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)
Location: Baylor County, Texas

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)
Location: Baylor County, Texas

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)
Location: Baylor County, Texas

Enumerated under slaveholder Ball in Baylor County Schedule 2 (Slave Inhabitants). Age recorded as 37.

Zachariah Anderson

Probate Inventory (1853)
Location: Baylor County, Texas

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)
Location: Baylor County, Texas

Conveyed in land & chattel deed of sale from Abbott to Bryan for consideration of $510.

Peter Howard

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

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

Rose Harvey

Deed Book Bill of Sale (1829)
Location: Baylor County, Texas

Conveyed in land & chattel deed of sale from Haynes to Hammond for consideration of $1209.