Bastrop County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Marcus Veale, Bastrop County, Texas, 1867
Marcus Veale registered to vote in Bastrop County on July 9, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored Voter" beside his name. Bastrop County registered 946 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 4 years
- In Texas
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
- 3 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Marcus Veale
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Marcus Veale
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Bastrop County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 9, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Bastrop County
- 1 month
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Years in Texas before Bastrop County
- 3 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored Voter"
Elsewhere in Texas
3 yearsMarcus Veale reported 3 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 Alabama, reached Texas about 1847
- George Vealeborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1850
- Jesse Vealeborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1855
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 9 of the Bastrop County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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