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)
Location: Jackson County, Texas

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)
Location: Jackson County, Texas

Enumerated under slaveholder Williams in Jackson County Schedule 2 (Slave Inhabitants). Age recorded as 51.

Hannah Shelton

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

Enumerated under slaveholder Freeman in Jackson County Schedule 2 (Slave Inhabitants). Age recorded as 25.

Richard Nelson

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

Enumerated under slaveholder Barbour in Jackson County Schedule 2 (Slave Inhabitants). Age recorded as 58.

Lucretia King

Estate Division Account (1855)
Location: Jackson County, Texas

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

Lewis Parker

Manumission Deed (1851)
Location: Jackson County, Texas

Deed of emancipation granted by Fitzhugh. Stated freedom to take effect on January 1, 1851.