Andrew Jackson Sowell
| Andrew Jackson Sowell | |
|---|---|
| Born |
27 June 1815 Davidson County, TN |
| Died | 4 January 1883 (aged 67) Seguin, TX |
| Allegiance | The Republic of Texas, United States of America |
| Service/branch | Texian Army, Republic of Texas Militia, Republic of Texas Army, US Army |
| Years of service | 1835-1836, 1836-1846, 1846-1865 |
| Unit | Texian volunteer and regular army |
| Battles/wars |
Battle of Concepcion |
Battle of Concepcion
Grass Fight
Siege of Bexar
Siege of the Alamo
Runaway Scrape
Council House Fight
Texas–Indian wars
Battle of Plum Creek
Battle of Salado Creek (1842)
Mexican American War
Andrew Jackson Sowell (June 27, 1815 – January 4, 1883) was a lifelong soldier and farmer in the 19th-century. He was a participant in the Texas Revolution and a survivor of the siege of the Alamo. He continued his service during the years of the Republic of Texas, in the Mexican American War, and the Civil War. He was a frontier defender, early Texas Ranger, and a friend and scout with Kit Carson.
Andrew Jackson Sowell was born in Davidson County, Tennessee in June 1815. His family traveled from Tennessee to Missouri, and then moved to Texas. His father John Newton Sowell and family settled in Dewitt Colony, Texas in 1829. Like his father, Andrew J. Sowell tried his hand at farming in what is now Guadalupe County, Texas. His family were the first Anglo settlers near Walnut Springs and became the first Anglo-Americans to successfully raise corn in this area.
In 1835, Sowell fought in the Battle of Gonzales, when the town would not surrender the "Come and Take It" cannon to Francisco de Castañeda and his Mexican troops sent to retrieve it. His father had been one of the "Old Eighteen", defending the colony's right to keep the cannon. This incident was the first shot fired in the Texas Revolution. Sowell went on to take part in the Battle of Concepción and the Grass Fight. Although a participant in the Texians' attempt to take San Antonio, he was unprepared for inclement weather, and like many others he returned home for the winter. In December the Texians drove the Mexican soldiers under General Martín Perfecto de Cos from Mexican Texas after this siege of Bexar.
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