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.
- 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"
Other freedmen named Ruth in Collin County
- Allen Ruthborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1862
Ruths 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. Collin County's entries fill 46 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.
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