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.