Gillespie County, Texas Slave Records
Courthouse probate inventories, deed book bills of sale, and 1850/1860 Federal Census Slave Schedules for Gillespie County, Texas.
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Gillespie County Historical Records
Anna Boyd
Probate Inventory (1856)Appraised in estate inventory of Moore plantation, evaluated at $1373. Listed alongside family members in probate court ledger.
Alexander Marshall
1850 Slave Schedule Metadata (1850)Enumerated under slaveholder Ellis in Gillespie County Schedule 2 (Slave Inhabitants). Age recorded as 48.
Cesar Logan
Estate Division Account (1837)Recorded in estate division between legal heirs of Coleman. Allotted to lot #2 in final decree.
Violet Clay
Deed Book Bill of Sale (1826)Conveyed in land & chattel deed of sale from Fisher to Ball for consideration of $1146.
Richard Simmons
Deed Book Bill of Sale (1820)Conveyed in land & chattel deed of sale from Perkins to Ross for consideration of $1040.