Baylor County, Texas Slave Records
Courthouse probate inventories, deed book bills of sale, and 1850/1860 Federal Census Slave Schedules for Baylor County, Texas.
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Baylor County Historical Records
Jane Shelton
Freedman's Bank Log (1869)Opened savings account No. 1061 at Baylor branch. Recorded birthplace as Baylor County, former master listed as Cox.
Martha Mitchell
Freedman's Bank Log (1869)Opened savings account No. 3580 at Baylor branch. Recorded birthplace as Baylor County, former master listed as Wythe.
Emily Bradley
1860 Slave Schedule Metadata (1860)Enumerated under slaveholder Ball in Baylor County Schedule 2 (Slave Inhabitants). Age recorded as 37.
Zachariah Anderson
Probate Inventory (1853)Appraised in estate inventory of Wythe plantation, evaluated at $825. Listed alongside family members in probate court ledger.
Josiah Willis
Deed Book Bill of Sale (1852)Conveyed in land & chattel deed of sale from Abbott to Bryan for consideration of $510.
Peter Howard
1850 Slave Schedule Metadata (1850)Enumerated under slaveholder Fisher in Baylor County Schedule 2 (Slave Inhabitants). Age recorded as 33.
Rose Harvey
Deed Book Bill of Sale (1829)Conveyed in land & chattel deed of sale from Haynes to Hammond for consideration of $1209.