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- NOXUBEE COUNTY - Will Bk. P, p. 16. (Also recorded Lowndes Co., Miss.,
22 Jan. 1838, and Lauderdale Co., Ala., 22 Sept. 1835 - Bk. A,
1835-1858 ,p.2)
Will of William E. Dupree, dated 24 Feb. 1835.
Wife (unnamed) - 10 Acres af land including dwelling house, all houses
in upper lot, garden,...etc...a riding horse, one bay mare, wagon, two
yokes of oxen, beds, all household furniture., .etc.
Children: To be furnished good bed and furniture as they come of age
or marry - to have good English education.
To my children who are grown, via. Joseph, Sarah, Mary and Martha
have already been given property of equal value, that is to each one,
one young negro woman of first quality.... (?)
It is my desire that my daughters now under age, marry.... (?)
Executors: Joseph E. Dupree and Stephen King.
Witnesses : A. M. Roach William Ellington Dupree (Seal)
(Note: Joseph Embry Deupree was born 1840 and because his name was
Embry, must have been a descendent of William Ellington Deupree &
Elizabeth Embry.)
Joseph Embry Deupree having moved to Texas with his brothers and
sisters before the War, was a law student when the War started. He
enlisted in the 1st Mississippi Cavalry with the understanding that he
could transfer to a Texas unit. In February, 1863, he transferred to
Willis' Battalion of the Texas Cavalry. He was captured in August of
that year and spent the duration as a prisoner of war at Ft. Delaware.
He later returned to Texas, graduated from Baylor University and
became a businessman and farmer. He was prominent in the Texas
Historical Society, and served as a Colonel of the United Confederate
Veterans. He died in 1929 at 89 years of age and is believed to be the
last survivor of the Noxubee Squadron.
Deupree, Joseph E., b. 22 Nov 1840, d. 28 Jun 1929, buried in Willow
Wild Cemetery, Fannin Co., TX, Section A, Unknown Service.
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1791 - 1835 (43 years)