Bastrop County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
George Veale, Bastrop County, Texas, 1867
George Veale registered to vote in Bastrop County on July 9, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored Voter" beside his name. Bastrop County registered 946 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 20 years
- In Texas
- about 1847
- Reached Texas
- 19 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
George Veale
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- George Veale
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Bastrop County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 9, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Bastrop County
- 1 month
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Years in Texas before Bastrop County
- 19 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored Voter"
Elsewhere in Texas
19 yearsGeorge Veale reported 19 years more in Texas than in Bastrop County.
Other freedmen named Veale in Bastrop County
- David Vealeborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1862
- David Vealeborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1837
- George Vealeborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1850
- Jesse Vealeborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1855
- Marcus Vealeborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1863
Veales 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 8 of the Bastrop County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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