Medlock-TX-1856-57

Tax Records of Bell Co., TX for Thos. MEDLOCK

Slaveowners Name: Thomas MEDLOCK
Name of Slave: Unknown
Parent(s) of Slave: Unknown
BirthPlace of Slave: Unknown
Age of Slave: Unknown
Sex of Slave: Unknown
Color of Slave: Unknown
Physical Description: Unknown
Other Information: (abstracts from tax rolls)

1856 - Bell Co., TX Tax Roll - Medlock, Thos - 461 acres, $2,000; orginally granted to Gordon Brightman, tract 1476 on Lampassas waterway; 1 negro, $700; 2 horses $60, 27 cattle $162, organ $90, total $3,032; 1 poll, state tax 5.07, county tax 2.33 1/2

1857 - Bell Co., TX Tax Roll - Medlock, Thos - 461 acres, $2,000; orginally granted to Gordon Brightman, tract 7476 on Lampassas waterway; 3 negros, $1,000; 1 horse $60, organ $50, total $3,200; 1 poll, state tax 5.30, county tax 2.65, 1 poll.

Source Document: Tax Rolls of Bell Co., TX 1852 - 1882
State: Texas
County: Bell
Year of Source Document: 1856, 1857
How to Access Source Document: Microfilm in collection of Texas State Library (interlibrary loan)

NOTE TO RESEARCHERS:
Thomas MEDLOCK sold two slave children in March of 1857 in Bell Co., TX to a Sarah G. STOKES:  A girl Violet, 3 years old; a boy John one year old.

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