Samuel James Polk McDowell

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Resolutions and Journal entries

• 36th Legislature, 3rd C.S., 6/1/1920, p. 139. Resolutions - Memorial.

Biographical Sketches

• MCDOWELL, SAMUEL J. P. (1824-1920). Handbook of Texas Online.
• Biographical sketch, Samuel James Polk McDowell, Lockhart, Caldwell County, Texas, p. 290. Born 7/26/1824 at Columbia, Maury County, Tennessee. "Member of first Confederate Legislature, 1860-1862; resigned." The Scotch-Irish in America: Proceedings of the Scotch-Irish Congress, at Louisville, KY., May 14 to 17, 1891, , 1891, 1891.

Military Service Notes

• Confederate States Army. Captain, Lockhart Volunteers; 17th Regiment of Texas Infantry, part of Walker's Texas Division; Captain, Company K. Handbook of Texas Online.
• 35th Legislature, Communications from Members of 9th Legislature, 2/7 and 2/8/1917, p. 496: S.J.P. McDowell (served as member of 9th Legislature, 1st session in 1861-1862, then resigned and entered Confederate military service) and W.P. McLean ("I believe Judge Lindsay, at Gainesville, and I are the only surviving members of the 9th Legislature and I well remember that we were the youngest members of that body. We both resigned at the close of the first session and went into the Confederate army . . ."). House Journal.
• Confederate States Army, Captain, Company K, 17th Texas Volunteer Infantry, McCulloch's Brigade, Walker's Division, enlisted 3/28/1862 at Camp Terry, Texas. S.J.P. McDowell, Lockhart, Texas. Born 7/26/1824 near Columbia, Tennessee. Yeary, Mamie, 1876-. Reminiscences of the Boys in Gray, 1861-1865, 1912, p. 488. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).

Other Resources

• Sam J.P. McDowell, marriage to L.C. Shropshire 6/25/1857 in Caldwell County.
  Census of 1860 - Saml. J.P. McDowell, Lockhart, Caldwell County, age 35, born circa 1825 in Tennessee, county clerk, living in household with C.L. McDowell, Emma Shropsher, and son Sml. S.
  Census of 1870 - S.J.P. McDowell, Lockhart, Caldwell County, age 45, born circa 1825 in Tennessee, living in household with Kate L. McDowell and children Samuel S., Walter, and Charley.
  Census of 1880 - Sam'l J.P. McDowell, Lockhart, Caldwell County, age 45, born circa 1825 in Tennessee, county clerk, wife Rebecca W. McDowell, children Walter R., Tillie E., Charles T., Horace, and Samuel S.
  Sam James Polk McDowell and Kate Lovinda Shropshire, parents of T.E. McDowell, birth date 5/22/1871, death date 1/5/1939. FamilySearch. 1860 1870 1880 Texas Deaths, 1890-1976 Texas, County Marriage Index, 1837-1977
• S.J.P. McDowell, birth date 7/6/1824, death date 5/28/1920, photos, burial in Lockhart Municipal Burial Park, Lockhart, Caldwell County. Find a Grave.
• Obituary, Sam J.P. McDowell, "Captain J.P. McDowell, Pioneer Legislator, Is Buried at Lockhart," The Houston Post, 5/30/1920, p. 7. "He was elected to the Ninth legislature in 1861, representing Hays, Blanco and Caldwell counties." Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).

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