Owsley County, Kentucky Slave Records
Courthouse probate inventories, deed book bills of sale, and 1850/1860 Federal Census Slave Schedules for Owsley County, Kentucky.
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Owsley County Historical Records
Hannah Fisher
Probate Inventory (1866)Appraised in estate inventory of Clay plantation, evaluated at $1224. Listed alongside family members in probate court ledger.
Elijah Johnson
Manumission Deed (1864)Deed of emancipation granted by White. Stated freedom to take effect on January 1, 1864.
Stephen Christian
Deed Book Bill of Sale (1863)Conveyed in land & chattel deed of sale from Goode to Perkins for consideration of $1185.
Edward Faulkner
1860 Slave Schedule Metadata (1860)Enumerated under slaveholder Washington in Owsley County Schedule 2 (Slave Inhabitants). Age recorded as 44.
Moses Hall
1860 Slave Schedule Metadata (1860)Enumerated under slaveholder Washington in Owsley County Schedule 2 (Slave Inhabitants). Age recorded as 26.
Mary Robertson
1850 Slave Schedule Metadata (1850)Enumerated under slaveholder Ellis in Owsley County Schedule 2 (Slave Inhabitants). Age recorded as 23.
Susan Wythe
1850 Slave Schedule Metadata (1850)Enumerated under slaveholder Long in Owsley County Schedule 2 (Slave Inhabitants). Age recorded as 22.
Felix Ross
Probate Inventory (1844)Appraised in estate inventory of Polk plantation, evaluated at $1266. Listed alongside family members in probate court ledger.
Robert Bowman
Probate Inventory (1838)Appraised in estate inventory of Evans plantation, evaluated at $1329. Listed alongside family members in probate court ledger.
Nancy Stewart
Probate Inventory (1837)Appraised in estate inventory of Claiborne plantation, evaluated at $1049. Listed alongside family members in probate court ledger.
Patrick Ellis
Estate Division Account (1824)Recorded in estate division between legal heirs of Ross. Allotted to lot #2 in final decree.