Slaves of Anna Isadora Epperson, Texas

Date: 18 Oct 2023 [unknown]
Location: Bowie, Texas, United States
Surname/tag: Epperson

Biography

This page's purpose is to record the enslaved people owned by Anna Isadora Epperson
and attempt to connect them to their families.

1860 census Annah was in Bowie, Texas,Slaves: 21. There is a note on the slave schedule,
these slaves are held in trust for Anna and her brother William Caro Epperson by William J Hayes)
as they are minors.^[1]

Name	Sex	Age	Born	Race		Name	Sex	Age	Born	Race
	Male	45	1815	Black			Male	21	1839	Black
	Male	40	1820	Black			Male	18	1842	Black
	Male	35	1825	Black			Male	17	1843	Black
	Male	35	1825	Mulatto			Female	12	1848	Black
	Female	35	1825	Black			Female	5	1855	Black
	Female	35	1825	Black			Male	3	1857	Black
	Female	26	1834	Black			Male	2	1858	Black
	Female	21	1839	Black			Male	2	1858	Black
	Female	21	1839	Black			Female	6 mnths	1860	Black
	Female	22	1838	Black			Male	6 mnths	1860	Black
							Male	6 mnths	1860	Black

Notes

• Anna's father died before her mother Francis but yet a few years apart. Tried looking for a will, but could not find one. In most cases the slaves and the other properties would have been inherited first to the wife and after the wife passed to the children.

Sources

1. ↑ 1860 Census: "United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1860"
   citing Page: 7; Line: 23;
   FamilySearch Record: WKTT-VN6Z (accessed 18 October 2023)
   FamilySearch Image: 33S7-9BSD-KPZ
   Annah Epperson in Bowie, Texas, United States.