Potter County, Texas Slave Records
Courthouse probate inventories, deed book bills of sale, and 1850/1860 Federal Census Slave Schedules for Potter County, Texas.
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Potter County Historical Records
Cato Chamberlayne
Probate Inventory (1864)Appraised in estate inventory of Brown plantation, evaluated at $521. Listed alongside family members in probate court ledger.
Hiram Jones
1860 Slave Schedule Metadata (1860)Enumerated under slaveholder Ball in Potter County Schedule 2 (Slave Inhabitants). Age recorded as 37.
Lucas Cabell
1850 Slave Schedule Metadata (1850)Enumerated under slaveholder Williams in Potter County Schedule 2 (Slave Inhabitants). Age recorded as 42.
William Beverley
Deed Book Bill of Sale (1844)Conveyed in land & chattel deed of sale from Wright to Cary for consideration of $1083.
Julius Griffin
Deed Book Bill of Sale (1836)Conveyed in land & chattel deed of sale from Green to Page for consideration of $848.
Lafayette Armstrong
Freedmen's Bureau Record (1827)Labor contract registered with Assistant Commissioner for Potter District. Monthly wage stipulated at $21 with rations and lodging provided.