Van Zandt County, TX 1860 Federal Slave Schedule http://www.us-census.org/pub/usgenweb/census/tx/vanzandt/1860/ (File 1 of 1 for all districts) Pages 508A-509B This Census was transcribed by Russell Anderson and proofread by Linda Talbott for the USGenWeb Census Project®, http://www.us-census.org/ Copyright (c) 2025 by Russell Anderson ========================================================================== USGENWEB (US-CENSUS) NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization. Non-commercial organizations desiring to use this material must obtain the consent of the transcriber prior to use. 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For Slaves over 100 years old, frequently (not always) the name of the slave is listed. While women were not supposed to be able to own property at the time of these census enumerations, there are numerous entries where the owner of the slaves either has a "female" first name or is identified as "Mrs." CENSUS-YEAR 1860 SLAVE SCHEDULE MICROFILM #M653-1312 STATE TEXAS COUNTY VAN ZANDT ---------------------Begin Actual Transcription--------------------------- LEFT SET OF COLUMNS =================================================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1860 SLAVE STATE: Texas COUNTY: Van Zandt DISTRICT: Canton Beat MICROFILE: M653-1312 ENUMERATOR: Joel Williams PAGE NO: 508A HANDWRITTEN: 1 ENUM/DATE: JUNE 1, 1860 =================================================================================================================== FUGITIVE #MANU- DEAF # OF Slave Owner # OF COLOR FROM MITTED DUMB SLAVE LN# LAST NAME FIRST NAME SLAVES AGE SEX (B/M) STATE (FREED) BLIND HOUSES TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 =================================================================================================================== L-1 Lowler A S 1 40 F B . . . . . L-2 " " 1 26 M B . . . . . L-3 " " 1 14 F B . . . . . L-4 " " 1 12 M B . . . . . L-5 " " 1 10 M B . . . . . L-6 " " 1 8 F B . . . . . L-7 " " 1 6 F B . . . . . L-8 " " 1 5 M B . . . 1 . L-9 Lowler A S 1 25 F B . . . . "for Lorn Lowler" L-10 " " 1 16 F B . . . . . L-11 " " 1 11 M B . . . . . L-12 " " 1 13 F B . . . . . L-13 Rosinbaum G 1 25 F B . . . 1 . L-14 " " 1 8 M B . . . . . L-15 Bradley John 1 45 M B . . . 1 . L-16 " " 1 19 F B . . . . . L-17 " " 1 16 F B . . . . . L-18 " " 1 9 M B . . . . . L-19 Towles John 1 25 F B . . . 1 . L-20 " " 1 6 F B . . . . . L-21 " " 1 3 F B . . . . . L-22 Landrum M N 1 31 M B . . . . . L-23 " " 1 22 F B . . . . . L-24 " " 1 16 F B . . . . . L-25 Henderson E 1 30 F B . . . . . L-26 " " 1 14 M B . . . . . L-27 " " 1 12 F B . . . . . L-28 " " 1 7 F B . . . . . L-29 " " 1 6 M B . . . . . L-30 " " 1 5 M B . . . . . L-31 " " 1 2 F B . . . . . L-32 Bivins J G W 1 30 F B . . . 