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)
Location: Mills County, Texas

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)
Location: Mills County, Texas

Enumerated under slaveholder Jefferson in Mills County Schedule 2 (Slave Inhabitants). Age recorded as 21.

Cyrus Gordon

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

Enumerated under slaveholder Cary in Mills County Schedule 2 (Slave Inhabitants). Age recorded as 7.

Esther Lee

1850 Slave Schedule Metadata (1850)
Location: Mills County, Texas

Enumerated under slaveholder Mercer in Mills County Schedule 2 (Slave Inhabitants). Age recorded as 70.

Nathan Bailey

1850 Slave Schedule Metadata (1850)
Location: Mills County, Texas

Enumerated under slaveholder Shelton in Mills County Schedule 2 (Slave Inhabitants). Age recorded as 26.

Judith Hughes

Probate Inventory (1826)
Location: Mills County, Texas

Appraised in estate inventory of Freeman plantation, evaluated at $827. Listed alongside family members in probate court ledger.