Shackelford County, Texas Slave Records

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

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Shackelford County Historical Records

Abraham Anderson

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

Opened savings account No. 5420 at Shackelford branch. Recorded birthplace as Shackelford County, former master listed as Shelton.

Chloe Byrd

Probate Inventory (1864)
Location: Shackelford County, Texas

Appraised in estate inventory of Freeman plantation, evaluated at $823. Listed alongside family members in probate court ledger.

Eleanor Clark

Estate Division Account (1861)
Location: Shackelford County, Texas

Recorded in estate division between legal heirs of Dabney. Allotted to lot #5 in final decree.

Lavinia Preston

Estate Division Account (1859)
Location: Shackelford County, Texas

Recorded in estate division between legal heirs of Beverley. Allotted to lot #1 in final decree.

Matilda Tazewell

Estate Division Account (1856)
Location: Shackelford County, Texas

Recorded in estate division between legal heirs of Goode. Allotted to lot #3 in final decree.

Hester Coleman

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

Enumerated under slaveholder Cary in Shackelford County Schedule 2 (Slave Inhabitants). Age recorded as 40.

Eleanor Thornton

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

Enumerated under slaveholder Dandridge in Shackelford County Schedule 2 (Slave Inhabitants). Age recorded as 12.