1 "for S Martin of Texas" L-33 " " 1 1 M B . . . . . L-34 Wilhite N H 1 30 F B . . . . . L-35 " " 1 26 M B . . . . . L-36 " " 1 25 F B . . . . . L-37 " " 1 13 F B . . . . . L-38 " " 1 10 F B . . . . . L-39 " " 1 8 M B . . . . . L-40 " " 1 6 M B . . . . . RIGHT SET OF COLUMNS =================================================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1860 SLAVE STATE: Texas COUNTY: Van Zandt DISTRICT: Canton Beat MICROFILE: M653-1312 ENUMERATOR: Joel Williams PAGE NO: 508A HANDWRITTEN: 1 ENUM/DATE: JUNE 1, 1860 =================================================================================================================== FUGITIVE #MANU- DEAF # OF Slave Owner # OF COLOR FROM MITTED DUMB SLAVE LN# LAST NAME FIRST NAME SLAVES AGE SEX (B/M) STATE (FREED) BLIND HOUSES TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 =================================================================================================================== R-1 Wilhite N H 1 5 F B . . . . . R-2 " " 1 4 M B . . . . . R-3 " " 1 2 F B . . . . . R-4 " " 1 1/12 M B . . . . . R-5 Shambin J A 1 40 M B . . . . . R-6 " " 1 20 F B . . . . . R-7 " " 1 2 M B . . . . . R-8 " " 1 2/52 M B . . . . . R-9 Hubbard James 1 28 M B . . . . . R-10 " " 1 26 M B . . . . . R-11 Denson B H 1 40 M B . . . . . R-12 " " 1 30 F B . . . . . R-13 " " 1 25 M B . . . . . R-14 " " 1 23 M B . . . . . R-15 " " 4 23 F B . . . . . R-16 " " 5 22 M B . . . . . R-17 " " 1 14 F B . . . . . R-18 " " 12 . . . . . . 8 "6/12 to 10, M&F, B&M" R-19 Denson J G 1 21 F B . . . . . R-20 " " 1 20 M B . . . . . R-21 " " 1 2 F B . . . . . R-22 " " 1 3/4 F B . . . 2 . R-23 Robertson D 1 20 M B . . . 1 . R-24 Parker James 1 14 M B . . . 1 . R-25 Stripling B J 1 11 F B . . . 1 . R-26 " " 1 10 M M . . . . . R-27 Oldham S R 1 20 M B . . . . . R-28 " " 1 14 F B . . . . . R-29 " " 1 3/12 M B . . . 1 . R-30 Hollingsworth H 1 23 M B . . . . . R-31 " " 1 12 F B . . . 1 . R-32 Faulk L B 1 70 F B . . . . . R-33 " " 1 25 M B . . . . . R-34 " " 1 19 M B . . . . . R-35 " " 1 17 M B . . . . . R-36 " " 2 13 M B . . . . . R-37 " " 1 13 F B . . . 1 . R-38 Gibbs E W 1 27 F B . . . . . R-39 " " 1 18 F B . . . . . R-40 " " 1 4 F B . . . . . LEFT SET OF COLUMNS =================================================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1860 SLAVE STATE: Texas COUNTY: Van Zandt DISTRICT: Canton & Edom Beat MICROFILE: M653-1312 ENUMERATOR: Joel Williams PAGE NO: 508B HANDWRITTEN: 2 ENUM/DATE: JUNE, 1860 =================================================================================================================== FUGITIVE #MANU- DEAF # OF Slave Owner # OF COLOR FROM MITTED DUMB SLAVE LN# LAST NAME FIRST NAME SLAVES AGE SEX (B/M) STATE (FREED) BLIND HOUSES TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 =================================================================================================================== L-1 Gibbs E W 1 10/12 F B . . . 2 . L-2 Castleberry S C 1 27 F B . . . . . L-3 " " 1 4 M B . . . 1 . L-4 Shepherd John 1 16 M B . . . . . L-5 " " 1 13 F B . . . . . L-6 " " 1 11 F B . . . 1 . L-7 Blackwell H F 1 21 M B . . . 1 . L-8 . . . . . . . . . . Edom Beat L-9 Riley D L 1 16 F B . . . 1 . L-10 McCain A 1 28 F B . . . . . L-11 " " 1 12 M B . . . . . L-12 " " 1 10 F B . . . . . L-13 " " 1 6 M B . . . . . L-14 " " 1 4 F B . . . . . L-15 " " 1 2 F B . . . 1 . L-16 McCain L B 1 16 F B . . . 1 . L-17 O'Quin J J 1 40 F B . . . . . L-18 " " 1 36 F B . . . 1 . L-19 Youngblood J 1 25 F B . . . 1 . L-20 Veasey Martha 1 52 F B . . . . . L-21 " " 1 27 M B . . . . . L-22 " " 1 19 F B . . . . . L-23 " " 1 1 M B . . . . . L-24 " " 1 27 M B . . . . . L-25 " " 1 21 F B . . . . . L-26 " " 1 20 M B . . . . . L-27 " " 1 21 F B . . . . . L-28 " " 1 4 M B . . . 