The MAVERICK family in Tuscaloosa
from the August 10, 1942 TUSCALOOSA INDEPENDENT MONITOR
ASSIGNEE'S SALE
By virtue of the law in such case provided, will be sold by the under signed in front of the Washington Hall, in the city of Tuskaloosa. on MONDAY the 5th of September next, at 12 o'clock noon, for Cash, the following property, viz :
The interest of Matthew Duffee in Lots 109, 110 and 168, in the city of Tuskaloosa, known as the Washington Hall Tavern. The interest consists in an agreement from the Bank of Alabama to Duffee, dated April 5, 1841, to make him title to the property upon the payment of the sums mentioned in the agreement, which is recorded in the Clerk's office of Tuskaloosa. There is unpaid on the agreement upwards of $20,000. The interest of Matthew Duffee in Lot No. 164, in the city of Tuskaloosa, on the corner of Main and Market streets. The interest consists in certain title bonds from S. A. Maverick, covenanting to make him titles upon the payment of a sum mentioned in the bonds. There is due on the bonds about $13,000.
The premises are also subject to a mortgage to the Bank of the State of Alabama. Also, the interest of said Duffee, in the Lot No. 21, in the city of Tuskaloosa, situated below the stables of the Washington Hall; and subject to the lien of certain judgments. Also, the interest of said Duffee in the following negroes, subject to the mortgage of the Bank of Alabama, and the lien of an execution thereon, held by the said Bank, viz:
Tom, Pierce, Fred, Bird, Frank, Mary, Dolly, Jane, Liddy, Nancy, Tom and Jane.
Also, the interest of said Duffee in the following household furniture and property, subject to the mortgage of the Bank, viz :
90 bedsteads, 90 beds, 89 mattrasses, 49 room tables, 20 single washstands, 1 high table, 1 round table, 3 side tables, 1 safe, 1 press, 1 Dairy, 27 quilts, 1 mahogany sideboard, 1 settee, 63 feet dining table, and seven cain-bottom chairs.
Three gallons cognac brandy ; forty gallons Holland Gin ; one hundred and twenty-seven gallons Monongahala Whiskey; twenty gallons Peach Brandy; eight gallons Stoughton's Bitters ; sixty gallons Lamp Oil; eighteen gallons Paint Oil; seventy gallons Vinegar; one hundred gallons Molasses; four hundred and fifty pounds Lard ; nine hundred pounds brown Sugar; eleven hundred pounds Coffee ; two dozen Champaigne Wines ; thirty dozen Smoking tobacco; six dozen Blacking; four dozen Cayenne Pepper , ten dozen London Mustard , four dozen pint Flasks; two dozen Lamp Chimneys; three-fourths dozen Rasberry Syrup; one dozen Olive Oil; one doz. Pepper Sauce; one dozen Ink; one dozen Cordial in bottles; one dozen Champaigne Glasses; two dozen Windsor Chairs; one Ice Safe ; two Tin Cases ; one large Tub ; sixteen punch Jugs ; two Steak Dishes; one Coffee Pot ; five kegs White Lead, No. 1 ; one barrel Mackarel.No. 1, twenty boxes Table Salt; four boxes Sperm Candles; four reams letterpaper; twelve small Carpets ; forty Windsor Chairs ; one Map of the World ; one Map of the United States ; one Map of Alabama ; two barrels Plaster of Paris ; one keg of Nails ; one Marble Urn ; three Screens; Two dozen wine Glasses; one Drainer; one Bowl; two Pitehers ; one Swinging Lamp; three sign Lamps ; eight Pictures ; one Silver Watch; one double barrel Shot Gun; four Mules ; two Horses ; one Poney : one four horse Waggon ; four bar share Ploughs ; one bull-tongue Plough ; four Club Axes, and interest in Ice, delivered in ice-house the personal property of Matthew Dulfee, bankrupt, of Tuskaloosa county. E. F. COMEGYS, Assignee. ; Tuskaloosa, July 13, 1S42..
from the January 13, 1937 TUSCALOOSA FLAG OF THE UNION
A PLANTATION AND SIX LOTS FOR SALE.
I wish to sell soon, the Valley Place, five and a half miles north of Tuscaloosa, bounded on the north by Squire Walker, south by Mr. Cook's land: And, since my land was miserably tended this year, I refer to the crops on the fields of those two gentlemen, for the productiveness of my land. It is a well known place; a portion it sold at the highest prices at the land sales. It it finely situated for health, has good cabins, good timber land, etc. It contains five-eighths or 400 acres, 160 or 70 in cultivation. I am persuaded that $13 per acre, at which I have offered it, is low, but am resolved to sell. Also Six Lots in Tuscaloosa No. 24, 197, 198, 199, 203 and 225.-Also, Two Mules and some blooded Mares
SAMUEL A. MAVERICK at Mrs. Adams
(32 year old Texan Maverick had married Tuscaloosan 18 year old Mary Ann Adams in August of 1836)
OLD SLAB MAY SETTLE DISPUTE
CORNER PIECE IS EXCAVATED IN GROUND WHERE BUILDING IS TO BE ERECTED IN TUSCALOOSA
Tuscaloosa, September 5.-(Special.)
