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Title
Fenley
,
Robert
Z
.
Subject
Portrait drawings
Description
A
portrait
drawing
of
Robert
Z
.
Fenley
. With the
following
description
. "
Son
of
Zachariah
and
Rebecca
Feneley
, was
born
Oct
.
9
.
1838
in the
Old
Stone
Fort
,
Nacogdoches
,
Texas
. He
died
Jan
.
28
1905
. The
following
is
a
brief
story
of a
tragedy
which
took
place
before
his
birth
. In
1838
a
band
of
so-called
Cordova
rebels
went
to the
home
of
Zachariah
and
Rebecca
Fenley
,
which
was
located
on the
Angelina
River
. There
Zachariah
Fenley
was
taken
off
and
murdered
and also
one
of his
slaves
taken
away
. The
wife
of the
old
slave
got
down
on her
knees
and
blew
a
charcoal
for
light
while
Rebecca
Fenley
wrote
a
letter
to
some
people
in
Nacogdoches
asking
that they
come
for her. She was
moved
to the
Old
Stone
Fort
and there
Robert
Z
.
Fenley
was
born
.
Following
this in
1840
,
Rebecca
Fenley
filed
suit
for
damages
against
Cordova
for the
loss
of her
slave
.
Cordova
was a
fugitive
and a
judgement
against
him for
$1500
resulted
in a
sale
of his
half
interest
in the
Old
Stone
Fort
under
execution
,
being
purchased
by
Rebecca
Fenley
, was was the
daughter
of
Mrs
.
John
S
.
Roberts.
"
Location
Nacogdoches County
Identifier
P85f
_7
Collection
Photograph Collection
Associated Dates
1830-1839
Type
Photograph
Format
JPEG
Repository
East Texas Research Center
Repository Link
http://library.sfasu.edu/etrc
Rights
This item may be protected under Title 17 of the U.S. Copyright Law. It is available for non-commercial research and education. For permission to publish or reproduce, please contact the East Texas Research Center at asketrc@sfasu.edu.
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