Monte Verdi Plantation Slave Descendants
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Monte Verdi Plantation Slave Descendants
In 2018, I was working in Europe in 2018, and was not even aware that this reunion Ceremony was taking place. Today these family names are recognized for their humanitarian contributions.
The DEVEREUX family initially spelled their Surname DEVEREAUX. John Williams DEVEREUX‘s brother, Samuel McDOWELL DEVEREUX was either, and his father, Charles DEVEREAUX, and his ancestors were such the case.
The 10,700-acre Monte Verdi Antebellum Plantation owed by Julien Sidney DEVEREUX and Sarah LANDRUM DEVEREUX GARRISON and was one of the most economically and historically significant Plantations in TEXAS. Juline Sidney DEVEREUX papers are regional and state archives preserved at the University of TEXAS, Briscoe Center, in Austin, TEXAS.
The written DEVEREUX family Slave Ownership history begins with my 4th Great-Grandparents, Scott and Tabby, born 1792 and 1787 respectively, the eldest in John William DEVEREUX‘s group of slaves. Julien Sidney DEVEREUX took with their children and grandchildren from GEORGIA, ALABAMA, walking on foot to the Republic of TEXAS in 1841.
Documented African American families at the Monte Verdi Plantation in 1846 included my 4th Great-Grandparents, Scott DEVEREAUX and Tabby DEVEREAUX, my 3rd Great-Granduncle, Anderson DEVEREAUX, and his wife, my 3rd Great-Grandaunt, (unknown). Other families included Judy and Jim, Sam from the LOFTUS Plantation, and my 2nd Great-Grandaunt, Eliza Henry, Mariah, Jinny and Peter, Joanna and Joe, my 2nd Great-Grandaunt, Elmina FREENEY and 2nd Great-Granduncle, Walton, Maria and Lewis, and my 2nd Great-Granduncle, Rev. Booker Green LEWIS and my 2nd Great-Grandaunt, Phoebe Lewis DEVEREAUX, who founded the Anadarco (Anadarko) Christian church and school in 1868.
Julien Sidney DEVEREUX‘s 1856 probate records name 80 slaves on the estate. The Marker states that they obtained their freedom in 1865, but the history of June 19th, 1867 is more likely their date to be freed. Sarah LANDRUM DEVEREUX GARRISON wrote of her hated the North and the Union.
The Marker shares 1870-1900 U.S. Census and other records, indicate some of the Surnames used by the Slaves once Freed. ANDERSON, BAGLEY, BLANTON, BOOKER, BOWENS, BRADLEY (Julien’s first wife’s family), BRANTLEY, CADDELL, CARY, COOPER, FREENY, HENRY, LEWIS, LOFTIS, McDANIEL, OWENS, SPENCER, STURNS, TIPPS, WILLIAMS and others. My research indicates several others.
The Marker states that descendants of the 80 Slaves rarely adopted the surname DEVEREUX, but my Genetic research exposes the rare case when they did. My 3rd Great-Grandfather is Daniel DEVEREUX, the son of Scott and Tabby DEVEREAUX. My 4th Great-Grandfather, Scott DEVEREAUX appears in the 1867-1869 Texas Voter Registration Lists with the Surname DEVEREAUX spelled with an “a”. I have a 23andMe DNA Match White DEVEREAUX Cousin who shares a 3rd Great-Grandparent with me.
Daniel DEVEREAUX died early, and Martin FREENY married my 3rd great-grandmother, Katy Devereaux BRADLEY. There was no such thing as Adoption for Slaves, so Martin became the inferred father to Daniel’s 10 children. Martin and Katy’s children spelled their surname FREENY and Daniel’s children were given the FREENEY surname. Descendants of Daniel DEVEREAUX are actually DEVEREAUX‘s.
Some Slaves stayed in the Rusk County, TEXAS area continuing to work and live in villages and communities which comprise the former lands of Monte Verdi. I shared some special moments with my Father George Edward FREENEY Sr., discussing the progressions of living in where the locals call Freeneytown,Texas.
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