Hamilton County, Texas Slave Records

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

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Hamilton County Historical Records

Gideon Garland

Deed Book Bill of Sale (1867)
Location: Hamilton County, Texas

Conveyed in land & chattel deed of sale from Richardson to Bowman for consideration of $1324.

Harriet Hale

Freedmen's Bureau Record (1855)
Location: Hamilton County, Texas

Labor contract registered with Assistant Commissioner for Hamilton District. Monthly wage stipulated at $11 with rations and lodging provided.

Harriet Davis

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

Enumerated under slaveholder Johnson in Hamilton County Schedule 2 (Slave Inhabitants). Age recorded as 53.

Leah Robinson

Estate Division Account (1834)
Location: Hamilton County, Texas

Recorded in estate division between legal heirs of Boone. Allotted to lot #1 in final decree.