Starr County, Texas Slave Records

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

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Starr County Historical Records

Eleanor Page

Freedman's Bank Log (1869)
Location: Starr County, Texas

Opened savings account No. 6899 at Starr branch. Recorded birthplace as Starr County, former master listed as Long.

Phyllis Barnes

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

Enumerated under slaveholder Hill in Starr County Schedule 2 (Slave Inhabitants). Age recorded as 51.

Daniel Coleman

Probate Inventory (1844)
Location: Starr County, Texas

Appraised in estate inventory of Faulkner plantation, evaluated at $645. Listed alongside family members in probate court ledger.

Moses Rives

Probate Inventory (1831)
Location: Starr County, Texas

Appraised in estate inventory of Hale plantation, evaluated at $760. Listed alongside family members in probate court ledger.