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Mary Ann Adams Maverick (March 16, 1818-February 24, 1898), was an early Texas pioneer and author of memoirs which form an important source of information on daily life in and around San Antonio during the Republic of Texas through Civil War periods. Events 597 BC - Babylonians capture Jerusalem, replace Jehoiachin with Zedekiah as king Year 1818 ( MDCCCXVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Events 303 - Galerius, Roman Emperor, publishes his edict that begins the persecution of Christians in his portion of the Year 1898 ( MDCCCXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Texas ( is a state geographically located in the South Central United States and is also known as the Lone Star State. A settler is a person who has migrated to an area and established permanent residence there often to colonize the area for other uses see Memoir (disambiguation As a literary Genre, a memoir (from the French: mémoire The Republic of Texas was a sovereign Nation in North America between the United States and Mexico that existed from 1836 to Causes of the war See also Origins of the American Civil War, Timeline of events leading to the American Civil War The coexistence of a slave-owning South

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Early Life

Mary Ann Adams was born in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama to William Lewis Adams, a lawyer, and Agatha Strother (Lewis) Adams. Tuscaloosa County is a County of the US state of Alabama.It is named in honor of the Choctaw chief Tuskalusa. A lawyer, according to Black's Law Dictionary, is "a person learned in the law as an attorney, Counsel or Solicitor; a person Her maternal grandmother was a cousin of James Madison, while her father's family had founded Lynchburg, Virginia. James Madison Jr (March 16 1751 – June 28 1836 was an American Politician, the fourth President of the United States (1809–1817 and one of the Founding Lynchburg is an Independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Her parents lived along the James River in Virginia, where her father exported flour and tobacco. The James River in the US state of Virginia is a long River, including its Jackson River source The Commonwealth of Virginia ( is an American state During the War of 1812 her father left for Alabama and bought a plantation near Tuscaloosa. The War of 1812 was fought between the United States of America and the British Empire, particularly Great Britain and her North American colonies While purchasing supplies in Mobile, Robert Adams answered Andrew Jackson's call for volunteers to help defend New Orleans and raised a company which he led in the Battle of New Orleans. Andrew Jackson (March 15 1767 June 8 1845 was the seventh President of the United States (1829&ndash1837 New Orleans (nʲuːˈɔrliənz nʲuːˈɔrlənz French: La Nouvelle-Orléans) is a major United States port city and the largest city in Louisiana The Battle of New Orleans took place on January 8, 1815, and was the final major battle of the War of 1812. [1] In 1816, her mother came to live permanently in Alabama as well. [1]

In Alabama, Robert Adams practiced law, and in 1827 he served as an agent of U.S. Treasury Department. The United States Department of the Treasury is a Cabinet department and the Treasury of the United States government. He died in June 1827, leaving his widow to raise their six surviving children, all under the age of 12. [2] Maverick attended boarding school in Tuscaloosa to meet her father's wish that his children be appropriately educated. [3]

On August 4, 1836, she married Samuel Augustus Maverick,[1] a Yale graduate who had been the Alamo garrison's delegate to the Convention of 1836 which had declared Texas' independence from Mexico. Events 70 - The Destruction of the Second Temple in Jerusalem by the Romans. Year 1836 ( MDCCCXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap For the 17th-century English colonist in Massachusetts see Samuel Maverick (colonist (1602&ndash1670 The Battle of the Alamo was fought in February and March 1836 in San Antonio, Texas. The Convention of 1836 was a meeting of elected Delegates in Washington-on-the-Brazos Texas in March 1836 The Texas Revolution or Texas War of Independence was fought from October 2 1835 to April 21 1836 between Mexico and the Texas (Tejas portion of the Mexican The United Mexican States ( or commonly Mexico (ˈmɛksɪkoʊ () is a federal constitutional Republic in North America. [4] Samuel Maverick sold his Alabama plantation at the beginning of 1837, and Maverick accompanied her husband to New Orleans so that he could conduct business and be closer to news of Texas. While she was in New Orleans, her brother William left for Texas. [5] In March 1837, she and her husband visited his father in South Carolina, where they refused the elder Maverick's gift of his plantation. South Carolina ( is a state in the southern region ( Deep South) of the United States of America. On May 14, 1837, she gave birth to her first child, Samuel Maverick, Jr. in South Carolina. Events 1264 - Battle of Lewes: Henry III of England is captured in France making Simon de Montfort the Year 1837 ( MDCCCXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Samuel Maverick Jr was a Texas Soldier and Businessman, born 14 May[[ 837]] at Montpelier Plantation near Pendleton South Carolina, the first-born [6]

