Jeff Davis County, Texas Slave Records
Courthouse probate inventories, deed book bills of sale, and 1850/1860 Federal Census Slave Schedules for Jeff Davis County, Texas.
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Jeff Davis County Historical Records
Edward Nelson
Freedman's Bank Log (1872)Opened savings account No. 8742 at Jeff Davis branch. Recorded birthplace as Jeff Davis County, former master listed as Dandridge.
John Reed
Freedman's Bank Log (1870)Opened savings account No. 2694 at Jeff Davis branch. Recorded birthplace as Jeff Davis County, former master listed as Rogers.
Ebenezer Harvey
Deed Book Bill of Sale (1866)Conveyed in land & chattel deed of sale from Bailey to Mercer for consideration of $1092.
Lavinia Clay
Freedman's Bank Log (1865)Opened savings account No. 7817 at Jeff Davis branch. Recorded birthplace as Jeff Davis County, former master listed as Parker.
Chloe Martin
Deed Book Bill of Sale (1858)Conveyed in land & chattel deed of sale from Bryan to Dandridge for consideration of $682.
James Thomas
Deed Book Bill of Sale (1855)Conveyed in land & chattel deed of sale from Burke to Gibson for consideration of $1496.
Jeremiah Byrd
1850 Slave Schedule Metadata (1850)Enumerated under slaveholder Burke in Jeff Davis County Schedule 2 (Slave Inhabitants). Age recorded as 37.
Moses Dabney
Probate Inventory (1828)Appraised in estate inventory of Mason plantation, evaluated at $561. Listed alongside family members in probate court ledger.