Reeves County, Texas Slave Records

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

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Reeves County Historical Records

David Barbour

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

Enumerated under slaveholder Claiborne in Reeves County Schedule 2 (Slave Inhabitants). Age recorded as 68.

Harrison Boyd

Probate Inventory (1839)
Location: Reeves County, Texas

Appraised in estate inventory of Spottswood plantation, evaluated at $784. Listed alongside family members in probate court ledger.

Josiah Garland

Estate Division Account (1835)
Location: Reeves County, Texas

Recorded in estate division between legal heirs of Harrison. Allotted to lot #2 in final decree.

Margaret Thompson

Probate Inventory (1823)
Location: Reeves County, Texas

Appraised in estate inventory of Baker plantation, evaluated at $970. Listed alongside family members in probate court ledger.