2 . L-29 Wood A W 1 18 F B . . . . . L-30 " " 1 3/12 M B . . . . . L-31 Piles E C 1 40 M B . . . . "& children" L-32 " " 1 30 F M . . . . . L-33 " " 1 6 M M . . . . . L-34 " " 1 4 M M . . . . . L-35 " " 1 2 M M . . . 1 . L-36 Watts Johnson 1 28 M B . . . 1 . L-37 Collins Jo 1 15 F B . . . 1 . L-38 Lee Cyntha 1 27 M B . . . 1 . L-39 " " 1 25 M B . . . . . L-40 " " 1 21 F B . . . . . RIGHT SET OF COLUMNS =================================================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1860 SLAVE STATE: Texas COUNTY: Van Zandt DISTRICT: Canton & Edom Beat MICROFILE: M653-1312 ENUMERATOR: Joel Williams PAGE NO: 508B HANDWRITTEN: 2 ENUM/DATE: JUNE, 1860 =================================================================================================================== FUGITIVE #MANU- DEAF # OF Slave Owner # OF COLOR FROM MITTED DUMB SLAVE LN# LAST NAME FIRST NAME SLAVES AGE SEX (B/M) STATE (FREED) BLIND HOUSES TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 =================================================================================================================== R-1 . . . . . . . . . . Edom Beat Continued R-2 Lee C 1 3 M B . . . 1 . R-3 O'Roark Christman 1 59 F B . . . . . R-4 Hambrick B H 1 6 M B . . . . . R-5 " " 1 55 F B . . . . . R-6 " " 1 50 F B . . . . . R-7 " " 1 50 F B . . . . . R-8 " " 1 33 F B . . . . . R-9 " " 1 27 F B . . . . . R-10 " " 1 22 F B . . . . . R-11 " " 1 25 F B . . . . . R-12 " " 2 25 F B . . . . . R-13 " " 2 18 F B . . . . . R-14 " " 1 23 F M . . . . . R-15 " " 1 20 F B . . . . . R-16 " " 1 42 M B . . . . . R-17 " " 1 4 M B . . . . . R-18 " " 1 32 M B . . . . . R-19 " " 1 35 M B . . . . . R-20 " " 1 40 M B . . . . . R-21 " " 1 33 M B . . . . . R-22 " " 1 26 M B . . . . . R-23 " " 1 24 M B . . . . . R-24 " " 2 20 M B . . . . . R-25 " " 1 35 M B . . . . . R-26 " " 2 13 M B . . . . . R-27 " " 1 3 M B . . . . . R-28 " " 5 2 M B . . . . . R-29 " " 1 1 M B . . . . . R-30 " " 4 2 F B . . . . . R-31 " " 1 8 F B . . . . . R-32 " " 1 1/12 M B . . . . . R-33 " " 1 30 M B . . . 7 . R-34 Horton B F 1 33 M B . . . . . R-35 " " 2 26 F B . . . . . R-36 " " 1 23 M B . . . . . R-37 " " 1 12 F B . . . . . R-38 " " 1 10 M B . . . . . R-39 " " 1 6 F B . . . . . R-40 " " 1 4 F B . . . . . LEFT SET OF COLUMNS =================================================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1860 SLAVE STATE: Texas COUNTY: Van Zandt DISTRICT: Edom &c Beat MICROFILE: M653-1312 ENUMERATOR: Joel Williams PAGE NO: 509A HANDWRITTEN: 3 ENUM/DATE: JUNE 27 - July, 1860 =================================================================================================================== FUGITIVE #MANU- DEAF # OF Slave Owner # OF COLOR FROM MITTED DUMB SLAVE LN# LAST NAME FIRST NAME SLAVES AGE SEX (B/M) STATE (FREED) BLIND HOUSES TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 =================================================================================================================== L-1 Horton B F 1 3 M B . . . . . L-2 " " 1 8/12 M B . . . . June 27 to July 1860 L-3 Patterson J M 1 75 F B . . . . . L-4 " " 1 55 M B . . . . . L-5 " " 1 28 M B . . . . . L-6 " " 2 31 F B . . . . . L-7 " " 2 28 F B . . . . . L-8 " " 1 16 M B . . . . . L-9 " " 1 8 F B . . . . . L-10 " " 1 8 M B . . . . . L-11 " " 1 7 M B . . . . . L-12 " " 1 6 F B . . . . . L-13 " " 1 5 F B . . . . . L-14 " " 1 5 M B . . . . . L-15 " " 2 4 F B . . . . . L-16 " " 1 3 F B . . . . . L-17 " " 1 2 F B . . . . . L-18 " " 1 2 M B . . . . . L-19 " " 2 1 F B . . . 