Matagorda County Slave Database

Slave Database
Matagorda County, Texas

PART 2

In memory of those who were forcibly taken from their homelands, enslaved, primarily known only by a single name, buried in unmarked graves and forgotten.

Matagorda County was a land of plantations prior to the War Between the States. In the 1850 Federal Census, 1157 Matagorda County residents were enumerated by name as well as 916 slaves. By 1860 there were 2144 residents plus 1348 slaves. Few records exist from that era, but some probate records included names of slaves. The slave names in the probate records were listed by first name only.

Due to the length of the list, you will need to search three pages. The first includes records from plantations, probates, brands, cemeteries and baptisms from Christ Church in Matagorda. The second page contains names from the Matagorda County 1867 Voters' Registration in which only men were able to register to vote. The third page contains the names of black and mulatto residents of Matagorda County enumerated on the 1870 Federal Census--the first census in which they were listed by name.

There was only one freedman in Matagorda County until the end of the war. Persons with birth dates previous to the end of the war were included in the index with the assumption that all were slaves until freed.

If you have additions or corrections, please email.

Matagorda County Slaves Known to Have Been Born in Africa
Amaree	Gabos	Omo Ambree	Ishtaka Duncan	Flora Harrison	Otto Sheppard, Sr.	Joseph Warren
Bato	Henry	Malaka Ambree	Jna Duncan	Jackaway Jackson	Hannah Starks	Gilley Wilkerson
Byoman	Jaqua	Barney Duncan	Joseph Duncan	Segubee Jackson	Mahaly Stewart	Mary Williams
Bion	Joe	Batta Duncan	Kiffee Duncan	John Kaloda	Joseph Surrell	Squire Williams
Bob	John	Byaa Duncan	Malaka Duncan	Saba Kaloda	Fanny Taylor	Robert Wocho
Bodo	Lacallee	Cladda Duncan	Mayfaa Duncan	Dalfhine Law	Margaret Taylor
Caley	Lemon	Coley Duncan	Oliver Duncan	Effer Law	John Tone
Caley	Mogode	Dada Duncan	Parto Duncan	Coley Lewis	Fadooma Vann
Darda	Shade [Duncan]	Frimaka/Fymaka Duncan	Rose Duncan	Amalia Pee	Udoo Vann
Fadra	Walowa	Henry Duncan	Surry Duncan	Annie Pee	Milley Warren

References

The number at the end of each indexed name is the reference from which the name was obtained. A link associated with the reference indicates there is more information in that database elsewhere on the Matagorda County site.

001 - Slaves willed to Alexander Irvin Rugeley by his father John Rugeley, *p 32
002 - Matagorda County Brand Book Volume 1
003 - Probate inventory (24 Feb 1837) of Bailey Hardeman (died 24 Sep 1836), Matagorda County Clerk's office, *p 33
004 - Will of John Henry Jones, Jr., May 5, 1862 (probated March 18, 1864), Matagorda County Clerk's office, *p 29
005 - December 10, 1846 shipping manifest for the ship St. Paul from New Orleans to Matagorda County, James W. Stewart-Shipper, Owner, Agency; *pp 42 - 46
006 - Will of Mary Ann Pledger, November 10, 1856 (rendered December 16 1856), Matagorda County Clerk's office, Book C, page 335, *pp 26-27
007 - James William Stewart's will (1850), Matagorda County Clerk's office, probate records, Inventory and Appraisements, Book B, pp 172-177, *pp 43-46
008 - Will of Captain Richard Stewart (02 Apr 1837), Greensville County wills, Volume 5, p. 167, *p 46
009 - James William Stewart final inventory (31 Jan 1853) Matagorda County Clerk's office - four infants born on the plantation after will was written, *p 47
010 - Inventoried in the estate of Lewis Thorp in charge of John L. Thorp, *p 49
011 - Slaves of William Gray Warren from records of Dr. James R. Thompson of Matagorda who served Mr. Warren's plantation, *pp 52-53
012 - Inventory of Elbert A. Thompson (died 1852). Filed 17 Sep 1852 and recorded in the Matagorda County Clerk's office, Book B, pp 216-221. His wife, Ann Taliferro Thompson married Dr. R. H. Chinn in 1856 and the plantation became known as Chinn-Thompson Plantation., *pp 54-55
013 - Inventory and Appraisement of the estate of George John Bowie filed in the Matagorda County Clerk's office, 16 October 1861, Inventory Book C, pp 91-93. Willed to his wife Frances S. Bowie., *p 60
014 - Will of Henry Gibson 18 Aug 1860 and estate inventory 15 Aug 1862., *p 65
015 - John D. Hawkins, Jr. and James B. Hawkins owned a plantation together and the lists are dated 1852. The slaves of John D. Hawkins, Jr. were moved from Swan Lake Plantation in Tallahatchie County, Mississippi. Some of the slave originally came from the John D. Hawkins, Sr. Spring Grove Estate in Franklin County, North Carolina., *pp 68-70
016 - Slaves of Mrs. S. M. Alston in possession of James D. Hawkins in 1852., *p 70
017 - Records of John S. Sanborn. Daily Record of Passing Events June 23-29, 1861 and Daily Record of Cotton Picked October 4-9, 1858, *pp 71-72
018 - Peter Walter Herbert probate records filed Matagorda County Clerk's office passed in Matagorda Commissioners' Court 3 August 1849, *p 73
019 - Inventory and Appraisement of Roberta A. Ewing's Estate, filed in the Matagorda County Clerk's office on 23 August 1862, *pp 74-75
020 - Baptism Records of Christ Episcopal Church, Matagorda, Texas
021 - 1867 Voters' Registration
022 - Bethlehem Christian Church Cemetery
023 - Deadrick Cemetery
024 - Gatson Cemetery
025 - Grove Hill Cemetery
026 - Hudgins Cemetery
027 - East View Cemetery
028 - Jones-Jackson Cemetery
029 - Live Oak Cemetery
030 - Norman Family Cemetery
031 - Union Baptist Church Cemetery - Ashwood
032 - Union Baptist Church Cemetery - Pledger
033 - Wilson Creek Cemetery
034 - Matagorda Cemetery
035 - Matagorda County Tribune, October 29, 1915
036 - Matagorda County death certificate #1930-29681
037 - 1870 Federal Census
038 - Slaves of John Duncan, *p 31
039 - Eastview Cemetery
040 - Matagorda Cemetery
041 - Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery
042 - Thelma Brown Smith Biography
043 - Hilda Bouldin Francis Biography
044 - Christ Church Marriages 1840 - 1874
045 - Mystic Sails and Texas Trails by Robert Davant

