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African
American Archives
Additional off-site African
American Research links |
| Biographies
and Memoirs |
Noah B. "Busteye" Shaw - "Hometown
Chauffer"
Recollections
contributed by Mary Ann Pate Hormuth
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Mattie
Ellie Holman Durden
This is a link to the Handbook of Texas online.
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Wild Man of the Navidad
Various articles and links related to stories of an
African-American eventually sold into slavery in Refugio Co.
If anyone has any further information and/or stories, please contact me.
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| Cemetery
Records |
Austwell African-American Cemetery
Complete listing
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Community Cemetery - Refugio
Complete listing
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Community Cemetery - Refugio
Photographs of the older tombstones...
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O'Connor Ranch Cemetery #2
Complete listing
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African-American
Cemeteries in Texas - Listings Online
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| Census
Records |
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1850 Slave Schedule - Refugio County
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1860 Slave Schedule - Refugio County
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1860 Freedmen - Refugio Post Office -
Refugio County - Page 52 of the Census
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1860 Slave Schedule - San Patricio
County
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1860 Slave Schedule - Bee County
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1860
Slave Schedule - Calhoun County
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| Churches |
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Bethlehem Free Baptist Church -
Organized 1873 - San Antonio River Community - Anaqua
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Mount Pilgrim Free Baptist Church
- Refugio - 1934
African-American Congregation
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| Conveyances |
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Andrews to Holbrook - 1852 -
Conveyance of Negro girl, Mary
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Holbrook to McGrew - 1854 -
Conveyance of Negro girl, Mary
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Betts to Fagan - 1854 - Conveyance
of Negro woman, Hannah
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Rogers to Dorsett - 1856 -
Conveyance of Negress, Emily
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Parker to Kuykendall - 1856
- Conveyance of Negro girl, Harriet
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Parker to Kuykendall -
1856 - Conveyance of Negro boy, Henderson
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Dunman to Dunman - 1856 -
Conveyance of Negro family
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Dunman to Dunman - 1856 -
Conveyance of Negro Boy Bob
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Letters
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Letter from Wm. D. Barbour of Matagorda to
Archbishop Odin of New Orleans - Sep 1864
References to slaves, Avena and Silvia, James Byrne and Mrs.
Stanley
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| Marriages |
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Marriages - African-American - Book A,
Refugio Co.
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| Other
Records |
1867 Voter Registration
This is the first official record of "free blacks" after
emancipation.
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Texas
Slave Narratives
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Freedmen's
Bureau - Texas
Miscellaneous Records Relating to Murders and
Other
Criminal Offenses Committed against Union men and Freedmen in Texas 1865 - 1869
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Freedmen's
Bureau - Texas Handbook Online
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Forever
Free
19th Century African-American Legislators and
Constitution Convention Delegates of Texas
This is a wonderful online exhibit prepared by the Texas State
Library.
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| Newspaper
Articles |
Victoria Sheriff Cleared of Old
Charge - November 1933
Sheriff is cleared of a charge of killing a Negro in the Garcitas Community
in January 1902.
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J.L. Shaw - "Mammy
Jodie" - Seriously Ill - 1934
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Negroes to Vote in July 28th
Primary - 1934
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| School
Records |
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1893 - Refugio Co. Teachers
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1893 - Teachers Applying for
Examination
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1906 - Register of Teachers' Certificates
There are listings for 16 teachers - 15 are African-American. |
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Barefield PTA Draws
Crowd - January 1964 |
Barefield School Student Council - 1965
This was a student council for middle school.
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| Tax
Records |
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Slave Owners - 1863 - Per Tax Records
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