Collin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Thomas Ruth, Collin County, Texas, 1867

Thomas Ruth registered to vote in Collin County on Jul. 26 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 6 years in Texas, 6 of them in Collin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Collin County registered 270 freedmen in 1867, 15% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with North Carolina and Texas marked
Born in North Carolina, registered in Collin County, Texas
North Carolina
Birthplace
6 years
In Texas
6 years
In the county
about 1861
Reached Texas

What the register records

From 1860 to 1870

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In Collin County

Thomas Ruth

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Thomas Ruth
Place of birth
North Carolina
County of registration
Collin County
Precinct
11
Registered
Jul. 26 1867
Years in Texas
6 years
Years in Collin County
6 years
Years in the precinct
6 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Collin County highlighted
Collin County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Ruth in Collin County

  • Allen Ruthborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1862

Ruths elsewhere in Texas

All 5 freedmen named Ruth 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. Collin County's entries fill 46 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.

African American genealogy in Collin County, Texas

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