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A Guide to the Julien Sidney Devereux Family Papers,
1766-1941
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Creator: |
Devereux, Julien
Sidney |
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Title: |
Julien Sidney Devereux
Family Papers |
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Dates: |
1766-1941 |
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Abstract: |
Papers document the
affairs of the Devereux family, including correspondence, promissory notes,
diaries, pamphlets, broadsides, books, licenses, genealogical charts, deeds,
plats, contracts, bills of sale, powers of attorney, receipts, and a
map. |
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Extent: |
7 ft., 2 in. |
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Laguage: |
Materials are written in
English. |
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Repository: |
Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The
University of Texas at Austin |
Julien Sidney (sometimes spelled Sydney)
Devereux, Sr., (1805-1856) was a landowner, planter, soldier, legislator, and
county official in Covington and Macon Counties, Alabama, before moving to
Montgomery County, Texas (1840-1845) and later owning a plantation in Rusk
County, Texas (1845-1856). Julien served in the Texas legislature in 1855-56.
He had two sons, Julien Sidney, Jr. (county and district clerk in Ector County,
Texas) and Albert (livestock and investment agent in Decatur, Texas).
John William Devereux (1769-1847), father of Julien Sidney, Sr., was a
planter and state legislator in Alabama and Georgia.
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Papers document the affairs of the
Devereux family, including correspondence, promissory notes, diaries,
pamphlets, broadsides, books, licenses, genealogical charts, deeds, plats,
contracts, bills of sale, powers of attorney, receipts, and a map.
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Subjects (Persons) |
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Bradley, Mary |
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Devereux, Albert
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Devereux, John
William |
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Devereux, Julien Sidney,
Jr. |
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Devereux, Julien Sidney,
Sr. |
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Devereux, William Penn
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Garrison, Sarah Ann
Landrum Devereux |
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Landrum, John |
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Vinzent, Charles
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Devereux Family |
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Subjects (Organizations) |
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Monte Verdi Plantation (Rusk County, Texas). |
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Subjects |
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Civil War. Military leaders. |
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Clothing and
textiles. |
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County
governments. |
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Diaries. |
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Domestic affairs.
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Justices of the Peace.
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Merchants and stores.
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Plantations (Rusk County,
Texas). |
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Poets and
poetry. |
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Recipes. |
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Slaves and slavery.
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Songs and singing.
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Texas legislature. House of
Representatives. Sixth Congress. |
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Wills and estates.
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Places |
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Austin, Tex. |
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Montgomery County, Tex. |
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Rusk County, Tex. |
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Macon County, Ala. |
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Forms part of the Ante-Bellum Southern
Plantations Records, Dolph Briscoe Center for American History. |
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Julien Sidney Devereux Family Papers,
1766-1908, 1931, 1941, Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at
Austin
These papers are also available
on microfilm: Records of Ante-Bellum Southern Plantations
from the Revolution through the Civil War, Series G, Part I, Rolls 36-42
(published by University Publications of America, Frederick, MD).
This
microfilm is available at the Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.
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Inventory of the Papers: |
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| 2N208 |
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General correspondence, 1800-1841 |
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| 2N209 |
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General correspondence, 1842-1850 |
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| 2N210 |
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General correspondence, 1851-October 1855 |
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| 2N211 |
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General correspondence, November 1855-1879 |
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| 2N212 |
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General correspondence, 1880-1907 |
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General correspondence, 1908, 1922, 1932, and undated |
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Bank records, 1895-1907 and 1931 |
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Tax receipts, 1834-1903 |
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Rusk County justice of the peace records: |
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Official communications, 1848-1852 and undated |
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Promissory notes and receipts, 1845-1851 and undated |
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Mary Bradley estate papers, 1824-1840 and undated |
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John William Devereux items: |
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Scrapbook, 1807-1847 and undated |
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| 2N214 |
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Scrapbook, 1807-1844 and undated |
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Family and slave records, 1787-1856 and undated |
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Songbook, ca. 1816 |
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Notebooks, 1799-1847 and undated |
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Diaries, 1798-1847 |
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Albert Devereux item: Memorandum book, 1818 |
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Julien Sidney Devereux items: |
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Record book, 1832-1856 |
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Monte Verdi Plantation daybook, 1849-1854 |
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Will, 1852-1854 |
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Sarah Ann Landrum Devereux Garrison items: |
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Autobiographical sketch, undated |
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Scrapbook, 1853-1881 and undated |
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Scrapbook, 1880-1883 and undated |
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Scrapbook material, 1854-1894 and undated |
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Miscellaneous diaries and memorandum books, 1886-1900 and undated |
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Domestic items: Recipe book (undated) and patterns
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Printed material, 1850-1857 and undated |
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Newspaper clippings, 1837-1898, 1931, and undated |
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Poems and essays, undated |
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Literary gleanings removed from books, undated |
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Material photocopied from books |
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Envelopes and wrappers, undated |
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Annotated books (10), 1792-1857 and undated |
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Books (12), 1795-1830 and undated |
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Books (12), 1766-1831 and undated |
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Books (11), 1776-1846 and undated |
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Books (8), 1792-1885 and undated |
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Books (9), 1783-1810 and undated |
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Books (10) 1785-1853 and undated |
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Pictorial materials: Devereux family and
miscellaneous |
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Pictorial item |
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| 3S200 |
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Pictorial item |
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| 2.325/V10 |
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Oversize materials |
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Oversize materials |
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| JSD 1 |
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Map (in map collection), 1882 |
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Pictorial Letterheads: |
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Dallas Ensor Institute, 1894 |
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Oriental Hotel, Dallas, 1903 |
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Mansion Hotel, Forth Worth, 1891 |
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Hord's Hotel, San Antonio, 1882 |
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Agriculture: Southern Cultivator
Monthly Journal, Augusta, Georgia, 1855 |
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Mules: Scobey Brothers, Henderson, Texas, 1906 |
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