Rockwall County, Texas Slave Records

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

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Rockwall County Historical Records

Margaret Banks

Freedman's Bank Log (1871)
Location: Rockwall County, Texas

Opened savings account No. 2143 at Rockwall branch. Recorded birthplace as Rockwall County, former master listed as Harvey.

Gabriel Stewart

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

Enumerated under slaveholder Dandridge in Rockwall County Schedule 2 (Slave Inhabitants). Age recorded as 64.

William Burke

Probate Inventory (1854)
Location: Rockwall County, Texas

Appraised in estate inventory of Moore plantation, evaluated at $1131. Listed alongside family members in probate court ledger.

Isaac Hale

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

Enumerated under slaveholder Fowler in Rockwall County Schedule 2 (Slave Inhabitants). Age recorded as 34.