Andrew Jackson Sowell Family Papers Circa 1880-circa 1954

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Andrew Jackson Sowell Family Papers Circa 1880-circa 1954

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A native of Seguin, Texas, Andrew Jackson Sowell (1848-1921) was a Texas Ranger and the author of (1884), (1899), (1900), (1904), and (undated). Rangers and Pioneers of Texas Life of Big Foot Wallace Early Settlers and Indian Fighters of Southwest Texas History of Fort Bend County Incidents Connected with the Early History of Guadalupe County, Texas The collection is primarily comprised of handwritten and typed drafts of Andrew Jackson Sowell’s works. Included is a manuscript copy of written entirely in Sowell’s hand and approximately fifty manuscripts and typescripts of short works by Sowell on early Texas history. Most of these essays describe various armed conflicts between Native Americans and Texas settlers. Life of Big Foot Wallace

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Wallace, Big-Foot, 1817-1899

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Lee, Fitzhugh, 1835-1905

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Bowie, James, d. 1836

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Hays, John Coffee, 1817-1883

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Austin, Stephen F. (Stephen Fuller), 1793-1836

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Stephen F. Austin, son of Moses Austin, initiated the Anglo-American colonization of Texas by assuming ownership of a land grant given to his father by the Spanish government in 1821. From the description of Austin, Stephen F., papers, 1819-1821. (University of Texas Libraries). WorldCat record id: 20430891 Stephen Fuller Austin was born on November 3, 1793 in Virginia to Maria and Moses Austin. He was educated in Connecticut and at Transylvania University in Lexington, Kent...

Lockhart, Matilda

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Long, Jane Herbert Wilkinson, 1798-1880

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Spears, Twila Truetta Hill, 1906-2000

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Sowell, A. J. (Andrew Jackson), 1848-1921

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Andrew Jackson Sowell was in some ways a third-generation Texan, although he was a member of the first generation of his family born in the state. His paternal grandfather John Newton Sowell (1780-1838) moved his family from Tennessee to Missouri and then to Texas, settling in Green DeWitt’s colony near Gonzales in 1830. During the Texas Revolution, he was one of the “Old Eighteen” in Gonzales and aided the Texan cause by making and repairing guns. Sowell’s uncle, also named Andrew ...

Meadows, Frances Alta Hill Brown, 1903-1978

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Woll, Adrián 1795-1875

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Lamar, Mirabeau Buonaparte, 1798-1859

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Lamar served as President of Republic of Texas (1838-1841). This journal, in Lamar's own hand, documents his June-October 1835 trip from Columbus, Georgia to Brazoria, Texas. Observations of the climate, political situations, and people encountered during the journey, delving into Lamar's own thoughts on these subjects. Lamar, like other travelers, stopped overnight in private houses and farms, and stayed longer in settled areas such as San Augustine, Nacogdoches, Brazoria, and Velasco. ...

Baylor, John Robert, 1822-1894

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Sowell family.

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