Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Robert Ruth, Anderson County, Texas, 1869
Robert Ruth registered to vote in Anderson County on November 23, 1869. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 11 years in Texas, 11 of them in Anderson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Anderson County registered 976 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 11 years
- In Texas
- 11 years
- In the county
- about 1856
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1856 to 1870
Robert Ruth
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Robert Ruth
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Anderson County
- Registered
- November 23, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 11 years
- Years in Anderson County
- 11 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Ruth in Anderson County
- William Ruthborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1856
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 47 of the Anderson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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