1850 Slave Schedule Texas Limestone County Transcribed by Eric Bonner Wood May 3, 2006 [Editor's Notes - Census was done September through November, but the days that certain pages were done is not listed, but rather left blank by the census taker, George Washington Cox. Background of Census Taker: George Washington Cox lived in Limestone County. George did the agricultural, slave, mortality, and main censuses during 1850 during overlapping times. Best place for the actual images is still free on FamilySearch under Records => 1850 United States slave schedule. I had added unique owner numbers to make easier to cross-reference with other documents. The original has two sections of data per page. Each section had slaveholder's name and a column for # of slaves (that I just changed to a repeat if it was greater than one). I have expanded out: F to Female, M to Male. B to Black, M to Mulatto The number is the slave's age. Unusal entries: 1) One slave was marked as fugitive. 2) One of Logan Stroud's slaves was 115 yr man. *LC50* = 1850 Limestone County census. Please refer to this for biographical notes. ] ------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Handwritten =>] 84 [Page 1] Schedule 2 - Slave Inhabitants in Precinct, No 1 in the County of Limestone of Texas, enumerated by me on the ____ day of Sept, 1850 G. W. Cox. [Owner #] [1] William Townsand [*LC50* 254/254] 29 Female Black 24 Male Black 3 Male Black 1 Male Black [2] Franklin C. Oliver [*LC50* 256/256] 25 Female Black 15 Male Mulatto 7 Female Black 6 Male Black 3 Male Black 1 Male Black [3] Robert T Miller [*LC50* 261/261] 15 Female Black 4 Female Mulatto Robert T Miller 3 Female Mulatto Robert T Miller 2 Male Black Robert T Miller [4] A P Edwards [*LC50* 264/264] 17 Female Black [5] A F Moss [*LC50* 268/268] 45 Male Black 25 Female Black 13 Female Black 10 Male Black 9 Female Black 7 Female Black 5 Male Black 0 Female Black [6] Sanders Walker [*LC50* 277/277] 15 Female Mulatto 10 Male Mulatto [7] Wiles F Cook [*LC50* 281/281] 18 Female Black 13 Female Black 5 Female Mulatto 0 Female Mulatto [8] W W Olliver [sic, Oliver] [*LC50* 217/217] 14 Male Black [9] James W Moore [*LC50* 220/220] 50 Female Black 18 Female Black 15 Female Black 2 Male Black 0 Female Black [10] J D McCutchan [*LC50* 222/222] 54 Male Mulatto 31 Male Black 18 Female Black 13 Female Black 0 Male Black [11] R R Smith [*LC50* 221/221] 54 Female Black 2 Male Black [totals at bottom:] 18 M x 24 F [second column] [12] James M Davis [*LC50* 224/224] 60 Male Black 18 Female Black 14 Female Black 10 Female Black [13] William J Gerrard [sic, Garrard] [*LC50* 225/225] 13 Female Black [14] Mary J Pleasants [*LC50* 229/229] 30 Female Black [15] H A Botyd [sic, Boyd] [*LC50* 231/231] 16 Male Black 8 Female Mulatto [16] John Boyd [*LC50* 232/232] 40 Male Black 5 Female Black 3 Male Black [17] Aron [sic, Aaron] Perry [*LC50* 233/233] 35 Male Black 35 Female Black 19 Female Mulatto 13 Male Mulatto 9 Female Mulatto 4 Male Black [18] F B [sic, LB] Prendergast [*LC50* 236/236] 30 Female Black 24 Female Black 15 Male Black 8 Female Mulatto 7 Female Black 7 Male Black 5 Female Mulatto 3 Male Mulatto 3 Female Mulatto 2 Male Black 1 Male Mulatto [19] D M Prendergast [*LC50* 236/236] 50 Female Black 20 Male Black 15 Male Mulatto 14 Female Black 11 Male Mulatto 10 Female Black 10 Male Black [20] Mordecai Yell [*LC50* 239/239] 46 Female Black 1 Male Black 1 Female Black [21] Alfonzo Steel [*LC50* 241/241] 70 Female Black [22] N B Stroud [*LC50* 242/242] 50 Male Black 30 Male Black 30 Male Black [totals at bottom:] 20 M x 22 F ------------------------------------------------------------------- [Handwritten =>] 85 Page 2 Schedule 2 - Slave Inhabitants in Precinct, No 1 in the County of Limestone of Texas, enumerated by me on the ____ day of Sept, 1850 G. W. Cox [continued of 22 N B Stroud *LC50* 242/242] 60 Female Black 56 Male Black 45 Female Black 30 Male Black 26 Male Mulatto 25 Female Mulatto 25 Female Black 25 Female Black 22 Female Black 22 Male Mulatto 22 Male Black 21 Male Black 20 Male Black 20 Male Black 20 Female Black 18 Female Black 18 Male Black 18 Female Black 17 Female Mulatto 16 Female Black 15 Male Black 14 Female Black 12 Female Black 10 Male Black 9 Male Black 8 Male Black 8 Male Black 7 Male Black 6 Female Black 5 Female Mulatto 4 Female Black 4 Female Black 3 Male Mulatto 3 Female Black 3 Female Mulatto 2 Female Mulatto 2 Male Black 1 Male Black 1 Female Black 0 Male Black 0 Female Black [23] Beden Stroud [*LC50* 243/243] 51 Male Black 50 Female Black [totals at bottom:] 20 M x ?? F [Female count was chopped off] [continued of #23 Beden Stroud [*LC50* 243/243]] 36 Male Black 35 Female Black 35 Female Black 35 Female Black 31 Male Black 30 Male Black 30 Female Black 26 Female Black 26 Male Black 22 Male Black 18 Male Black 18 Female Black 18 Female Black 16 Female Black 16 Female Mulatto 16 Female Black 16 Male Mulatto 16 Male Black 10 Male Black 10 Male Black 10 Male Black 10 Male Black 8 Female Black 8 Female Black 8 Male Black 6 Male Black 6 Female Mulatto 4 Female Black 4 Male Black 2 Female Mulatto 2 Female Black 2 Male Black 1 Male Black 1 Female Black 1 Female Mulatto 1 Male Black [24] Mandred Stroud [*LC50* 244/244] 54 Male Black 36 Male Mulatto 35 Male Black 30 Female Mulatto 30 Female Black 30 Female Mulatto 21 Female Black 20 Female Black [totals at bottom:] 18 M x ?? F [Female count was chopped off] ------------------------------------------------------------------- [Page 3] [Handwritten =>] 88 Schedule 2 - Slave Inhabitants in Precinct, No ___ in the County of Limestone of Texas, enumerated by me on the ____ day of October, 1850 G. W. Cox [continued of #24 Mandred Stroud *LC50* 244/244] 26 Male Mulatto 26 Male Mulatto 25 Female Black 25 Female Black 25 Male Black 20 Female Black 18 Male Mulatto 16 Male Black 16 Female Black 15 Female Black 15 Male Mulatto 15 Female Black 14 Male Mulatto 12 Female Black 12 Female Black 10 Female Black Fugitive 10 Male Mulatto 8 Male Black 8 Male Black 8 Male Black 8 Female Black 7 Female Mulatto 7 Female Black 7 Male Black 6 Female Black 5 Female Black 5 Female Black 5 Female Black 5 Male Mulatto 4 Female Black 4 Female Mulatto 4 Female Mulatto 3 Female Black 1 Male Mulatto 1 Male Black 1 Male Black 0 Male Black 0 Male Black [25] Ivey [sic, Jessy?] Grey [*LC50* 245/245] 20 Female Black [26] D H Tilleys [*LC50* 246/246] 16 Female Black [27] Jerymiah Lauderdale [*LC50* 13/13] 14 Male Black [28] William R Alligree [*LC50* 19/19] 40 Female Mulatto 18 Male Black [Handwritten Totals at bottom:] 20 M x 22 F [second column] [continued of #28 William R Alligree *LC50* 19/19] 10 Male Black 7 Female Black [29] George R Patton [*LC50* 29/29] 14 Male Black 12 Female Black [30] James S Wills [*LC50* 30/30] 50 Female Black 42 Male Black 20 Female Black 19 Male Black 14 Female Black 14 Female Black 10 Female Black 8 Female Black 6 Female Black 4 Female Black 2 Male Black 0 Male Black [31] S H Wills [*LC50* 31/31] 15 Male Black 12 Female Black 12 Male Black [32] Rubin Manning [*LC50* 35/35] 50 Male Black 29 Male Black 29 Male Black 25 Male Black 25 Male Black 25 Female Black 20 Female Black 20 Male Black 20 Male Black 16 Male Black 15 Female Black 13 Male Black 9 Male Black 6 Male Black 2 Female Black 0 Female Black 0 Female Black [33] Jackson