Bastrop County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
David Veale, Bastrop County, Texas, 1867
David Veale registered to vote in Bastrop County on July 8, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 30 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored Voter" beside his name. Bastrop County registered 946 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 30 years
- In Texas
- about 1837
- Reached Texas
- 29 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1837 to 1870
David Veale
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- David Veale
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Bastrop County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 8, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 30 years
- Years in Bastrop County
- 1 month
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Years in Texas before Bastrop County
- 29 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored Voter"
Elsewhere in Texas
29 yearsDavid Veale reported 29 years more in Texas than in Bastrop County.
Other freedmen named Veale in Bastrop County
- David Vealeborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1862
- George Vealeborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1847
- 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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