5 . L-20 Lumbleson D 1 32 F B . . . . . L-21 " " 1 25 M B . . . . . L-22 McPhail A 1 26 F B . . . . . L-23 McPhail S 2 26 F B . . . . . L-24 " " 1 20 F B . . . . . L-25 " " 1 6 M B . . . . . L-26 Damron W N 1 38 F B . . . . . L-27 Halman Dan 1 16 F B . . . . . L-28 Manbrick S B 1 22 M B . . . . . L-29 " " 1 21 F B . . . . . L-30 " " 1 20 M B . . . . . L-31 " " 1 19 F B . . . . . L-32 " " 1 15 F B . . . . . L-33 " " 1 5 M B . . . . . L-34 " " 1 3 F B . . . . . L-35 " " 1 2 F B . . . . . L-36 " " 1 11/12 F B . . . 2 Edom Beat Concluded RIGHT SET OF COLUMNS =================================================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1860 SLAVE STATE: Texas COUNTY: Van Zandt DISTRICT: Saline Beat MICROFILE: M653-1312 ENUMERATOR: Joel Williams PAGE NO: 509A HANDWRITTEN: 3 ENUM/DATE: (not dated), 1860 =================================================================================================================== FUGITIVE #MANU- DEAF # OF Slave Owner # OF COLOR FROM MITTED DUMB SLAVE LN# LAST NAME FIRST NAME SLAVES AGE SEX (B/M) STATE (FREED) BLIND HOUSES TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 =================================================================================================================== R-1 . . . . . . . . . . . R-2 Clark S A 1 21 F M . . . . . R-3 " " 1 12 M B . . . . . R-4 " " 1 1 M M . . . 1 . R-5 Clark S R 1 15 F M . . . 1 . R-6 Hutton N A 1 30 M B . . . . . R-7 " " 1 30 F B . . . . . R-8 " " 1 78 F B . . . . . R-9 " " 1 13 M B . . . 2 . R-10 Whetstone A 1 44 M B . . . . . R-11 " " 1 30 F B . . . . . R-12 " " 1 2 M B . . . . . R-13 " " 1 4/12 F B . . . 1 . R-14 Whetstone J S J 1 20 M B . . . . . R-15 " " 1 6 F B . . . 1 . R-16 Richardson P Q 1 25 M B . . . . . R-17 " " 1 22 M B . . . . . R-18 " " 1 21 M B . . . 1 . R-19 Clark H P 1 42 M B . . . . "& Wife" R-20 " " 1 22 M B . . . . . R-21 " " 1 20 F B . . . . . R-22 " " 1 13 M B . . . . . R-23 " " 1 2 M B . . . . . R-24 " " 1 1/12 F B . . . 1 . R-25 . . . . . . . . . . "Saline Beat Concluded" R-26 . . . . . . . . . . . R-27 . . . . . . . . . . "Sabine Beat" R-28 Huff D V 1 26 F B . . . . . R-29 " " 1 24 M B . . . . . R-30 " " 1 23 M B . . . . . R-31 " " 1 16 M B . . . . . R-32 " " 1 10 M B . . . . . R-33 " " 1 5 M B . . . . . R-34 " " 1 2 F B . . . 1 . R-35 " " 1 2 F M . . . . . R-36 Hart S C 1 50 F B . . . 1 . R-37 Pierce Jas 1 23 M B . . . 1 . R-38 " " 1 3 F B . . . . . R-39 Sullivan A 1 23 F B . . . 1 . R-40 Sullivan A P 1 25 F B . . . 