Dimmit County, Texas Slave Records
Courthouse probate inventories, deed book bills of sale, and 1850/1860 Federal Census Slave Schedules for Dimmit County, Texas.
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Dimmit County Historical Records
William Mason
1860 Slave Schedule Metadata (1860)Location: Dimmit County, Texas
Enumerated under slaveholder Grayson in Dimmit County Schedule 2 (Slave Inhabitants). Age recorded as 24.
Laura Harrison
Freedmen's Bureau Record (1856)Location: Dimmit County, Texas
Labor contract registered with Assistant Commissioner for Dimmit District. Monthly wage stipulated at $17 with rations and lodging provided.
Delilah Blackwell
Manumission Deed (1824)Location: Dimmit County, Texas
Deed of emancipation granted by Cabell. Stated freedom to take effect on January 1, 1824.