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.