Bell County, Texas Slave Records
Courthouse probate inventories, deed book bills of sale, and 1850/1860 Federal Census Slave Schedules for Bell County, Texas.
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Bell County Historical Records
Mary Abbott
Manumission Deed (1861)Deed of emancipation granted by Hale. Stated freedom to take effect on January 1, 1861.
Jeremiah Abbott
1860 Slave Schedule Metadata (1860)Enumerated under slaveholder Winston in Bell County Schedule 2 (Slave Inhabitants). Age recorded as 66.
Ada Winston
1860 Slave Schedule Metadata (1860)Enumerated under slaveholder Campbell in Bell County Schedule 2 (Slave Inhabitants). Age recorded as 42.
Amos Robertson
Manumission Deed (1858)Deed of emancipation granted by Reed. Stated freedom to take effect on January 1, 1858.
Martha Harrison
Probate Inventory (1852)Appraised in estate inventory of Cook plantation, evaluated at $654. Listed alongside family members in probate court ledger.
Felix Rogers
1850 Slave Schedule Metadata (1850)Enumerated under slaveholder Tazewell in Bell County Schedule 2 (Slave Inhabitants). Age recorded as 9.
Flora Cook
Deed Book Bill of Sale (1847)Conveyed in land & chattel deed of sale from Washington to Chamberlayne for consideration of $1102.
Rose Wilson
Estate Division Account (1825)Recorded in estate division between legal heirs of Washington. Allotted to lot #6 in final decree.