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'''Deeds. '''Slaves were treated as chattel and their sale may be listed as a deed in land and property records of the county or state. Sometimes slaves were sold as part of the probate of an estate and this sale may be listed as a deed mixed in with probate records. | '''Deeds. '''Slaves were treated as chattel and their sale may be listed as a deed in land and property records of the county or state. Sometimes slaves were sold as part of the probate of an estate and this sale may be listed as a deed mixed in with probate records. | ||
'''Freedmen's Bureau Land.''' After the Civil War | '''Freedmen's Bureau Land.''' After the Civil War former slaves were promised free land and a mule. They rarely received the land and were lucky to receive a mule. For more information about records of this type of land see the [[African American Freedmen's Bureau Records|Freedman's Bureau]] Wiki page. | ||
'''Homestead land. '''After the Civil War many African Americans took advantage of the Homestead Act to obtain almost free federal land in return for occupying and improving it. The application papers for this federal farm, mining, or timber land contain genealogical information and clues. Only about 40 percent of people who applied for homestead land finished the process and received the land patent. Those that finished have been indexed. The homestead index is available on the Internet. For more details see the Wiki article [[Land Patent Search|Land Patent Search]]. | '''Homestead land. '''After the Civil War many African Americans took advantage of the Homestead Act to obtain almost free federal land in return for occupying and improving it. The application papers for this federal farm, mining, or timber land contain genealogical information and clues. Only about 40 percent of people who applied for homestead land finished the process and received the land patent. Those that finished have been indexed. The homestead index is available on the Internet. For more details see the Wiki article [[Land Patent Search|Land Patent Search]]. | ||