Devereux, Julien Sidney

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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