Gaines County, Texas Slave Records
Courthouse probate inventories, deed book bills of sale, and 1850/1860 Federal Census Slave Schedules for Gaines County, Texas.
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Gaines County Historical Records
Chloe Davis
1860 Slave Schedule Metadata (1860)Enumerated under slaveholder Boone in Gaines County Schedule 2 (Slave Inhabitants). Age recorded as 31.
Julius Hill
Deed Book Bill of Sale (1859)Conveyed in land & chattel deed of sale from Cook to Byrd for consideration of $1306.
Hannah Perkins
Deed Book Bill of Sale (1852)Conveyed in land & chattel deed of sale from Shelton to Thomas for consideration of $731.
Charles Marshall
1850 Slave Schedule Metadata (1850)Enumerated under slaveholder Winston in Gaines County Schedule 2 (Slave Inhabitants). Age recorded as 5.
Sophia Fleming
Manumission Deed (1835)Deed of emancipation granted by Harrison. Stated freedom to take effect on January 1, 1835.
Ebenezer Armstrong
Deed Book Bill of Sale (1827)Conveyed in land & chattel deed of sale from Johnson to Simmons for consideration of $476.
Edward Chamberlayne
Probate Inventory (1827)Appraised in estate inventory of Boone plantation, evaluated at $840. Listed alongside family members in probate court ledger.