Armstrong County, Texas Slave Records

Courthouse probate inventories, deed book bills of sale, and 1850/1860 Federal Census Slave Schedules for Armstrong County, Texas.

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Armstrong County Historical Records

Rose Goode

Manumission Deed (1853)
Location: Armstrong County, Texas

Deed of emancipation granted by Shelton. Stated freedom to take effect on January 1, 1853.

Daniel Walker

1850 Slave Schedule Metadata (1850)
Location: Armstrong County, Texas

Enumerated under slaveholder Griffin in Armstrong County Schedule 2 (Slave Inhabitants). Age recorded as 33.

Hiram Monroe

Deed Book Bill of Sale (1843)
Location: Armstrong County, Texas

Conveyed in land & chattel deed of sale from Smith to Cox for consideration of $1256.

Winney Rogers

Manumission Deed (1839)
Location: Armstrong County, Texas

Deed of emancipation granted by Faulkner. Stated freedom to take effect on January 1, 1839.

Margaret Perkins

Probate Inventory (1838)
Location: Armstrong County, Texas

Appraised in estate inventory of Russell plantation, evaluated at $1162. Listed alongside family members in probate court ledger.