Establishment in San Antonio

In October 1837, Maverick, her husband, son, and seven slaves left South Carolina. After a brief stop in Tuscaloosa, they left for the Republic of Texas on December 7, accompanied by her fifteen-year-old brother, Robert Adams, and three additional slaves. The Republic of Texas was a sovereign Nation in North America between the United States and Mexico that existed from 1836 to Events 43 BC - Marcus Tullius Cicero assassinated 1696 - Connecticut Route 108, one of the oldest highways The party crossed into Texas near New Year's Day 1838. [7] On February 4, they rented rooms at the home of George Sutherland, and four months Maverick remained there while her husband continued on to San Antonio. Events 211 - Roman Emperor Septimius Severus dies leaving the Roman Empire in the hands of his two quarrelsome sons [8]

Maverick and the rest of her party reached San Antonio on June 15, 1838. Events 763 BC - Assyrians record a Solar eclipse that will be used to fix the Chronology of Mesopotamian history Year 1838 ( MDCCCXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common [9] In her memoirs, Maverick claims to have been the first U. S. -born female to settle in San Antonio, but letters to her mother mentioned another American lady, married to an Irishman, who died shortly after the Mavericks arrived. The family rented rooms at the same home where her brother William resided. [10]

Shortly after moving into a new home along the San Antonio River, Maverick gave birth to her second child, Lewis Antonio Maverick, who became the first Anglo-American child to be born in and grow up in San Antonio. The San Antonio River is a major waterway that originates in central Texas near San Antonio and follows a roughly southeastern path through the state [11] During the next few years, more Anglo families moved to San Antonio. [12] Her brothers returned to Alabama, but William came back to Texas in 1839 with another brother, Andrew, to begin farming. [13]

Maverick was often left alone, as her husband spent months traveling for business or combing the Texas wilderness on surveying missions. [13]The Mavericks participated in the Council House Fight on March 19, 1840. The Council House Fight was a conflict between Republic of Texas officials and a Comanche peace delegation which took place in San Antonio Texas, Events 1279 - A Mongolian victory in the Battle of Yamen ends the Song Dynasty in China. Year 1840 ( MDCCCXL) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Sixty-five Comanches arrived in San Antonio to bargain for the ransom of white captives. The Comanches had broken previous agreements to return the captives, and the army ordered that many members of the band be held until the captives were returned, and then the ransom would be paid. [14] Maverick and a female neighbor had been watching several Indian children playing when they heard gunfire within the council house and saw Indians fleeing from the building. She alerted her husband and brother Andrew, and, while Samuel Maverick rushed outside to chase down the Indians, Maverick and Andrew hurried outside to find the children. They discovered three of the fugitive Indians in the back yard, while their slave cook, Jinny, tried to protect the two Maverick children and her own four children by threatening the Indians with a large rock. Andrew Adams shot two of the three Indians and joined the main fight. Maverick hid her children in the house and watched the battle through the windows. At one point she was curious enough to go outside for a closer look, but was ordered to return indoors by a soldier. The skirmish continued until all of the Indians were dead or captured. [15] In her diary, Maverick wrote that "'All [Indians] had a chance to surrender . . . and every one who offered or agreed to give up was taken prisoner and protected. '"[16]