1 . LEFT SET OF COLUMNS =================================================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1860 SLAVE STATE: Texas COUNTY: Van Zandt DISTRICT: Sabine & Praire Beat MICROFILE: M653-1312 ENUMERATOR: Joel Williams PAGE NO: 509B HANDWRITTEN: 4 ENUM/DATE: July 16, 1860 =================================================================================================================== FUGITIVE #MANU- DEAF # OF Slave Owner # OF COLOR FROM MITTED DUMB SLAVE LN# LAST NAME FIRST NAME SLAVES AGE SEX (B/M) STATE (FREED) BLIND HOUSES TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 =================================================================================================================== L-1 Murray W W 1 30 F B . . . . . L-2 " " 1 12 M B . . . . . L-3 " " 1 8 M B . . . . . L-4 " " 1 3 M B . . . . . L-5 Ellis M W 1 13 M B . . . . . L-6 Martin Neal 1 70 F B . . . . . L-7 " " 1 50 F B . . . . . L-8 " " 1 40 M B . . . . . L-9 " " 1 43 M B . . . . . L-10 " " 1 25 M B . . . . . L-11 " " 1 23 M M . . . . . L-12 " " 1 23 M B . . . . . L-13 " " 1 30 M B . . . . . L-14 " " 1 40 F B . . . . . L-15 " " 1 12 M B . . . . . L-16 " " 1 4 F B . . . . . L-17 " " 1 2 F B . . . . . L-18 Middleton D L 1 35 F B . . . . . L-19 McMillon J 1 28 F B . . . . "& wife" L-20 " " 1 2 M B . . . . . L-21 Humble Jacob 1 16 M B . . . . . L-22 " " 1 14 M B . . . . . L-23 " " 1 10 M B . . . . . L-24 " " 1 7 F B . . . . . L-25 . . . . . . . . . . "Sabine Beat Concluded" L-26 . . . . . . . . . . Line is blank L-27 . . . . . . . . . . "Prairee Beat" L-28 Johnson Robert 1 35 F B . . . . . L-29 Willingham Ed 1 24 F B . . . . . L-30 " " 1 17 M B . . . . . L-31 " " 1 10 M B . . . . . L-32 " " 1 12 F B . . . . . L-33 " " 1 5 F B . . . . . L-34 " " 1 3 M B . . . . . L-35 " " 1 1 M M . . . . . L-36 Palmer W F 1 30 F B . . . . . L-37 " " 1 25 M B . . . . . L-38 " " 1 13 M M . . . . . L-39 Tate John 1 66 M B . . . . . L-40 " " 1 27 F B . . . . . LEFT SET OF COLUMNS =================================================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1860 SLAVE STATE: Texas COUNTY: Van Zandt DISTRICT: Sabine & Praire Beat MICROFILE: M653-1312 ENUMERATOR: Joel Williams PAGE NO: 509B HANDWRITTEN: 4 ENUM/DATE: July 16, 1860 =================================================================================================================== FUGITIVE #MANU- DEAF # OF Slave Owner # OF COLOR FROM MITTED DUMB SLAVE LN# LAST NAME FIRST NAME SLAVES AGE SEX (B/M) STATE (FREED) BLIND HOUSES TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 =================================================================================================================== R-1 Morris E W 1 8 F B . . . 1 . R-2 Carmichael W M 1 22 F B . . . . . R-3 " " 1 20 M B . . . . . R-4 " " 1 1 F B . . . . . R-5 " " 1 5/12 M B . . . 1 . R-6 Loller John 1 19 M B . . . . . R-7 " " 1 13 M B . . . . . R-8 " " 1 11 M M . . . . . R-9 " " 1 11 F B . . . . . R-10 " " 1 26 M B . . . 1 . R-11 Andrews Joe 1 32 F B . . . 1 . R-12 Harrison J M 1 16 F B . . . . . R-13 " " 1 36 M B . . . 1 . R-14 Irby Cha's 1 37 F B . . . . . R-15 " " 1 10 F M . . . . . R-16 " " 1 1 F M . . . . . R-17 " " 1 5 F B . . . 2 . R-18 Goodwin Nells 1 26 M B . . . . . R-19 " " 1 26 F B . . . 1 Ends Van Zandt county =================================================================================================================== If you've reached this file through a SEARCH, you can access the rest of our growing collection of FREE online census transcriptions by going to the following URL: http://www.us-census.org/ ===================================================================================================================