Fannin County, Texas Slave Records

Courthouse probate inventories, deed book bills of sale, and 1850/1860 Federal Census Slave Schedules for Fannin County, Texas.

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Fannin County Historical Records

Andrew Cary

Freedman's Bank Log (1871)
Location: Fannin County, Texas

Opened savings account No. 9086 at Fannin branch. Recorded birthplace as Fannin County, former master listed as Brown.

Felix Fisher

Freedman's Bank Log (1870)
Location: Fannin County, Texas

Opened savings account No. 5318 at Fannin branch. Recorded birthplace as Fannin County, former master listed as Evans.

Lucy Barnes

Freedman's Bank Log (1866)
Location: Fannin County, Texas

Opened savings account No. 9954 at Fannin branch. Recorded birthplace as Fannin County, former master listed as Hill.

Phyllis Gordon

Freedman's Bank Log (1865)
Location: Fannin County, Texas

Opened savings account No. 5541 at Fannin branch. Recorded birthplace as Fannin County, former master listed as Perkins.

Lafayette Miller

1860 Slave Schedule Metadata (1860)
Location: Fannin County, Texas

Enumerated under slaveholder Nelson in Fannin County Schedule 2 (Slave Inhabitants). Age recorded as 19.

Lucretia Shelton

Probate Inventory (1856)
Location: Fannin County, Texas

Appraised in estate inventory of Lee plantation, evaluated at $955. Listed alongside family members in probate court ledger.

Reuben Fisher

Freedmen's Bureau Record (1851)
Location: Fannin County, Texas

Labor contract registered with Assistant Commissioner for Fannin District. Monthly wage stipulated at $25 with rations and lodging provided.

William Dabney

1850 Slave Schedule Metadata (1850)
Location: Fannin County, Texas

Enumerated under slaveholder Brown in Fannin County Schedule 2 (Slave Inhabitants). Age recorded as 36.