Dickens County, Texas Slave Records
Courthouse probate inventories, deed book bills of sale, and 1850/1860 Federal Census Slave Schedules for Dickens County, Texas.
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Dickens County Historical Records
Phyllis Bailey
Freedman's Bank Log (1869)Opened savings account No. 3160 at Dickens branch. Recorded birthplace as Dickens County, former master listed as Thomas.
James Byrd
Manumission Deed (1868)Deed of emancipation granted by Coleman. Stated freedom to take effect on January 1, 1868.
Esther Taylor
1860 Slave Schedule Metadata (1860)Enumerated under slaveholder Morgan in Dickens County Schedule 2 (Slave Inhabitants). Age recorded as 12.
Obadiah Moore
Manumission Deed (1831)Deed of emancipation granted by Robertson. Stated freedom to take effect on January 1, 1831.
Charles Peyton
Deed Book Bill of Sale (1830)Conveyed in land & chattel deed of sale from Cook to King for consideration of $1203.