SANKOFA'S SLAVERY DATA COLLECTION

Varner-Hogg Plantation

Location: Brazoria Co., TX
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History: The completely furnished old plantation manor was the home of Governor James S. Hogg. It pictures colonial life in the early days of Texas (1835-50), established by Martin Varner, member of Stephen F. Austin's "Old Three Hundred."

Associated Surnames: Anderson, Austin, Barrett, Bartlet, Bates, Burns, Christopher, Criss, Edwards, Ford, Fry, Flanagan, Garrett, Hill, Hogg, Johnson, Lundy, Mitchell, Patton, Smith, Steele, Todd, Varner, Williams, Wilson

• Columbus R. Patton: owner
• John D. Patton: son of Columbus Patton, became primary owner after Columbus Patton's death

Associated Black Slave Names

1830-1865: The Enslaved People of Patton Plantation Brazoria Co, Texas 1830 - 1865
Research Compiled by Cary Cordova. Listed by first name. For biographies of each slave, visit Cary Cordova's page.

• Aaron (Smith): Born approximately 1842 or 1843
• Adam: Born approximately 1820, died 1855 or 1856
• Adeline: Born about 1819
• Adeline/Adaline (M. T. C. Patton): Born about 1856
• Adeline's Child: Born about 1854 AGGADA Born about 1795
• Agnes (Of Patton Place, Christian County, Kentucky): Born approximately 1820
• Aleck (Aldridge Estate)
• Aleck (M. T. C. Patton): Born approximately 1844
• Alexander (Aldridge Estate): Born about 1844
• Alfred Criss: Born approximately 1848
• Allen (Flanagan) (Aldridge Estate): Born about 1844
• Alvis (Montgomery C. Robertson / Robinson): Born about 1833
• Amanda (Montgomery C. Robertson / Robinson): Born approximately 1842
• Amy Bates Lundy: Born about 1850
• Amy (Mathew T. C. Patton) Born about 1834
• Amy (Montgomery C. Robertson / Robinson) Born about 1823
• Angelica: Born about 1829
• Angeline (Mitchell)
  • child: born ?
  • child: born ca. 1861
• Angie
  • child: born December 30, 1864
• Ann
• Ardenia: Born approximately 1824
• Austin (J. R. Phillips)
• Becky
• Bedford
• Ben
• Ben (C. F. Patton?)
• Ben (Mathew T. C. Patton): Born about 1838
• Betty (Aldridge Estate): Born approximately 1830
• Beverly: Born approximately 1837
• Billy (Aldridge Estate)
• Bob (Aldridge Estate)
• Bob (C. F. Patton Estate)
• Calvin (Montgomery C. Robertson / Robinson): Born approximately 1838
• Caroline, "Elder Caroline": Born about 1792
• Caroline Flanagan / "Peter Caroline" (Aldridge Estate): Born approximately 1820
  • child - (Dinah Flanagan?): born May 26, 1864
• Caroline, "Yellow Caroline"
  • child: born June 27, 1864
• Carrol
• Caysey
• Celia (Mrs. Lloyd)
• Celia (Montgomery C. Robertson / Robinson) Born about 1842
• Celia's Child
• Charley Burns: Born about 1807
• Charley Fry: Born about 1826
• Charlotte
• Cip
• Clara/ Clarissa: Born about 1807
• Cornelius Smith: Born approximately 1852
• Daniel: Born 1784
• Danus (Montgomery C. Robertson / Robinson): Born about 1831
• David (Of Patton Place, Christian County, Kentucky): Born approximately 1776
• Dean (M. T. C. Patton): Born approximately 1837
• Dick Born about 1821
• Dick (M. T. C. Patton) Born about 1834
• Dick (Old Dick) (Mathew T. C. Patton) Born about 1803
• Dublin (Aldridge Estate) Born about 1808
• Dudley: Born about 1837
• Edmund: Born about 1795
• Elisha: Born about 1823
• Eliza (Aldridge Estate): Born about 1800
• Eliza (Montgomery C. Robertson / Robinson): Born about 1823
• Elizabeth, known as Lizzie (May): Born about 1829
• Ellen: Born about 1836 (Elisha Maxey)
• Ellen's Child (Henrietta) (Elisha Maxey)
• Elvira Edwards: Born about 1848
• Emily (C. F. Patton?)
• Emily (Mathew T. C. Patton): Born about 1831
  • child: born ?
  • child: born June 5, 1865
• Fanny: Born about 1819, died about 1855 or 1856
• Frank: Born about 1789
• Frank: Born about 1805
• Frisly (Montgomery C. Robertson / Robinson): Born about 1835
• George ("Little George")
• George (Mitchell): Born about 1824
• Hager (Montgomery C. Robertson / Robinson): Born about 1815
• Hannah (Aldridge Estate): Born about 1780
• Hannah (George W. Dunlap)
• Hannah (Little Hannah) (Montgomery C. Robertson / Robinson): Born about 1837
• Hannah (Montgomery C. Robertson / Robinson): Born about 1793
• Harriet (Montgomery C. Robertson / Robinson): Born approximately 1831
• Harriet Bates: Born approximately 1829
• Harry (M. T. C. Patton): Born about 1821
• Henrietta (Elisha Maxey)
• Henry: Born about 1808
• Henry Barrett: Born about 1814
• Henry Garrett: Born about 1819
• Henry Garrett's Wife
• Henry, Jane Austin's Child
• Henry Johnson
• Henry "Yellow": Born about 1826
• Ina Criss, wife of Kyalo: Born about 1819
• Isaac (Mathew T. C. Patton): Born about 1845
• Isaac (Anderson) (C. F. Patton?)
• Jack: Born about 1832
• Jack (Little Jack)
• Jack's Wife
• Jackson: Born about 1835
• Jacob (Kentucky)
• Jake "Big Jake" Steele: Born about 1804
• Jake Smith
