Erskine, Andrew Nelson, 1826-1862

One of ten children born to Agnes D. Hayes and Michael H. Erskine in Sweet Springs, Virginia, Andrew Nelson Erskine (1826-1862) moved near Huntsville, Alabama, with his family in 1831. The Erskine family moved several more times, finally settling in Jackson County, Texas in 1839. After their house was attacked by Comanches a year later, the Erskines relocated to present-day Guadalupe County. In 1842, Erskine enlisted in John Coffee Hays’ company of Texas Rangers, fighting in the battle of Salado Creek before settling in Seguin where he worked as a land surveyor for the German Emigration Company ( Adelsverein ). In 1847, he married Ann Theresa Johnson, with whom he had five children. The couple moved to Mill Point where Erskine engaged in a number of trades, including operating a ferry, gristmill, sawmill, and cotton gin as well as managing an inn and a stage stand. Following his appointment as county clerk in 1856, he fought for John S. Ford against Juan S. Cortina’s invasion of Texas and enlisted in Hood’s Texas Brigade of the Confederate Army during the Civil War. In 1862, Erskine was killed in the battle of Antietam.

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