A find that was made in the excavation for new buildings on the corner of Twenty-second Avenue and Sixth Street may throw some light on the disputed correctness of the present city street lines. The firm of Oliver & Verner has commenced work on a new building at this place and the excavation preparatory to this work yesterday unearthed a slab which indicates the correct corner at this point according to the original survey of the town. This slab has the initials "S. M." on it, which, according to antiquarians, stands for Samuel Maverick, who owned the corner many years ago.
If this slab correctly indicates the true corner, then the present survey has located the street line six inches further west than it should be and three or four inches further north. In several suits that have recently been filled against the city in the matter of laying down sidewalks on what has heretofore been regarded as inside the property lines of the owners, the correctness of the city's survey of the streets and property lines has been put in issue. If this slab can be shown to be authoritative in the matter, it would seem that there is something in the contention referred to.
A VALUABLE DISCOVERY MADE ON THE OLD PETERSON LOT
While Excavating An Old Government Monument It Uncovered and This Locates the street Corner.
Messrs C. H. Verner and W. B.Oliver are excavatlng to lay foundations for a large, building to contain six stores on the corner of 6th. St., and 22nd. Ave., (the former Peterson place.) In making excavations the workmen unearthed an interesting old stone that engineers think was posslbly a stone set by the government to mark the corner of the lot. If this is a government corner, it is a valuable find for its location agrees with the street centers and corners recently established by the city engineers and proves their survey correct. This is a very important find for there have been some who doubted the accuracy of the city's location of the corners. This old stone set by the government should therefore be an important witness, so to speak, in the matter. On the unbedded stone are a couple of letters that look like "S.M." They are thought by the antiquarians who have seen the stone to be the initials of Samuel Maverick, who was the original owner of the lot.
OLD STONE EXPLAINED.
Samuel Maverick Deeded Lot to Son in January 3, 1825-Interesting History of the Mavericks. The discovery of the old stone at the corner of lot 197 (former northwest corner of 22nd Avenue and 6th Street~ present-day Heat Pizza Bar) where Messrs. Verner & Oliver are excavating for their building has created considerable interest. On one side of the stone is the number of the lot, 197, and on the other the letters "S.M." It seems probable that this stone was placed there by Samuel Maverick or the government in 1825, or before. The county records show that he conveyed the lot to his son Samuel Augustus Maverick by a deed dated January 3, 1825, which conveys all of lot designated in the United States plan in the town of Tuscaloosa by number 197. Samuel Maverick came to Tuscaloosa from the Pendleton district of South Carolina. He was a speculator in Tuscaloosa real estate and his name frequently occurs in the early deed books. He afterwards moved to Texas and established a large hotel there and became a large cattle owner.
His name has become immortal in Texas by its use to describe an unbranded cow. All unbranded cattle being termed Mavericks. It is said that this came about through Mr. Maverick's habit of claiming all unbranded cattle as his property. It is said that he has a number of descendants now living in Texas.
Dr. Wyman, who has more information about pioneer people and historic events than anybody else around here is sure that Samuel Maverick placed the stone there. The town of Tuscaloosa was laid out by the government in the spring of 1821. The sale of lots was held in October and on the third day of the sale Maverick purchased this lot. Whether Maverick himself or the government placed the stone, it is pretty sure evidence of where the right corner of the lot is.
TUSCALOOSA CITY LOTS OWNED BY SAMUEL MAVERICK'S SOUTH CAROLINA FATHER
! J E 1 ul the N E oi ec.6,Tuwnsh:p 21, Range 9; J W. 1 EloftheS W'lorlheNWt ofRec. 31, Town-evinct-d ! ship '40, Range 9 W. containing SO 00-100 K Thoe lying in fu3caiooa, known on the riatt of t.ie envoi liiitrafooeabv trie tolluwing ISo s. LI, u.
14.1A,'fi2, 61.101, 102, 103, 44, 179. IsO, 175, W, 150, 21&.213, 190,11)1,340, 341, 342, 313, 415, 41'i, 41 7.418. 4k5. E i of No. 203.
and part of Lot No. &i. Also tbe W i of ihe X V i of bee. 6, Township j 21 , Kaneo a W. coctaminir TJ o4 1) acres..
