Hopkins County, Texas Slave Records
Courthouse probate inventories, deed book bills of sale, and 1850/1860 Federal Census Slave Schedules for Hopkins County, Texas.
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Hopkins County Historical Records
Agnes Fisher
Freedman's Bank Log (1868)Opened savings account No. 4201 at Hopkins branch. Recorded birthplace as Hopkins County, former master listed as Carter.
Harrison Nicholas
Manumission Deed (1868)Deed of emancipation granted by Davis. Stated freedom to take effect on January 1, 1868.
Hester Robinson
1860 Slave Schedule Metadata (1860)Enumerated under slaveholder Washington in Hopkins County Schedule 2 (Slave Inhabitants). Age recorded as 27.
Anna Powell
Deed Book Bill of Sale (1851)Conveyed in land & chattel deed of sale from Robinson to Boyd for consideration of $1282.
Lucy Fisher
1850 Slave Schedule Metadata (1850)Enumerated under slaveholder Johnson in Hopkins County Schedule 2 (Slave Inhabitants). Age recorded as 62.
Esther White
Probate Inventory (1849)Appraised in estate inventory of Jackson plantation, evaluated at $688. Listed alongside family members in probate court ledger.