Collin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Allen Ruth, Collin County, Texas, 1867
Allen Ruth registered to vote in Collin County on Jul. 15 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 5 years in Texas, 5 of them in Collin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Collin County registered 270 freedmen in 1867, 15% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 5 years
- In Texas
- 5 years
- In the county
- about 1862
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
186018621864186618681870
In Collin County
Allen Ruth
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Allen Ruth
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Collin County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- Jul. 15 1867
- Years in Texas
- 5 years
- Years in Collin County
- 5 years
- Years in the precinct
- 5 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Ruth in Collin County
- Thomas Ruthborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1861
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. It sits on page 10 of the Collin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
African American genealogy in Collin County, Texas
Collin County freedmen and genealogyEvery freedman who registered in Collin CountyThe Ruth name in TexasBorn in MississippiSearch Collin County by name