Blacks in Dallas County Records

Baptism and Church Records

• Slaves Named in Alabama Episcopal Church Registers

Census Records, Voters and Tax Lists

• 1820 State Census, Slaveholders and Free Persons of Color
• 1866 State Census, Colored Population Schedule

Deeds and Property Records

• Slaves conveyed by deed from Allen Huddleston to Joseph C. Huddleston, Aug 1830
• Mortgage from Adam Rand to Shields Ramsey & Smith, Apr 1868
• Mortgage from Clem Rand to Shields Ramsey & Smith, Apr 1868
• Mortgage from Merritt Rand to Shields Ramsey & Smith, May 1868
• Mortgage from Willis Rand to Shields Ramsey & Smith, Apr 1868
• Mortgage from Archie Taylor to Shields Ramsey & Smith, Apr 1868

Wills and Probate Court Records

• Slaves in the Will of Joseph Huddleston, Jun 1824
• Slaves of Burwell Boykin, 1833
• Slaves in the Will of Christopher H. Orsburn, Mar 1849
• Slaves in the Will of John Barlow, Oct 1852
• Slave Inventory of Elizabeth Hunter, Jul 1853
• Distribution of the Estate of Elizabeth Hunter, Mar 1854
• Will of Thomas J. Webster, Dec 1862
• Slave Inventory & Appraisement of the Estate of W.R. Rand -1864

Other Court Records

• Alabama Supreme Court Decisions on Slaves and Slavery, 1820-1865
  • Rasco And Brantley v. Willis, 5 Alabama 38 (1843)
  • Seay v. Marks, 23 Alabama 532 (1853)
  • Alabama And Tennessee Railroad v. Burke, 27 Alabama 535 (1855)
  • Hooper v. Hooper, 32 Alabama 669 (1858)
  • Pool’s Heirs v. Pool’s Executor, 35 Alabama 12 (1859)

Vital Records

• Rand Marriage Records Index
• Marriage Record Index, Colored & White, 1862-70