Philip Cuney
Philip Cuney | |||
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| Born | March 15, 1807 Rapides Parish, Louisiana | ||
| Died | January 8 1866 | ||
| Nationality | American | ||
| Citizenship | United States of America | ||
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Philip Minor Cuney Sr. (March 15, 1807 - January 8 1866) was a plantation owner and politician in Texas. His surname was sometimes spelled Cuny. He served in the state house and senate. He had children with white wives and eight more with a "mulatto" slave named Adeline Stuart.[1] Texas Republican Party leader and banker Norris Wright Cuney was one of his sons.[2] He owned the large Sunnyside Plantation and owned many slaves.
Cuney was born in Rapides Parish, Louisiana. He moved to Texas about 1840.[2] He served as a brigadier general in the state militia.[3]
He owned slaves and with one of them had eight children who were by law also his slaves with one of them.[4]
He served in the Texas Senate from 1846 to 1849.[3]
References
- ↑ Hales, Douglas (August 14, 2000). "The Cuneys: A southern family in white and black" – via ttu-ir.tdl.org.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ↑ 2.0 2.1 "TSHA | Cuney, Philip Minor". www.tshaonline.org.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Legislative Reference Library | Legislators and Leaders | Member profile". lrl.texas.gov.
- ↑ "A Southern Family in White and Black".
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