  • wife Aamanda Smith: born ca. 1834
  • child: born March 21, 1858
  • child: born October 26, 1859
• Jane Austin
• Jane Otis (Ota) Edwards
• Jane Todd
  • son Peter Todd: born ca. 1853
• Jeff
• Jenny (Aldridge Estate)
• Jenny (B. C. Jeffries)
• Jenny (C. A. Ballinger)
• Jenny (George W. Dunlap)
• Jenny
• Jerry (Aldridge Estate): Born about 1815
• Jim (Big Jim) (C. F. Patton?)
• Jim Jr. (C. F. Patton?)
• Jim (M. T. C. Patton): Born about 1843
• Jim (M. T. C. Patton): Born about 1854
• John Austin, "African John": Born between 1805 and 1822
• John Todd: Born about 1819
• John Wilson: Born approximately 1804
  • wife Lucinda Wilson: born approximately 1819
  • son Jim: born ca. 1851
• Josh / Joshua (C. F. Patton)
• Judith (of Patton Place, Christian County, Kentucky): Born approximately 1786
• Judy (George W. Dunlap)
• Judy / Judah: Born approximately 1810 and 1830
• Judy / Judah (Smith): Born between 1810 and 1830
• Kate (M. T. C. Patton): Born about 1837
• Kitty (Johnson): Born about 1839
• Kyalo Criss: Born about 1814
• Laura, Child of Fanny: Born about 1853
• Laura The Older: Born about 1835
  • child
• Lee (M. T. C. Patton): Born about 1815
• Lew Hill
• Lewis
• Louis: Born about 1805
• Lucinda: Born approximately 1820
• Lucinda: Born approximately 1795
  • two children
• Lucius (Bates): Born about 1831
• Lucy (Aldridge Estate)
  • child (Aldridge Estate)
• Madison: Born about 1817
• Maria: Born approximately 1814, Died about May 20, 1856
• Mark
• Martha: Born about 1834
• Martha Christopher
• Martha Criss: Born about 1853
• Mary Ann (Mathew T. C. Patton): Born about 1833
• Mary "Big Mary" (Montgomery C. Robertson / Robinson): Born about 1815
• Mary (John D. Patton Estate)
• Mary "Little Mary" (Montgomery C. Robertson / Robinson): Born about 1825
• Mary Luker / Mary Criss
  • child: born March 17, 1864
• Mary: Born about 1826
  • daughter Mary
  • son Prince
• Mary, which Mary unknown (Mathew T. C. Patton) Born about 1833
• Meredith (Aldridge Estate)
• Mike: Born ca. 1819, died about 1875
  • wife Little Jane (Criss): born ca. 1836, died about 1875
  • daughter Sarah (Ford): born possibly February 25, 1858
• Milly (Mathew T. C. Patton)
• Milton
• Moses (Montgomery C. Robertson / Robinson): Born about 1793
• Moses (Edwards): Born about 1807
• Muck
• Name Unknown
• Ned: Born about 1795
• Olaf
• Patience (M. T. C. Patton): Born about 1807
• Patsy, Child of Jane Otis (Edwards): Born approximately March 25, 1858
• Patterson: Born about 1824
• Patty (Kentucky)
• Perry: Born about 1824
• Peter: Born about 1820
• Peter (Flanagan) (Aldridge Estate) Born about 1815
• Phil (George Dunlap Estate)
• Phil or Fill (Mathew T. C. Patton): Born about 1806
• Phillip (Montgomery C. Robertson / Robinson): Born about 1817
• Pink or Pinky
• Prince: Born about 1825
• Prince (George W. Dunlap)
• Prince (Montgomery C. Robertson / Robinson): Born about 1818
• Prince (Montgomery C. Robertson / Robinson): Born about 1840
• Rachel (Older Rachel): Born about 1795
• Rachel Patton / Rachel Bartlett: Born about 1814
• Rachel, Sister of Sarah (Ford): Born July 26, 1864
• Rachel (Young Rachel): Born about 1815
• Rose: Born about 1815
• Sally (M. T. C. Patton): Born about 1835
• Sally Ann
• Salomon (Montgomery C. Robertson / Robinson): Born about 1818
• Sam (Aldridge Estate): Born about 1817
• Sam Christopher
• Sam Criss: Born approximately 1849
• Sam (Johnson): Born about 1827
• Sam, which Sam unknown: Born about 1817
• Sarah: Born around 1795
• Sarah Todd: Born about 1856
• Scipio
• Shelby: Born about 1821
• Solomon Williams: Born about 1822
• Steve (M.T.C. Patton): Born about 1845
• Susan (Austin): Born about 1855
• Susany (Montgomery C. Robertson / Robinson): Born about 1831
• Thomas (Montgomery C. Robertson / Robinson): Born about 1825
• Tim Bates: Born approximately 1828
• Tod or Todd (Austin): Born about 1851
• Tom: Born about 1828
• Tom (Aldridge Estate): Born around 1775
• Tony Christopher: Born about 1851
  • family
• Tony Criss: Born approximately 1856 or 1857
• Vina
• Viney: Born about 1780
• Washington (Aldridge Estate): Born about 1814
• Washington (Montgomery C. Robertson / Robinson): Born about 1821
• Willie (Austin): Born about 1850

Agriculture

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Description of Associated Architecture

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Other People Researching This Plantation

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RESOURCES

• The Enslaved People of Patton Plantation. Cary Cordova: http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/park/varner/slavery/index.htm
• The Texas Slavery Project: http://www.texasslaveryproject.uh.edu/. The Texas Slavery Project seeks to recover the names and biographical information for every slave who ever lived in Texas.