Bastrop County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jesse Veale, Bastrop County, Texas, 1867
Jesse Veale registered to vote in Bastrop County on July 11, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 12 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored Voter" beside his name. Bastrop County registered 946 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 12 years
- In Texas
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
- 11 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
Jesse Veale
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jesse Veale
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Bastrop County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 11, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in Bastrop County
- 1 month
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Years in Texas before Bastrop County
- 11 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored Voter"
Elsewhere in Texas
11 yearsJesse Veale reported 11 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
- 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 14 of the Bastrop County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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