Kaufman County, Texas Slave Records

Courthouse probate inventories, deed book bills of sale, and 1850/1860 Federal Census Slave Schedules for Kaufman County, Texas.

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Kaufman County Historical Records

Jeremiah Haynes

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

Enumerated under slaveholder Moore in Kaufman County Schedule 2 (Slave Inhabitants). Age recorded as 17.

Zilpha Robinson

Probate Inventory (1844)
Location: Kaufman County, Texas

Appraised in estate inventory of Green plantation, evaluated at $1137. Listed alongside family members in probate court ledger.

Julia Bryan

Manumission Deed (1830)
Location: Kaufman County, Texas

Deed of emancipation granted by Baker. Stated freedom to take effect on January 1, 1830.