Calhoun County, Texas Slave Records
Courthouse probate inventories, deed book bills of sale, and 1850/1860 Federal Census Slave Schedules for Calhoun County, Texas.
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Calhoun County Historical Records
Celia Marshall
Estate Division Account (1866)Recorded in estate division between legal heirs of Bryan. Allotted to lot #2 in final decree.
Ann Hughes
Freedmen's Bureau Record (1857)Labor contract registered with Assistant Commissioner for Calhoun District. Monthly wage stipulated at $29 with rations and lodging provided.
Daniel Barbour
1850 Slave Schedule Metadata (1850)Enumerated under slaveholder Willis in Calhoun County Schedule 2 (Slave Inhabitants). Age recorded as 34.
Milley Cox
Estate Division Account (1832)Recorded in estate division between legal heirs of Hammond. Allotted to lot #3 in final decree.
David Graham
Freedmen's Bureau Record (1829)Labor contract registered with Assistant Commissioner for Calhoun District. Monthly wage stipulated at $14 with rations and lodging provided.
Lucas Willis
Deed Book Bill of Sale (1828)Conveyed in land & chattel deed of sale from Fleming to Spottswood for consideration of $1413.