Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Dennis McNeal, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867
Dennis McNeal registered to vote in Brazoria County on August 15, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 23 years in Texas, 23 of them in Brazoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazoria County registered 1,331 freedmen in 1867, 82% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 23 years
- In Texas
- 23 years
- In the county
What the register records
From about 1844 to 1870
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In Brazoria County
Dennis McNeal
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Dennis McNeal
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Registered
- August 15, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 23 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 23 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named McNeal in Brazoria County
- Anthony McNealborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1827
- John McNealborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1849
- 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 21 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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