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Slaves of Howell Washington Runnels, Texas

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Date: 30 Nov 2023 [unknown]
Location: Bowie, Texas, United Statesmap
Surname/tag: Runnels
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Biography

This page's purpose is to record the enslaved people owned by Howell Washington Runnels
and attempt to connect them to their families.

Howell was recorded in a slave schedule in 1860 in Bowie, Texas, United States
as a slave owner. Slaves: 26.[1]

NameSexAgeBornRaceNameSexAgeBornRace
Male381822BlackMale181842Black
Female381822BlackMale171843Black
Male371823BlackFemale161844Black
Female361824BlackFemale151845Black
Female321828BlackFemale141846Black
Male321828BlackMale131847Black
Female251835BlackMale121848Black
Male241836BlackFemale111849Black
Male241836BlackFemale111849Black
Male231837BlackFemale81852Black
Male201840BlackFemale31857Black
Lydia Runnels201840BlackFemale11859Black
Female191841Black

Slaves from Probate Records

The following is from the Probate Records of his father Hiram D. Runnels, Madison County, Mississippi, 1828.
"Item 7 - I give and bequeath my son Howell M Runnels fifteen Negros, when he shall come of age of twenty
and the same value as near as can be to the two lots given to my sons Edmond S and Hiram A.

Sources

  1. Slave Schedule: "United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1860"
    citing Page: 21; Line: 37; Digital film/folder number: 005171487; FHL microfilm: 000805309; Image number: 201
    FamilySearch Record: WKTT-KXW2 (accessed 30 November 2023)
    FamilySearch Image: 33SQ-GBSD-248
    H W Runnells, slave owner, in 1860 in Bowie, Texas, United States.
  • Probate: "Mississippi, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1780-1982"
    Probate Records, 1828-1912; Index to Wills, 1828-1892; Author: Madison County (Mississippi). Chancery Clerk; Probate Place: Madison, Mississippi
    Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 8995 #1482042 (accessed 30 November 2023)
    Hardin D Runnels probate in 1828 in Madison, Mississippi, USA.




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