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1850 Slave Schedules

Slave schedules were added to the federal census in 1850 and 1860, but enumerators were not required to list each slave by name. Instead, the name of the slave owner appears with only a meager description of each slave - age, sex, and color. Columns also list the number of fugitive and manumitted slaves, as well as a column that identifies slaves who were deaf, blind, insane or idiotic. Some researchers disregard the value of slave schedules, which play a very important role in identifying the person who owned your ancestors. 1850 Slave schedules exist for the states listed below:

• Alabama
• Arkansas
• Delaware
• District of Columbia
• Florida
• Georgia
• Kentucky
• Louisiana
• Maryland
• Mississippi
• Missouri
• New Jersey
• North Carolina
• South Carolina
• Tennessee
• Texas
• Virginia

Our professional record searchers will search the slave schedules of 1850 for one county of a state, for one surname. You will be given a quote before the search begins for searches involving common surnames, such as Smith, Jones, Taylor, Johnson, Williams, etc., or in densely populated counties. All pertinant documents will be sent to you, either via email or postal service. If we do not find any records for the surname, you will only be charged a $12.00 search fee for the time required to search the records.

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