Scurry County, Texas Slave Records

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

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Scurry County Historical Records

Tabitha Polk

Freedmen's Bureau Record (1866)
Location: Scurry County, Texas

Labor contract registered with Assistant Commissioner for Scurry District. Monthly wage stipulated at $29 with rations and lodging provided.

Priscilla Powell

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

Enumerated under slaveholder Miller in Scurry County Schedule 2 (Slave Inhabitants). Age recorded as 41.

Laura Wood

Manumission Deed (1855)
Location: Scurry County, Texas

Deed of emancipation granted by Hale. Stated freedom to take effect on January 1, 1855.

Peter Jones

Deed Book Bill of Sale (1829)
Location: Scurry County, Texas

Conveyed in land & chattel deed of sale from Robinson to Stewart for consideration of $618.