Jackson County, Texas Slave Records
Courthouse probate inventories, deed book bills of sale, and 1850/1860 Federal Census Slave Schedules for Jackson County, Texas.
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Jackson County Historical Records
Tabitha Henderson
Freedman's Bank Log (1869)Opened savings account No. 4289 at Jackson branch. Recorded birthplace as Jackson County, former master listed as Brooks.
Beatrix Taylor
1860 Slave Schedule Metadata (1860)Enumerated under slaveholder Williams in Jackson County Schedule 2 (Slave Inhabitants). Age recorded as 51.
Hannah Shelton
1860 Slave Schedule Metadata (1860)Enumerated under slaveholder Freeman in Jackson County Schedule 2 (Slave Inhabitants). Age recorded as 25.
Richard Nelson
1860 Slave Schedule Metadata (1860)Enumerated under slaveholder Barbour in Jackson County Schedule 2 (Slave Inhabitants). Age recorded as 58.
Lucretia King
Estate Division Account (1855)Recorded in estate division between legal heirs of Spottswood. Allotted to lot #1 in final decree.
Lewis Parker
Manumission Deed (1851)Deed of emancipation granted by Fitzhugh. Stated freedom to take effect on January 1, 1851.