Eastland County, Texas Slave Records
Courthouse probate inventories, deed book bills of sale, and 1850/1860 Federal Census Slave Schedules for Eastland County, Texas.
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Eastland County Historical Records
Dinah Blackwell
1860 Slave Schedule Metadata (1860)Enumerated under slaveholder Randolph in Eastland County Schedule 2 (Slave Inhabitants). Age recorded as 21.
Hester Thornton
1850 Slave Schedule Metadata (1850)Enumerated under slaveholder Bailey in Eastland County Schedule 2 (Slave Inhabitants). Age recorded as 58.
Nancy Cooper
Deed Book Bill of Sale (1850)Conveyed in land & chattel deed of sale from Roberts to Hammond for consideration of $938.
Jane Davis
Probate Inventory (1844)Appraised in estate inventory of White plantation, evaluated at $1030. Listed alongside family members in probate court ledger.
Edward Garland
Estate Division Account (1840)Recorded in estate division between legal heirs of Scott. Allotted to lot #7 in final decree.
Nancy Fowler
Freedmen's Bureau Record (1835)Labor contract registered with Assistant Commissioner for Eastland District. Monthly wage stipulated at $19 with rations and lodging provided.