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A Guide to the Maverick Family Papers,
1660-1938
Chronology of
Samuel Augustus Maverick
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July 28, 1803 |
Born in Pendleton, SC |
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1825 |
Graduates from Yale College |
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1828 |
Studies law, Winchester, VA |
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1829 |
Admitted to Virginia Bar; defeated for South Carolina
legislature |
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1833 |
Leaves South Carolina due to opposition to
nullification |
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1833-34 |
Tends to family business in Georgia and Alabama |
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April, 1835 |
Arrives in Texas |
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October-December, 1835 |
Imprisoned by Mexican forces |
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1836 |
Delegate to Convention of 1836; signs Texas Declaration of
Independence; returns to Alabama |
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August 4, 1836 |
Marries Mary Ann Adams |
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January, 1838 |
Maverick family returns to Texas; licensed to practice law in
Texas |
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1839-1865 |
Involved in San Antonio and state politics and government,
including terms as mayor, city treasurer, alderman, and chief justice of San
Antonio, as well as member of the Texas legislature. |
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1842 |
Moves family to area near LaGrange, TX |
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September 11, 1842 |
Captured by Gen. Adrian Woll, imprisoned in Perote [elected
as Bexar County representative to legislature while in prison]. |
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March 30, 1843 |
Released from Perote. |
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1844-47 |
Maverick family lives on ranch in Matagorda County,
TX |
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1845 |
Member of Texas Constitutional Convention |
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1848 |
Member of Chihuahua Expedition |
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1858 |
Elected director of the San Antonio and Mexican Gulf
Railroad |
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1861 |
Delegate to the Secession Convention; one of three
commissioners appointed to secure surrender of all Union army troops in
Texas |
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1869 |
Composes last will and testament |
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September 2, 1870 |
Dies |
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The Maverick Family Papers came to the University of Texas in a series
of gifts from 1922 to 1956 through the generosity of several generations of
family members. The papers constitute a detailed record of the Maverick
family's private and public life spanning from before the Republic of Texas
into the 20th century.
The papers consist of account papers, bonds, certificates,
correspondence, court records, deeds, diaries, diplomas, estate records, land
books, leases, legal proceedings, letterpresses, licenses, literary
productions, memoirs, memorabilia, newspaper clippings, notes, plat maps,
receipts, reminiscences, sketches, survey notes, tax sales lists, titles, and
title abstracts. Material is in manuscript, typescript, and printed
form.
The bulk of the collection is contained within two series: (1)
General Correspondence and (2) Business & Financial. The correspondence
files relate to daily life, family and personal matters, social life and
customs, politics and government, religion, education, agriculture, and
commerce. Within these files are scattered references to land holdings.
The business and financial papers document the land and real estate
transactions of the Maverick family, from Samuel Maverick's land holdings in
South Carolina through the administration of the estate of Mary Adams Maverick,
sole heir of Samuel Augustus Maverick. The sub-series designations, by family
member, reflect the organization of these files as received by the repository.
In terms of content, they constitute a group of overlapping series. Within the
chronological arrangement of these sub-series documents may be filed in one of
several ways: according to the date of the earliest transaction noted in the
document, by date of the first transaction in which the Mavericks were
involved, by legal filing date, by termination date of lease, etc. In some
instances documents are filed with later documents pertaining to the same piece
of property. In addition, throughout these materials are notes most likely made
in the 1880s by Albert or William Maverick, which have been left as they
occurred within the files. In all cases the various methods of filing reflect
the previous organization of the material when obtained by the repository.
Although there is a separate series of tax papers, there are also tax documents
scattered throughout the business and financial papers.
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Maury Maverick Papers, Center for
American History, University of Texas at Austin. |
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Maverick Family Papers, 1660-1938, Dolph Briscoe Center for American History,
University of Texas at Austin
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Inventory |
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Diaries and memorabilia |
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Samuel Maverick: pouch and notes, |
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Samuel Augustus Maverick, 1825-1848 |
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Samuel Augustus Maverick, 1835-1842, 1848 |
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| 3S174, 3S185, 3S179 |
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Samuel Augustus Maverick: Diploma (1825) and License
(1829, photostat) |
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Samuel Augustus Maverick, 1855 ? |
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Samuel Augustus Maverick: E.H. Terrell
copies |
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Mary Adams Maverick, 1836-1895 |
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| 2R110 |
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Mary Adams Maverick, memoirs |
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Mary Adams Maverick, "In Memory of..."
[photocopy] |
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| 2F26 |
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Mary Adams Maverick, "In Memory of..."
