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Submitted: 4/26/20 • Approved: 5/2/20 • Last Updated: 5/5/20 • R305615-G305614-S3
Born in Tennessee June 27, 1815
Came to Texas about 1829
Was at the Alamo and sent to find reinforcements
jut before the Alamo fell.
Died January 4, 1883
Lucinda
1827 - 1883
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Andrew Jackson Sowell
Andrew Jackson Sowell. Courtesy of Allen Rountree. Image available on the Internet and included in accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107.
Grave of Andrew Jackson Sowell
Grave of Andrew Jackson Sowell. Image available on the Internet and included in accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107.
SOWELL, ANDREW JACKSON (1815–1883). Andrew Jackson Sowell, Alamo defender and courier, son of John N. and Rachel (Carpenter) Sowell, was born in Davidson County, Tennessee, on June 27, 1815. He moved with his family from Tennessee to Missouri, and then to Texas; the family settled in Gonzales in 1829. Sowell was a farmer, and in 1833 he and his brothers became the first white men to raise corn in Guadalupe County. During the Texas Revolution he took part in the battles of Gonzales and Concepción and the Grass Fight. Sowell served in the garrison of the Alamo, but shortly before the final battle he and Byrd Lockhart were ordered out to obtain supplies. They were delayed in Gonzales buying cattle and other supplies and did not return to the Alamo before its fall. Sowell then assisted his family in the Runaway Scrape and therefore missed the battle of San Jacinto. After Texas independence, he served with various Texas Ranger forces and participated in the Comanche Council House Fight in San Antonio, the battle of Plum Creek in 1840, and the battle of Salado Creek against Mexican Gen. Adrian Woll's forces in 1842. Sowell married Lucinda Smith Turner on July 21, 1842, and the couple had ten children, all born in Seguin, Texas. He enlisted in Company J of the Third Regiment of the Texas Mounted Volunteers on June 8, 1846, and served during the Mexican War. He was a noted scout and friend of Christopher (Kit) Carson. Sowell died in Seguin on January 4, 1883, and is buried in Mofield Cemetery.
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