Precinct 3, Bexar, Texas. Born in Florida, USA. With 3 children.
- 1910 Census: "1910 United States Federal Census"
Year: 1910; Census Place: Justice Precinct 3, Bexar, Texas; Roll: T624_1532; Page: 2B; Enumeration District: 0073; FHL microfilm: 1375545
Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 7884 #27707939 (accessed 25 February 2022)
Harris Griffin Sr (70), married, Farmer, head of household in Justice Precinct 3, Bexar, Texas, USA. Born in Florida. With 2 children.
- "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K7DN-4YN : 13 March 2018), Jane Griner in entry for Ellis A Griffin, 16 Jan 1957; citing certificate number 632, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,135,192.
- Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/51538941/horace-griffin : accessed 28 May 2022), memorial page for Horace Griffin (5 May 1839–30 Jun 1914), Find A Grave: Memorial #51538941, citing Griffin Family Cemetery, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, USA ; Maintained by Kurt Kneeland (contributor 46965574) .
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Horace by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Horace:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Horace by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Horace:
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