Shelby County, Texas Slave Records
Courthouse probate inventories, deed book bills of sale, and 1850/1860 Federal Census Slave Schedules for Shelby County, Texas.
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Shelby County Historical Records
Joseph Peyton
Freedman's Bank Log (1871)Location: Shelby County, Texas
Opened savings account No. 4531 at Shelby branch. Recorded birthplace as Shelby County, former master listed as Foster.
Ezekiel Brown
Estate Division Account (1828)Location: Shelby County, Texas
Recorded in estate division between legal heirs of Moore. Allotted to lot #3 in final decree.