Taylor County, Texas Slave Records
Courthouse probate inventories, deed book bills of sale, and 1850/1860 Federal Census Slave Schedules for Taylor County, Texas.
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Taylor County Historical Records
Lafayette Mitchell
Freedman's Bank Log (1872)Opened savings account No. 2818 at Taylor branch. Recorded birthplace as Taylor County, former master listed as Jackson.
Philip Grayson
Freedman's Bank Log (1867)Opened savings account No. 1619 at Taylor branch. Recorded birthplace as Taylor County, former master listed as Byrd.
Peggy Ellis
Freedman's Bank Log (1865)Opened savings account No. 1623 at Taylor branch. Recorded birthplace as Taylor County, former master listed as Harvey.
Julius Page
1860 Slave Schedule Metadata (1860)Enumerated under slaveholder Graham in Taylor County Schedule 2 (Slave Inhabitants). Age recorded as 26.
Reuben Thomas
1850 Slave Schedule Metadata (1850)Enumerated under slaveholder Lee in Taylor County Schedule 2 (Slave Inhabitants). Age recorded as 33.
Flora Page
Deed Book Bill of Sale (1839)Conveyed in land & chattel deed of sale from Clark to Martin for consideration of $998.