Navarro County, Texas Slave Records
Courthouse probate inventories, deed book bills of sale, and 1850/1860 Federal Census Slave Schedules for Navarro County, Texas.
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Navarro County Historical Records
Alexander Blackwell
Freedmen's Bureau Record (1866)Labor contract registered with Assistant Commissioner for Navarro District. Monthly wage stipulated at $22 with rations and lodging provided.
Parthenia Ball
Manumission Deed (1864)Deed of emancipation granted by Hughes. Stated freedom to take effect on January 1, 1864.
Leah Monroe
1860 Slave Schedule Metadata (1860)Enumerated under slaveholder Peyton in Navarro County Schedule 2 (Slave Inhabitants). Age recorded as 36.
Ann Gibson
Manumission Deed (1860)Deed of emancipation granted by Randolph. Stated freedom to take effect on January 1, 1860.
Ada Thomas
Deed Book Bill of Sale (1853)Conveyed in land & chattel deed of sale from Peyton to Foster for consideration of $1014.
Catherine Thompson
1850 Slave Schedule Metadata (1850)Enumerated under slaveholder Cooper in Navarro County Schedule 2 (Slave Inhabitants). Age recorded as 14.
Andrew Hill
Estate Division Account (1839)Recorded in estate division between legal heirs of Ellis. Allotted to lot #7 in final decree.