Colorado County, Texas Slave Records
Courthouse probate inventories, deed book bills of sale, and 1850/1860 Federal Census Slave Schedules for Colorado County, Texas.
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Colorado County Historical Records
Ada Garland
Freedman's Bank Log (1872)Opened savings account No. 9415 at Colorado branch. Recorded birthplace as Colorado County, former master listed as Boyd.
Laura Smith
Deed Book Bill of Sale (1866)Conveyed in land & chattel deed of sale from Polk to Lewis for consideration of $1220.
Violet Johnson
Freedman's Bank Log (1865)Opened savings account No. 9956 at Colorado branch. Recorded birthplace as Colorado County, former master listed as Grayson.
Minerva Gordon
Deed Book Bill of Sale (1858)Conveyed in land & chattel deed of sale from Faulkner to Cook for consideration of $1300.
Lucy Perkins
Estate Division Account (1845)Recorded in estate division between legal heirs of Long. Allotted to lot #4 in final decree.
Alfred Cooper
Deed Book Bill of Sale (1838)Conveyed in land & chattel deed of sale from Bennett to Watson for consideration of $644.