Two  days after the battle, Samuel Maverick again left his wife and children alone, under the protection of her two brothers. [17] During Samuel Maverick's business trip, he sold many of his lands in South Carolina and Alabama, and bought two years worth of provisions, which he had shipped to Linville, Texas. Before he could escort the goods on to San Antonio, Linville was raided by a party led by Buffalo Hump, and all of their provisions were destroyed. Buffalo Hump (born c late 1790s to early 1800s - died 1870 was a Native American War Chief of the Penateka band of the Comanche Indians [18]

In December 1840, Maverick's aunt and uncle, John and Ann Bradley, arrived in Texas from Alabama along with their young children. Happy to be surrounded by family again, Maverick expanded her own family in April 1841 with the birth of her daughter Agatha. [19] Later that year, Maverick's mother, Agatha Adams, planned a journey to visit them and to consider settling in Texas. She fell ill days before she was scheduled to leave, however, and died on October 2. Events 1187 - Siege of Jerusalem: Saladin captures Jerusalem after 88 years of Crusader rule [20]

Runaway of '42

The citizens of San Antonio received word in February 1842 that Mexican president Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna was again sending troops into Texas, which Mexico still did not recognize as a separate country. Antonio de Padua María Severino López de Santa Anna y Pérez de Lebrón ( February 21, 1794 &ndash June 21, 1876) often known as Santa The Mavericks left some of their possessions with Mexican neighbors and joined their other Anglo neighbors in the Runaway of '42. With her brothers William and Andrew, Maverick and her immediate family travelled east, the first time Maverick had left San Antonio since her arrival. [21] For several days, she and the children boarded with a rancher outside of Seguin while her husband and brothers returned to San Antonio to fight. Seguin (səˈgiːn is a city in Guadalupe County, Texas, in the United States. On March 6, the sixth anniversary of the fall of the Alamo, Maverick received word that San Antonio had fallen to Santa Anna. Events 1079 - Omar Khayyám completes the Iranian calendar. 1454 - Thirteen Years' War: Delegates of The Battle of the Alamo was fought in February and March 1836 in San Antonio, Texas. She worried about her men for several days until they appeared, having turned back before reaching San Antonio. The Mavericks moved on to Gonzales, where they squatted in a house left empty when its residents had fled in the Runaway. Gonzales is a city in Gonzales County, Texas, United States. The population was 7202 at the 2000 census [22]

The men accompanied Texas army troops to retake San Antonio, and the Mexican army retreated without a fight, although they caused a great deal of damage to the homes of American citizens. Samuel Maverick returned to his wife and moved her to LaGrange so that she would be further from the threat of Indian attacks. La Grange is a city in Fayette County, Texas, United States, near the Colorado River. On April 30 he left Maverick alone there while he returned to Alabama to get her younger sister, Elizabeth, who had been living as a boarder since her mother died the previous year. Events 313 - Roman emperor Licinius unifies the entire Eastern Roman Empire under his rule [23]

Samuel Maverick returned to San Antonio without his family in late August 1842 to argue a case before the district court. The Mexican army, under General Adrian Woll, surrounded San Antonio and captured the small number of Anglo-American men in the city. Adrián Woll (December 2 1795 February 1875 was a French soldier of fortune and Mercenary who served as a general in the army of Mexico [24] On September 15, Samuel Maverick and his countrymen were forced to march toward Mexico. Events 668 - Eastern Roman Emperor Constans II is assassinated in his bath at Syracuse Italy. Mary Maverick's brothers participated in the Battle of the Salado on September 18, where their company ambushed some of the Mexican soldiers, killing 60 of them. Events 96 - Nerva is proclaimed Roman Emperor after Domitian is assassinated Her uncle JOhn Bradley joined another company, and Maverick sent her slave Griffin to go with him. She instructed Griffin to pose as a runaway slave bound for Mexico in the hope that he would be able to help free Samuel Maverick. As an extra assurance, she gave Griffin funds that could be used to ransom back her husband. This band of Texas was surprised by a Mexican cavalry detachment. [25] Griffin was killed in the battle, and Bradley was taken captive and marched to join Samuel Maverick and the other prisoners. [26] Maverick continued to receive letters from her husband during his captivity, so that she could be comforted that he was still alive. [27]