G Crabb [*LC50* 38/38] 14 Female Black [34] James Teague [*LC50* 46/46] 33 Female Black 31 Female Black 26 Female Black 14 Male Black 11 Female Black 11 Female Black [Handwritten Totals at bottom:] 21 M x [faded signature(s)] 21 F ------------------------------------------------------------------- [Page 4] Handwritten #89 Schedule 2 - Slave Inhabitants in Precinct, No ___ in the County of Limestone of Texas, enumerated by me on the ____ day of October, 1850 G. W. Cox [continued of #34 James Teague *LC50* 46/46] 7 Male Black 6 Male Black 4 Female Black 3 Female Black 2 Male Black 1 Female Black [35] P J [N. B.?] Acock [*LC50* 48/48] 15 Female Mulatto [36] Thomas G Crabb [*LC50* 49/49] 25 Female Black 6 Male Black [37] Rubin E Saunders [*LC50* 50/50] 18 Male Black [38] James J Ware [*LC50* 54/54] 30 Female Black 19 Female Mulatto 14 Female Mulatto 13 Female Mulatto 9 Male Mulatto [39] Joseph Lindleys [*LC50* 55/55] 38 Male Black 33 Female Black 21 Male Black 9 Female Black 7 Male Black [40] James P Lindleys [*LC50* 56/56] 20 Female Black 4 Female Black 2 Male Black [41] Jefferson Hall [*LC50* 58/58] 18 Male Mulatto [42] Benjamin F Linn [*LC50* 59/59] 62 Male Black 44 Female Black 21 Female Black 19 Female Black 16 Male Black 5 Female Black 1 Male Black 0 Female Black [43] George Hanie [sic, Haynie] [*LC50* 60/60] 11 Female Black 7 Male Black [43] William O Ricers [sic, Wilson O. Reavis] [*LC50* 39/39] 16 Male Black [44] William M [sic, W] Dickson [*LC50* 42/42] 60 Female Black 36 Female Black 18 Male Black 4 Male Black 3 Male Black 1 Female Mulatto [Handwritten Totals at bottom:] 17 M x 25 F [second column] [45] D H Love [*LC50* 44/44] 50 Female Black 13 Male Black 5 Female Black [46] Thomas Lam [sic, Lamb] [*LC50* 75/75] 40 Male Black 20 Male Black [47] Lucy Dunagan [*LC50* 80/80] 30 Male Black 26 Female Black 15 Male Black 15 Male Black 0 Male Black [48] Peter L Stubbs [*LC50* 83/83] 5 Female Black [49] John Dunagan [*LC50* 82/82] 6 Male Black [50] Joseph Cooper [*LC50* 84/84] 34 Female Black 10 Male Mulatto 10 Female Mulatto 7 Female Mulatto [51] Franklin McMilen [sic, McMillen] [*LC50* 85/85] 28 Female Black 8 Female Black 6 Male Black 3 Male Black 0 Male Black [52] James Dunn [*LC50* 87/87] 24 Female Black [53] Luther Wright [*LC50* 88/88] 33 Male Black 29 Female Black 27 Female Black 27 Male Black 24 Female Black 20 Female Black 17 Male Black 16 Male Black 2 Male Black [54] John N Claypool [*LC50* 70/70] 15 Male Black [55] Emanuel Clemons [sic, Clements] [*LC50* 96/96] 11 Male Mulatto [56] Thomas S Harper [*LC50* 138/138] 19 Female Black [57] Samuel Barnett [*LC50* 139/139] 11 Male Black [58] Andrew Davis [*LC50* 148/148] 1 Female Black [59] James F Chambers [*LC50* 149/149] 23 Female Black 1 Male Mulatto [60] Rodrick Oliver [*LC50* 150/150] 45 Male Black 40 Male Black 41 Male Black 21 Male Black [Handwritten Totals at bottom:] 24 M Gill Capson x [appears to be census taker's signoff] 18 F ------------------------------------------------------------------- Page 5 Schedule 2 - Slave Inhabitants in Precinct, No ___ in the County of Limestone of Texas, enumerated by me on the ____ day of October, 1850 G. W. Cox [continued of #60 Fredrick Oliver] 20 Male Black 20 Male Black 40 Female Black 30 Female Black 30 Female Black 30 Female Black 11 Male Black 10 Female Black 6 Female Black 5 Female Black 4 Female Black 4 Male Black 3 Female Black 0 Male Black [61] Charles T Irwin [sic, Lean?] [**** RESEARCH ***] 50 Female Mulatto 33 Male Black 32 Female Mulatto 29 Male Black 25 Male Black 20 Male Black 19 Female Mulatto 12 Male Mulatto 10 Male Mulatto 6 Female Black 5 Female Black 1 Male Black [62] William