Palo Pinto County, Texas Slave Records

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

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Palo Pinto County Historical Records

Clara Thomas

1860 Slave Schedule Metadata (1860)
Location: Palo Pinto County, Texas

Enumerated under slaveholder Cooper in Palo Pinto County Schedule 2 (Slave Inhabitants). Age recorded as 64.

Violet Morgan

1860 Slave Schedule Metadata (1860)
Location: Palo Pinto County, Texas

Enumerated under slaveholder Banks in Palo Pinto County Schedule 2 (Slave Inhabitants). Age recorded as 48.

Felix Morgan

Deed Book Bill of Sale (1840)
Location: Palo Pinto County, Texas

Conveyed in land & chattel deed of sale from Fowler to Cary for consideration of $1448.

Tabitha Howard

Freedmen's Bureau Record (1838)
Location: Palo Pinto County, Texas

Labor contract registered with Assistant Commissioner for Palo Pinto District. Monthly wage stipulated at $9 with rations and lodging provided.