*Canebrake Settlements 1822 - 1870: Colonists, Plantations, Churches by Mary McAllister Ingram, c 2006, printed by Lyle Printing.

Copyright 2012 - Present by Carol Sue Gibbs All rights reserved
Created Oct. 21, 2012	Updated Oct. 21, 2012

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LAST NAME	FIRST NAME	BIRTH	DEATH	PLANTATION/OWNER	INFORMATION	DATE OF INFO	REF
	Amaree	b Africa		Dr. Brown		28 Aug 1867	021
	Bato	b Africa		John Duncan		21 Aug 1867	021
	Bion	b Africa		John Duncan		21 Aug 1867	021
	Bob	b Africa		John Duncan		21 Aug 1867	021
	Bodo	b Africa		John Duncan		21 Aug 1867	021
	Byoman	b Africa		John Duncan		21 Aug 1867	021
	Caley	b Africa		Warren		20 Aug 1867	021
	Caley	b Africa		John Duncan		21 Aug 1867	021
	Cary					06 Aug 1867	021
	Darda	b Africa		John Duncan		27 Aug 1867	021
	Durnbonell	b TX		Dr. Rugeley		21 Aug 1867	021
	Fadra (male)	b Africa		John Duncan		21 Aug 1867	021
	Gabos	b Africa		S. G. Powell		20 Aug 1867	021
	Henry	b Africa		Duncan		28 Aug 1867	021
	Jaqua (male)	b Africa		John Duncan		27 Aug 1867	021
	Joe	b Africa		John Duncan		21 Aug 1867	021
	John	b Africa		John Duncan		21 Aug 1867	021
	Lacallee	b Africa				05 Aug 1867	021
	Lemon	b Africa		Warren		20 Aug 1867	021
	Mogode	b Africa		Warren		20 Aug 1867	021
	Shade	b Africa		John Duncan		21 Aug 1867	021
	Walowa (male)	b Africa		John Duncan		21 Aug 1867	021
Abbet	David	b TX				16 Nov 1869	021
Abbott	Burn	b VA		Dr. Brown		28 Aug 1867	021
Adams	Yorick	b GA		A. W. Thompson		13 Aug 1867	021
Alexander	Henry	b AL		Henry Rugeley		21 Aug 1867	021
Alexander	John	b VT				18 Nov 1869	021
Alexander	Joseph	b AL		E. Rugeley		20 Aug 1867	021
Allen	Captain	b TN		Ewing		13 Aug 1867	021
Allen	John	b SC		Mathew Talbot		20 Aug 1867	021
Allen	Johyn	b VA		Tabb		27 Aug 1867	021
Allen	Lucas	b VA		Albert Jones		14 Aug 1867	021
Allen	Washington	b VA		John Duncan		31 Jan 1868	021
Alston	Lokey	b NC		Reece		13 Aug 1867	021
Alston	William	b NC		Reece		13 Aug 1867	021
Alston	Zeke	b NC		A. W. Thompson		13 Aug 1867	021
Amboree	Samuel	b TX		Dr. Brown		27 Aug 1867	021
Americus	Aron	b GA		John Duncan		21 Aug 1867	021
Amey	Duncan	b NC		J. Duncan		20 Aug 1867	021