Clay County, Texas Slave Records
Courthouse probate inventories, deed book bills of sale, and 1850/1860 Federal Census Slave Schedules for Clay County, Texas.
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Clay County Historical Records
Mary Bradley
Freedman's Bank Log (1867)Opened savings account No. 4696 at Clay branch. Recorded birthplace as Clay County, former master listed as Freeman.
Priscilla Cabell
Freedman's Bank Log (1865)Opened savings account No. 3690 at Clay branch. Recorded birthplace as Clay County, former master listed as Parker.
Peter Polk
Manumission Deed (1858)Deed of emancipation granted by Evans. Stated freedom to take effect on January 1, 1858.
Archibald Davis
1850 Slave Schedule Metadata (1850)Enumerated under slaveholder Simmons in Clay County Schedule 2 (Slave Inhabitants). Age recorded as 27.
Andrew Mercer
Deed Book Bill of Sale (1847)Conveyed in land & chattel deed of sale from Cook to Gordon for consideration of $1428.
Isabella Abbott
Manumission Deed (1845)Deed of emancipation granted by Baker. Stated freedom to take effect on January 1, 1845.