Brooks County, Texas Slave Records
Courthouse probate inventories, deed book bills of sale, and 1850/1860 Federal Census Slave Schedules for Brooks County, Texas.
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Brooks County Historical Records
Beatrix Dandridge
1860 Slave Schedule Metadata (1860)Enumerated under slaveholder Preston in Brooks County Schedule 2 (Slave Inhabitants). Age recorded as 25.
Robert Robinson
1860 Slave Schedule Metadata (1860)Enumerated under slaveholder Davis in Brooks County Schedule 2 (Slave Inhabitants). Age recorded as 56.
Francis Fitzhugh
Deed Book Bill of Sale (1856)Conveyed in land & chattel deed of sale from Bryan to Randolph for consideration of $1302.
Alfred Brooks
Estate Division Account (1851)Recorded in estate division between legal heirs of Fleming. Allotted to lot #8 in final decree.
Patience Moore
Estate Division Account (1832)Recorded in estate division between legal heirs of Haynes. Allotted to lot #1 in final decree.
Harrison Robinson
Freedmen's Bureau Record (1820)Labor contract registered with Assistant Commissioner for Brooks District. Monthly wage stipulated at $20 with rations and lodging provided.