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)
Location: Hopkins County, Texas

Opened savings account No. 4201 at Hopkins branch. Recorded birthplace as Hopkins County, former master listed as Carter.

Harrison Nicholas

Manumission Deed (1868)
Location: Hopkins County, Texas

Deed of emancipation granted by Davis. Stated freedom to take effect on January 1, 1868.

Hester Robinson

1860 Slave Schedule Metadata (1860)
Location: Hopkins County, Texas

Enumerated under slaveholder Washington in Hopkins County Schedule 2 (Slave Inhabitants). Age recorded as 27.

Anna Powell

Deed Book Bill of Sale (1851)
Location: Hopkins County, Texas

Conveyed in land & chattel deed of sale from Robinson to Boyd for consideration of $1282.

Lucy Fisher

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

Enumerated under slaveholder Johnson in Hopkins County Schedule 2 (Slave Inhabitants). Age recorded as 62.

Esther White

Probate Inventory (1849)
Location: Hopkins County, Texas

Appraised in estate inventory of Jackson plantation, evaluated at $688. Listed alongside family members in probate court ledger.