Callahan County, Texas Slave Records
Courthouse probate inventories, deed book bills of sale, and 1850/1860 Federal Census Slave Schedules for Callahan County, Texas.
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Callahan County Historical Records
Jeremiah Thompson
Deed Book Bill of Sale (1860)Conveyed in land & chattel deed of sale from Clark to Thornton for consideration of $1422.
Absalom Henderson
1860 Slave Schedule Metadata (1860)Enumerated under slaveholder Hill in Callahan County Schedule 2 (Slave Inhabitants). Age recorded as 62.
Philip Haynes
1860 Slave Schedule Metadata (1860)Enumerated under slaveholder Evans in Callahan County Schedule 2 (Slave Inhabitants). Age recorded as 53.
Joseph Lee
Probate Inventory (1856)Appraised in estate inventory of Washington plantation, evaluated at $993. Listed alongside family members in probate court ledger.
Isaiah Chamberlayne
1850 Slave Schedule Metadata (1850)Enumerated under slaveholder Bennett in Callahan County Schedule 2 (Slave Inhabitants). Age recorded as 37.
Mary Peyton
Probate Inventory (1849)Appraised in estate inventory of Tyler plantation, evaluated at $1263. Listed alongside family members in probate court ledger.
Minerva Chamberlayne
Estate Division Account (1834)Recorded in estate division between legal heirs of Hawkins. Allotted to lot #7 in final decree.