"No Land . . . Only Slaves!"
"A Different Look at Deeds"
Slave Records Abstracted from the Deed Books of the Ark-La-Tex Region.
These abstracted records include Emancipations, "Free Papers" or Affadavits of Character, Deeds, Bills of Sale, Power of Attorney, Schedules of Seperate Property, Pre-Marital Agreements, Bonds, Wills and other Gifts of Slave Property.
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Do You Know Your Slave Laws?
Slave Laws governed the type of slave records created in courthouses across the country. Legislative changes occured each time the political and economic climates changed.
INDEX to 123 Cross Family SLAVES
These 123 Slaves are named in the records of John Cross and his extended family
John Cross was the son of Samuel Cross, Planter & Innkeeper of Charleston, South Carolina - Thes slaves are chronicled in the John Cross Family Bible and numerous family Deed Records through the records of South Carolina to Mississippi to Louisiana to Texas.
"No Land . . . Only Slaves!"
A Different Look at Deeds
Slave names abstracted from the Deed Records of the Ark-La-Tex Region.
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John Cross Family Bible
(Slave name entries on page 3.)
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---Edith Smith & Vivian Lehman, authors.
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