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)
Location: Callahan County, Texas

Conveyed in land & chattel deed of sale from Clark to Thornton for consideration of $1422.

Absalom Henderson

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

Enumerated under slaveholder Hill in Callahan County Schedule 2 (Slave Inhabitants). Age recorded as 62.

Philip Haynes

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

Enumerated under slaveholder Evans in Callahan County Schedule 2 (Slave Inhabitants). Age recorded as 53.

Joseph Lee

Probate Inventory (1856)
Location: Callahan County, Texas

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)
Location: Callahan County, Texas

Enumerated under slaveholder Bennett in Callahan County Schedule 2 (Slave Inhabitants). Age recorded as 37.

Mary Peyton

Probate Inventory (1849)
Location: Callahan County, Texas

Appraised in estate inventory of Tyler plantation, evaluated at $1263. Listed alongside family members in probate court ledger.

Minerva Chamberlayne

Estate Division Account (1834)
Location: Callahan County, Texas

Recorded in estate division between legal heirs of Hawkins. Allotted to lot #7 in final decree.