Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John McNeal, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867
John McNeal registered to vote in Brazoria County on August 3, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 18 years in Texas, 18 of them in Brazoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazoria County registered 1,331 freedmen in 1867, 82% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 18 years
- In Texas
- 18 years
- In the county
- about 1849
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1849 to 1870
John McNeal
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John McNeal
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Registered
- August 3, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 18 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 18 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named McNeal in Brazoria County
- Anthony McNealborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1827
- Dennis McNealborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1844
- Willis McNealborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1833
McNeals 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 41 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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