Sutton County, Texas Slave Records

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

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Sutton County Historical Records

Rebecca Washington

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

Opened savings account No. 6476 at Sutton branch. Recorded birthplace as Sutton County, former master listed as Rives.

Robert Boyd

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

Opened savings account No. 1422 at Sutton branch. Recorded birthplace as Sutton County, former master listed as Reed.

Margaret Matthews

Freedman's Bank Log (1867)
Location: Sutton County, Texas

Opened savings account No. 7449 at Sutton branch. Recorded birthplace as Sutton County, former master listed as Banks.

Matthew Armstrong

Manumission Deed (1867)
Location: Sutton County, Texas

Deed of emancipation granted by Cooper. Stated freedom to take effect on January 1, 1867.

Eve Rogers

Deed Book Bill of Sale (1847)
Location: Sutton County, Texas

Conveyed in land & chattel deed of sale from Howard to Washington for consideration of $1156.

Isaac Nicholas

Probate Inventory (1846)
Location: Sutton County, Texas

Appraised in estate inventory of Anderson plantation, evaluated at $626. Listed alongside family members in probate court ledger.

Augustus Marshall

Probate Inventory (1841)
Location: Sutton County, Texas

Appraised in estate inventory of Dandridge plantation, evaluated at $471. Listed alongside family members in probate court ledger.

Hannah Tyler

Estate Division Account (1825)
Location: Sutton County, Texas

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