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Bartolomé Morales was born in 1737 in Algeciras in Andalusia, Spain, but grew up in Seville.
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As commandant of the third battalion of Cuba, he was appointed to posts in the Cuban cities of Bayamo, Cobre and Holguín (1763 to 1774), and commanded the Spanish garrison in Saint Augustine, Florida. He held a commission as staff assistant in the infantry Regiment of Navarre, which was integrated with the Córdoba Regiment. Morales was promoted to captain in 1790.
The following year he was promoted to colonel by King Charles IV of Spain, and made commandant of the Third Battalion Cuban Regiment garrisoned at the Castillo de San Marcos in Saint Augustine, Florida, which was then a unit of the Captaincy General of Cuba.
In March 1796, Morales, accompanied by royal auditor Gonzalo Zamorano, was appointed to the post of acting governor of East Florida while Governor Enrique White was recovering from an illness, and left it in June of that year, when White recovered and returned to office.
