Durazno Plantation Explained
| Durazno Plantation |
| Nrhp Type: | hd |
| Coordinates: | 28.9561°N -95.4492°W |
| Map Label: | Durazno Plantation |
| Locmap Relief: | yes |
| Added: | September 2, 1980 |
| Refnum: | 80004081 |
The Durazno Plantation is a historic Southern plantation near Jones Creek, Texas.
Location
It is located near Jones Creek in Brazoria County, Texas.[1]
History
In 1840, 500 acres of land was taken from the Peach Point Plantation to create the Durazno Plantation.[2] "Durazno" is Spanish for peach. The new plantation was given to William Joel Bryan (1815–1903) as dowry when he married Lavinia Perry in 1840.[2] [3] [4] The people he enslaved were forced to grow cotton and raise cattle.[5] [6] After his death, it was inherited by his son Samuel Irwin Bryan, who bequeathed half to his daughter Louella Bryan Brutrus, half to his nephew, Samuel Irwin Stratton.[2]
It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places listings since September 2, 1980.[1]
See also
Notes and References
- http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natregsearchresult.do?fullresult=true&recordid=0 National Register of Historic Places: Durazno Plantation
- Mary Austin Holley, Mary Austin Holley: The Texas Diary, 1835-1838, Austin, TexasL University of Texas Press, 1965, p. 109 https://books.google.com/books?id=OvgTAAAAYAAJ&q=%22Durazno+Plantation%22
- Raines, C. W. (1903). Year Book for Texas. Austin: Gammel Statesman, p. 35
- C. Allan Jones, Texas Roots: Agriculture and Rural Life Before the Civil War, College Station, Texas: Texas A&M University Press, 2005, p. 162 https://books.google.com/books?id=zZdW5SGY9mwC&dq=%22Durazno+Plantation%22&pg=PA162
- Marc R. Matrana, Lost Plantations of the South, Oxford, Mississippi: University Press of Mississippi, 2009, p. 249 https://books.google.com/books?id=D1YfPjRCucQC&dq=%22Durazno+Plantation%22&pg=PA249
- Lillian Childress, "BRYAN, WILLIAM JOEL," Handbook of Texas Online (http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fbrat), accessed September 09, 2014. Uploaded on June 12, 2010. Published by the Texas State Historical Association.