Other

Mary Maverick bore ten children over a span of 21 years. Four died of illness before the age of eight, which led Mary to seek solace in the spiritualism which was increasingly popular in mid-nineteenth-century America. Spiritualism is a Religion founded in part on the writings of the Swedish mystic Emanuel Swedenborg (1688-1772 As her surviving children grew up, she became active in the public sphere. During the Civil War, while four of her sons served in the Confederate Army, she was active in San Antonio relief efforts. Causes of the war See also Origins of the American Civil War, Timeline of events leading to the American Civil War The coexistence of a slave-owning South The War Department was established by the Confederate Congress in an act on February 21, 1861. Her memoirs relate her attempts to revive the then-dying art of homespun cloth production to supply the needs of the Confederate cause. A devout Episcopalian, she was instrumental in establishing St. The Episcopal Church is the official name of the Province of the Anglican Communion in the United States. Mark's Church in San Antonio and served as president of the Ladies' Parish Aid Society.

Later Life

After Sam's death in 1870, as San Antonio grew, Mary Maverick made efforts to see that the pioneer past was not forgotten. She was a prominent member of the San Antonio Historical Society and the Daughters of the Republic of Texas. The Daughters of the Republic of Texas (DRT is a sororal association dedicated to perpetuating the memory of Texas pioneer families and soldiers of the Republic of Texas She helped promote the annual Battle of Flowers celebration, and devoted effort to the restoration and preservation of the Alamo as an historic site. "Fiesta San Antonio" (or simply "Fiesta" is a spring festival with is origins begun in the late 1800's The Battle of the Alamo was fought in February and March 1836 in San Antonio, Texas. Her watercolor sketch of the Alamo, completed during her first residence in San Antonio, is one of the earliest known depictions after the battle. Although she did not herself immigrate to Texas until two years after the fall of the Alamo, in 1889 she wrote a brief account of the battle based on the recollections of witnesses. She died on February 24, 1898, and is buried beside Sam in San Antonio.

Memoirs

Throughout her life, Mary had kept diaries of her experiences. For other uses of the term 'diary' see Diary (disambiguation. In 1895, with the help of her son George Madison Maverick, she published these as her memoirs. They provide an engrossing and vivid picture of life on the Texas frontier and mid-nineteenth century San Antonio, including household management, childrearing and family life, medical practices, and social and political observations. Mary Maverick's writings, in particular her eyewitness account of the Council House Fight in San Antonio in 1840, are often cited in studies of Texas pioneer life. The Council House Fight was a conflict between Republic of Texas officials and a Comanche peace delegation which took place in San Antonio Texas,


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Footnotes

  1. ^ a b c Marks (1989), p. 64.
  2. ^ Marks (1989), p. 65.
  3. ^ Marks (1989), p. 66.
  4. ^ Marks (1989), pp. 53–54.
  5. ^ Marks (1989), p. 69.
  6. ^ Marks (1989), p. 70.
  7. ^ Marks (1989), p. 71.
  8. ^ Marks (1989), p. 72.
  9. ^ Marks (1989), p. 78.
  10. ^ Marks (1989), p. 80.
  11. ^ Marks (1989), p. 85.
  12. ^ Marks (1989), p. 86.
  13. ^ a b Marks (1989), p. 87.
  14. ^ Marks (1989), pp. 90–91.
  15. ^ Marks (1989), p. 91.
  16. ^ Marks (1989), p. 92.
  17. ^ Marks (1989), p, 93.
  18. ^ Marks (1989), p. 95.
  19. ^ Marks (1989), p. 97.
  20. ^ Marks (1989), p. 98.
  21. ^ Marks (1989), p. 100.
  22. ^ Marks (1989), p. 101.
  23. ^ Marks (1989), p. 102.
  24. ^ Marks (1989), p. 104.
  25. ^ Marks (1989), p. 106.
  26. ^ Marks (1989), p. 107.
  27. ^ Marks (1989), p. 108.

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