Bastrop County, Texas Slave Records
Courthouse probate inventories, deed book bills of sale, and 1850/1860 Federal Census Slave Schedules for Bastrop County, Texas.
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Bastrop County Historical Records
Lucretia Anderson
Freedman's Bank Log (1871)Opened savings account No. 4934 at Bastrop branch. Recorded birthplace as Bastrop County, former master listed as Mason.
Ebenezer Tyler
Freedman's Bank Log (1870)Opened savings account No. 3932 at Bastrop branch. Recorded birthplace as Bastrop County, former master listed as Thompson.
Zachariah Gordon
Manumission Deed (1867)Deed of emancipation granted by Fairfax. Stated freedom to take effect on January 1, 1867.
Josiah Bell
Freedman's Bank Log (1867)Opened savings account No. 4007 at Bastrop branch. Recorded birthplace as Bastrop County, former master listed as Armstrong.
Elizabeth Gordon
1850 Slave Schedule Metadata (1850)Enumerated under slaveholder Green in Bastrop County Schedule 2 (Slave Inhabitants). Age recorded as 21.
Dinah Alexander
Probate Inventory (1834)Appraised in estate inventory of Shelton plantation, evaluated at $1273. Listed alongside family members in probate court ledger.