L Adams [*LC50* 130/130] 26 Female Mulatto 6 Male Black 1 Male Black [63] Sariah W Goodman [*LC50* 131/131] 15 Female Mulatto [64] Micager[Micajah] Baitman[Bateman] [*LC50* 132/132] 25 Male Mulatto 25 Female Black [65] T H Readit [Readet?] [*LC50* 135/135] 16 Male Mulatto [66] Robert Tias [sic, Tyus] [*LC50* 104/104] 50 Female Black [67] Pleny Black [*LC50* 106/106] 16 Female Black 15 Male Black [68] Benjamin Edwards [*LC50* 108/108] 27 Female Black 25 Female Black 12 Female Mulatto 10 Male Black 9 Male Black 8 Male Black [Handwritten Totals at bottom:] 19 M x 23 F [second column] [continued of 68 Benjamin Edwards *LC50* 108/108] 7 Male Black 7 Male Black 5 Male Black 5 Female Black 2 Female Black 2 Male Black 0 Male Black 0 Male Black [69] Edward Slate [sic, Steel] [*LC50* 110/110] 30 Male Black 17 Female Black [70] John Paterson [sic, Patterson] [*LC50* 111/111] 61 Female Black 40 Female Black 26 Male Black 15 Male Black 11 Female Black [71] Henry Evans [*LC50* 112/112] 50 Female Black 45 Male Black 33 Female Black 29 Male Black 28 Male Black 26 Male Black 15 Male Black 13 Male Black 12 Female Black 10 Female Black 9 Female Black 7 Male Black 5 Female Black 3 Male Black 1 Male Black [72] Thomas L Evans [**** RESEARCH ***] 35 Male Black 25 Male Black [73] Mary Allen [sic, Allan] [*LC50* 121/121] 21 Male Black [74] Isaiah Baily [sic, Baty?] [*LC50* 126/126] 20 Female Black [75] Samuel G Wells [*LC50* 100/100] 17 Female Black 17 Male Black 16 Male Black 3 Female Mulatto [76] William G Kolb [*LC50* 103/103] 37 Female Black 33 Male Black 29 Female Black 11 Male Black [Handwritten Totals at bottom:] 25 M x [unreadable name] [appears to be census taker's signoff] 17 F ------------------------------------------------------------------- [Page 6 ] [Handwritten =>] 95 Schedule 2 - Slave Inhabitants in Precinct No. ___ in the County of Limestone of Texas, enumerated by me on the ____ day of October, 1850 G. W. Cox [continued of #76 William G Polk] 1 Female Black [77] Ralph Graves [**** RESEARCH ***] 55 Male Black 35 Female Black 28 Female Black 27 Female Mulatto 25 Female Black 16 Male Black 16 Female Black 9 Male Black 8 Female Black 8 Female Black 7 Female Black 7 Male Black 5 Male Black 5 Male Black 4 Male Black 1 Female Black 1 Female Black 1 Male Black [78] Michel P West [*LC50* 284/284] 7 Female Black [79] Moses Anglin [*LC50* 286/286] 29 Male Black 18 Female Black 4 Female Black 1 Female Black [80] Jane C Middlebrooks [*LC50* 197/197] 28 Female Black 25 Female Black 10 Female Black 10 Male Black 6 Male Black 2 Male Black [81] Abraham Angling [sic, Anglin] [*LC50* 209/209] 27 Male Black 12 Female Mulatto 10 Male Mulatto 2 Female Black 0 Male Black [82] William J Biggs [*LC50* 202/202] 55 Female Black 19 Male Black 15 Female Black 12 Male Black 6 Female Black 2 Male Black [83] Lot L Godfrey [*LC50* 204/204] 10 Female Black [Handwritten Totals at bottom:] 18 M 24 F [second column] [84] Seth H Baits [sic, Silas H Bates] [*LC50* 207/207] 29 Female Black [85] Eli Faulkenbury [*LC50* 177/177] 14 Female Black [86] Heseciah Jackson [*LC50* 172/172] 60 Female Black 60 Female Black 55 Male Black 25 Male Black 25 Male Black 25 Male Black 23 Female Black 17 Male Black 4 Female Black 2 Female Black 0 Male Black [87] John Anglin [*LC50* 196/196] 36 Female Black 9 Female Black [88] Elisha Anglin [*LC50* 175/175] 70 Female Black 50 Female Black [89] Logan A Stroud [*LC50* 185/185] 115 Male Black 55 Male Black 50 Male Black 50 Male Black 50 Male Black 50 Male Black 40 Female Black 35 Male Black 35 Male Black 35 Male Black 35 Female Black 35 Male Black 30 Male Black 28 Female Black 25 Male Black 20 Female Black 20 