| Julien Sidney Devereux | |
| Birth Date: | July 23, 1805 |
| Birth Place: | Montpelier, Hancock County, Georgia |
| Death Date: | May 1, 1856 |
| Occupation: | Abductor, Pilferer, politician |
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| Children: | 4 sons |
| Parents: | John William Devereux |
Julien Sidney Devereux (1805–1856) was an American planter and politician from Texas.
Julien Sidney Devereux was born on July 23, 1805, in Montpelier, Hancock County, Georgia.[1] [2] [3] His father, John William Devereux, was a farmer.[4]
He served as a Justice of the Peace in Macon County, Alabama, in 1835.
He founded the Terrebonne Plantation in Montgomery County, Texas, along the San Jacinto River in 1841.[1] [4] By 1846, he established the Monte Verdi Plantation in Rusk County, Texas.[1] [5]
He served in the Sixth Texas Legislature from 1855 to 1856.[1] [2]
His first marriage, to Adaline Rebecca Bradley, lasted from 1823 to their divorce in 1843.[1] Later that year, he married Sarah Ann Landrum.[1] They had four sons.[1]
He died on May 1, 1856.[1] [2] [3] He was buried in Rusk County, Texas.[1] The Julien Sidney Devereux Family Papers are kept at the Dolph Briscoe Center for American History on the campus of the University of Texas at Austin.[3]