The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 65, July 1961 - April, 1962 Page: 74
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Southwestern Historical Quarterly
$614,234 held by D. G. Mills of Brazoria County.7 Nine of the
group held in excess of $300,000 in total property in 1860, six
held from $200,00o to $300,000, twenty-four held from $1oo,ooo
to $200,000, and eight held less than $1oo,ooo. Median property
holding was $60,00o in real and $105,750 in personal property.8
Table 1 shows the distribution of holdings broken down into
real and personal property.
TABLE 1
PROPERTY HOLDING OF TEXAS' LARGEST SLAVEHOLDERS
Real Property Held Number of Slaveholders
Less than $50,000 21
$50,ooo--$100,000 14
$1oo,ooo-$200,ooo 7
$2oo,ooo and over 5
Total 47
Personal Property Held Number of Slaveholders
Less than $50,000 1
$50,000-$100,000 18
$100,000-$200,000 22
$200,00o and over 6
Total 47
Table 2 shows the distribution of landholding of these great
planters. Their holdings ranged from only 1oo acres in improved
land held by George Stonum of Grimes County to the 2,550
acres held by Abner Jackson of Brazoria County, and in unim-
proved land from the 10oo acres held by James E. and Richard M.
Hopkins of Red River County to the massive 87,817 acres held
by David G. Mills of Brazoria County. Median holding for the
whole group was 9oo improved and 3,000 unimproved acres.
7Mills, who held 313 slaves on three plantations (Lowwood Place, Bynum Place,
and Palo Alto Place) was the largest holder of slaves in Texas. Two other individ-
uals, Abner Jackson of Brazoria County and J. D. Waters of Ft. Bend County, held
in excess of 2oo slaves in 186o. All three are mentioned in Abigail Curlee, A Study
of Texas Slave Plantations, 1822-1865 (Ph.D. dissertation, University of Texas, 1932) ;
and Mills and Jackson are mentioned briefly in J. Carlyle Sitterson, Sugar Country
(Lexington, 1953), 49-50.
sit may be noted that only six of the group held more real than personal
property in 186o. Property holding for four members has not been ascertained
by the writer.
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