Hale County, Texas Slave Records

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

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Hale County Historical Records

Gideon Thomas

Estate Division Account (1868)
Location: Hale County, Texas

Recorded in estate division between legal heirs of Goode. Allotted to lot #2 in final decree.

Hester Armstrong

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

Labor contract registered with Assistant Commissioner for Hale District. Monthly wage stipulated at $12 with rations and lodging provided.

Rachel Clay

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

Enumerated under slaveholder Wood in Hale County Schedule 2 (Slave Inhabitants). Age recorded as 39.

Priscilla Hill

Freedmen's Bureau Record (1840)
Location: Hale County, Texas

Labor contract registered with Assistant Commissioner for Hale District. Monthly wage stipulated at $8 with rations and lodging provided.