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)
Location: Brooks County, Texas

Enumerated under slaveholder Preston in Brooks County Schedule 2 (Slave Inhabitants). Age recorded as 25.

Robert Robinson

1860 Slave Schedule Metadata (1860)
Location: Brooks County, Texas

Enumerated under slaveholder Davis in Brooks County Schedule 2 (Slave Inhabitants). Age recorded as 56.

Francis Fitzhugh

Deed Book Bill of Sale (1856)
Location: Brooks County, Texas

Conveyed in land & chattel deed of sale from Bryan to Randolph for consideration of $1302.

Alfred Brooks

Estate Division Account (1851)
Location: Brooks County, Texas

Recorded in estate division between legal heirs of Fleming. Allotted to lot #8 in final decree.

Patience Moore

Estate Division Account (1832)
Location: Brooks County, Texas

Recorded in estate division between legal heirs of Haynes. Allotted to lot #1 in final decree.

Harrison Robinson

Freedmen's Bureau Record (1820)
Location: Brooks County, Texas

Labor contract registered with Assistant Commissioner for Brooks District. Monthly wage stipulated at $20 with rations and lodging provided.