Mills County, Texas Slave Records
Courthouse probate inventories, deed book bills of sale, and 1850/1860 Federal Census Slave Schedules for Mills County, Texas.
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Mills County Historical Records
Benjamin Dandridge
Freedman's Bank Log (1868)Opened savings account No. 5241 at Mills branch. Recorded birthplace as Mills County, former master listed as Graham.
Anna Boone
1860 Slave Schedule Metadata (1860)Enumerated under slaveholder Jefferson in Mills County Schedule 2 (Slave Inhabitants). Age recorded as 21.
Cyrus Gordon
1860 Slave Schedule Metadata (1860)Enumerated under slaveholder Cary in Mills County Schedule 2 (Slave Inhabitants). Age recorded as 7.
Esther Lee
1850 Slave Schedule Metadata (1850)Enumerated under slaveholder Mercer in Mills County Schedule 2 (Slave Inhabitants). Age recorded as 70.
Nathan Bailey
1850 Slave Schedule Metadata (1850)Enumerated under slaveholder Shelton in Mills County Schedule 2 (Slave Inhabitants). Age recorded as 26.
Judith Hughes
Probate Inventory (1826)Appraised in estate inventory of Freeman plantation, evaluated at $827. Listed alongside family members in probate court ledger.