Briscoe County, Texas Slave Records
Courthouse probate inventories, deed book bills of sale, and 1850/1860 Federal Census Slave Schedules for Briscoe County, Texas.
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Briscoe County Historical Records
Isabella Gibson
Freedman's Bank Log (1870)Opened savings account No. 8331 at Briscoe branch. Recorded birthplace as Briscoe County, former master listed as Barbour.
Maria Parker
Freedman's Bank Log (1867)Opened savings account No. 4799 at Briscoe branch. Recorded birthplace as Briscoe County, former master listed as Fisher.
Catherine Foster
Manumission Deed (1867)Deed of emancipation granted by Winston. Stated freedom to take effect on January 1, 1867.
Minerva Griffin
1860 Slave Schedule Metadata (1860)Enumerated under slaveholder Christian in Briscoe County Schedule 2 (Slave Inhabitants). Age recorded as 59.
Lewis White
Estate Division Account (1856)Recorded in estate division between legal heirs of Mason. Allotted to lot #1 in final decree.
Lavinia Bowman
Deed Book Bill of Sale (1853)Conveyed in land & chattel deed of sale from Simmons to Price for consideration of $1373.
John Barnes
1850 Slave Schedule Metadata (1850)Enumerated under slaveholder Fowler in Briscoe County Schedule 2 (Slave Inhabitants). Age recorded as 22.
Sophia Clay
1850 Slave Schedule Metadata (1850)Enumerated under slaveholder Rogers in Briscoe County Schedule 2 (Slave Inhabitants). Age recorded as 23.
Nancy Preston
Probate Inventory (1847)Appraised in estate inventory of Barnes plantation, evaluated at $1148. Listed alongside family members in probate court ledger.
Charlotte Hammond
Manumission Deed (1829)Deed of emancipation granted by Fisher. Stated freedom to take effect on January 1, 1829.