[original] |
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| 2R111 |
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Samuel Augustus Maverick, Jr.,
Reminiscences |
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Mrs. Lydia Van Wyck, "San Antonio in 1874" |
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Albert Maverick, misc., 1876 |
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Phil Maverick, 1921 |
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General Correspondence: |
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1825-1849 [including "Nullification Papers," 1832,
and "Letters from Perote," 1842-43] |
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1850-1884, and undated |
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| 2R112 |
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"Letters of Samuel Maverick of Pendleton, S.C., to
his son Samuel Augustus Maverick of Texas, 1842-1915" |
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"Letters from the Maverick Papers copied for Rena
Maverick Green, 1842-1915" |
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Business and Financial Papers: |
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Samuel Maverick Land Papers |
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Samuel Augustus Maverick, 1826-1841 |
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Samuel Augustus Maverick, 1842-1907 |
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Samuel Augustus Maverick, deeds 1852 |
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Samuel Augustus Maverick, bonds and notes,
1820-1847 |
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Samuel Augustus Maverick, Land books and memoranda,
1843-1870 ? |
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Samuel Augustus Maverick, Land book |
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Samuel Augustus Maverick, Land deed, 1852 |
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Samuel Augustus Maverick, Record book, 1850-1859 |
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Samuel Augustus Maverick, Misc., undated |
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Samuel Augustus Maverick, San Antonio and Mexican
Gulf Railroad |
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Samuel A. Maverick, slave sale document, Alabama,
1835 |
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William H. Maverick, Balmaceda lots, 1782 |
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William H. Maverick, 1815-1869 |
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William H. Maverick, 1870-1880 |
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William H. Maverick, 1881-1885 |
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William H. Maverick, 1886-1898 |
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William H. Maverick, 1899-1924 |
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William H. Maverick, Abstracts |
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William H. Maverick, Newspaper clippings |
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William H. Maverick, Miscellaneous |
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Albert Maverick, 1887-1898 |
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Albert Maverick, 1899-1923 |
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Albert Maverick, Leases and misc., 1894-1901 |
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Albert Maverick, Letterpress, 1878-1890 |
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Albert Maverick, Letterpresses, 1890-1908 |
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George M. Maverick, Landbook, 1879-1883 |
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George M. Maverick, Letterpresses, 1877-1911 |
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Tax records, 1839-1879 |
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Tax records, 1880-1905 |
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Tax records, 1906-1924 |
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Tax records: Tax sale lists, 1865, 1873-1875, 1880-1883 |
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| 3F163 |
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Maverick Estate and Land Office Records, Land book
(arranged alphabetically), 1847-1897 |
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Maverick Estate and Land Office Records, Land book
(arranged numerically), 1847-1897 |
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| 3S174, 3S185, 3S140 |
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Maverick Estate and Land Office Records, Land grants,
1847-1892 |
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| Map Collection |
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Maverick Estate and Land Office Records, Plat maps and
surveys, 1838-1839, 1881-1886 |
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Maverick Estate and Land Office Records,
Letterpresses, 1872-1888 |
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Maverick Estate and Land Office Records,
Letterpresses, 1888-1921 |
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Maverick Estate and Land Office Records, Sam Maverick
estate--claims, assets, and liabilities, 1891 |
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Maverick Estate and Land Office Records, Sam Maverick
estate--unfiled claims and receipts, 1891 |
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Maverick Estate and Land Office Records, Account
books, 1898-1918 |
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Maverick Estate and Land Office Records, Account book
(includes "Cash Acount of S.A. Maverick as Treasurer of the Southern Defence
Aid Society, 1861-1864"), 1870-75 |
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Maverick Estate and Land Office Records, Account book,
1870-1889 |
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Maverick Estate and Land Office Records, Account book,
1870-1889 |
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Maverick Estate and Land Office Records, Account
books, 1903-1922 |
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Maverick Estate and Land Office Records, Account
books, 1903-1926 |
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Maverick Estate and Land Office Records, Account book,
1917-1922 |
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Sabariego vs. Maverick, et.
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Legal documents and notes |
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Spanish documents |
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Testimony and notes |
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Correspondence, 1879-1888 |
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Receipts, 1882-1888 |
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Printed material, including news clippings
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Perez, et. al. vs.
Maverick |
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Family History and Miscellany |
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Description of New England, 1660, by Samuel Maverick
(The New England Historical and Genealogical
Register, January 1885) |
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The Boston Gazette and Country
Journal, March 10, 1770 |
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Re: Maverick slaves, 1845-1846, and Sam Maverick
notes, 1849 |
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"Ye 'Maverick.' A Term Which All Stockmen Use and
Understand," St. Louis Republic, November 24, 1888 |
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Remarks of Hon. Maury Maverick, March 28, 1938 |
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Terrell Maverick letters, 1934 |
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Lewis family |
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Miscellaneous, including photostats |
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Photo: Samuel A. Maverick, photograph of former slaves
Daphne and Jane (both in their eighties), Alabama, November 16, 1916 |
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