Oldham County, Texas Slave Records

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

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Oldham County Historical Records

Lucy Dabney

Freedmen's Bureau Record (1863)
Location: Oldham County, Texas

Labor contract registered with Assistant Commissioner for Oldham District. Monthly wage stipulated at $22 with rations and lodging provided.

Matilda Garland

Deed Book Bill of Sale (1851)
Location: Oldham County, Texas

Conveyed in land & chattel deed of sale from Thornton to Perkins for consideration of $1272.

Grace Winston

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

Enumerated under slaveholder Bowman in Oldham County Schedule 2 (Slave Inhabitants). Age recorded as 63.

Flora Evans

Manumission Deed (1834)
Location: Oldham County, Texas

Deed of emancipation granted by Wythe. Stated freedom to take effect on January 1, 1834.

Grace Hill

Probate Inventory (1820)
Location: Oldham County, Texas

Appraised in estate inventory of Jackson plantation, evaluated at $1195. Listed alongside family members in probate court ledger.