Female Black 20 Male Black 20 Female Black 20 Female Black 20 Female Black 18 Female Black 15 Male Black [Handwritten Totals at bottom:] 23 M C.H. Capporth x [appears to be census taker's signoff] 19 F ------------------------------------------------------------------- [Page 7 ] Schedule 2 - Slave Inhabitants in Precinct No. ___ in the County of Limestone of Texas, enumerated by me on the ____ day of Nov, 1850 G. W. Cox [continued of #89 Logan A Stroud *LC50* 185/185] 12 Female Black 12 Female Black 12 Male Black 12 Male Black 12 Male Black 11 Female Black 10 Female Black 10 Female Black 9 Female Black 8 Female Black 8 Male Mulatto 8 Male Black 8 Male Black 7 Female Mulatto 6 Female Black 6 Female Black 6 Male Black 6 Male Black 5 Male Black 5 Female Black 4 Male Black 4 Female Black 4 Female Mulatto 3 Female Black 2 Male Black 2 Male Black 1 Male Black 1 Female Black [90] James H Johnson [*LC50* 308/308] 31 Male Black 22 Female Mulatto 22 Male Black 20 Male Black 15 Female Black 10 Female Black 6 Female Black 5 Female Black [91] E A Magee [*LC50* 309/309] 33 Female Black 31 Male Black [92] James Brown [*LC50* 292/292] 33 Male Black 32 Female Black [93] M Donahoe [*LC50* 297/297 - Dunahoo?] 44 Female Mulatto 22 Male Black 10 Female Mulatto 2 Male Black [Handwritten Totals at bottom:] 18 M x 24 F [Second Column] [94] J T McNeeley [*LC50* 298/298] 50 Male Black 20 Male Black 5 Female Black [95] John Barton [*LC50* 300/300] 56 Female Black 52 Female Black 18 Female Black 17 Male Black 13 Female Black 11 Female Black 8 Female Black 7 Female Mulatto 4 Male Black [96] George Barnard [*LC50* 302/302] 7 Female Mulatto [97] Alensworth Adams [*LC50* 315/315] 25 Female Black 22 Male Black 8 Female Mulatto 4 Female Black [98] John Covington [*LC50* 321/321] 24 Male Black [99] Eliza Powers [sic, Elijah; *LC50* 328/328] 50 Female Black 25 Female Black 20 Male Mulatto 6 Female Black [100] Alfred Drake [*LC50* 334/334] 27 Male Black [101] David Price [sic, David Rice; *LC50* 335/335] 31 Female Black 15 Female Black 12 Female Black [102] Sariah Seeley [*LC50* 336/336] 29 Female Black 6 Female Black 5 Female Black 2 Male Mulatto [103] Samuel Clarke [*LC50* 359/359] 30 Male Black 20 Female Black [104] Samuel Pelson [my best guess is Samuel Nelson: *LC50* 365/365] 18 Female Black 10 Female Black 5 Female Black [105] Samuel C Blain [*LC50* 370/370] 36 Female Black [106] Albert J Gealston[sic, Gholston] [*LC50* 371/371] 11 Male Black [107] J P Moffitt [sic, Moffett] [*LC50* 373/373] 45 Female Black 45 Male Black 40 Female Black 33 Male Black 24 Male Black [Handwritten Totals at bottom:] 13 M x [no signature visible. might have faded.] 20 F [20 is chopped off] ------------------------------------------------------------------- [Page 8 ] [Handwritten =>] 97 Schedule 2 - Slave Inhabitants in Precinct No. ___ in the County of Limestone of Texas, enumerated by me on the ____ day of Nov, 1850 G. W. Cox [continued of #107 J P Moffitt *LC50* 373/373] 8 Female Black 8 Male Black 3 Male Black 2 Male Black [108] Robert Forbus [sic, Forbes; *LC50* 373/373] 30 Female Black 25 Female Mulatto 23 Male Black 20 Female Black 18 Male Black 18 Male Black 15 Female Black 10 Female Mulatto 10 Female Black 6 Female Black 6 Female Black 6 Male Black 6 Female Black 6 Male Black 3 Female Black 1 Female Mulatto 1 Female Black 0 Male Black [109] Strother Meneefee [sic, Menefee] [*LC50* 378/378] 25 Female Black 15 Male Black 9 Female Black 7 Female Mulatto 6 Female Mulatto 5 Male Black 4 Female Mulatto 3 Female Black [Handwritten Totals at bottom:] 19 M x [no signature visible. might have faded.] 10 F [10 is chopped off] [second column is blank] [End]