Duval County, Texas Slave Records
Courthouse probate inventories, deed book bills of sale, and 1850/1860 Federal Census Slave Schedules for Duval County, Texas.
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Duval County Historical Records
Noah Miller
Deed Book Bill of Sale (1864)Location: Duval County, Texas
Conveyed in land & chattel deed of sale from Robertson to Clay for consideration of $833.
Richard Fitzhugh
1860 Slave Schedule Metadata (1860)Location: Duval County, Texas
Enumerated under slaveholder Perkins in Duval County Schedule 2 (Slave Inhabitants). Age recorded as 63.
Felix Spottswood
Estate Division Account (1823)Location: Duval County, Texas
Recorded in estate division between legal heirs of Tazewell. Allotted to lot #5 in final decree.
Augustus Ross
Freedmen's Bureau Record (1820)Location: Duval County, Texas
Labor contract registered with Assistant Commissioner for Duval District. Monthly wage stipulated at $15 with rations and lodging provided.