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Samuel McCulloch Jr.
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Samuel McCulloch Jr.
A journey through facts
By Daisha Clayton
His Personal Life
PERSONAL LIFE
Samuel McCulloch Jr. was born on October 11, 1810 in the Abbeville District of South Carolina. He moved to Montgomery, Alabama with his white father in 1815. Samuel McCulloch Sr. then moved to Texas with his son and three daughters in the year 1835 of May. The family put down roots on the Lavaca River which is present-day Jackson County. McCulloch and his sisters were deemed to be free blacks.
More Details
More Details
On August 11, 1837, McCulloch married the white daughter of Jonathan Vess, Mary Lorena Vess. The McCullochs were thankfully never prosecuted for interracial marriage which passed only two months before as part of the Act June 5, 1837. They remained a happy family -with four children- until Mary's death at approximately November 8, 1847. One of their sons, Lewis Clark McCulloch, served in the Confederate Army. Sadly, the Texas Congress passed an act that required all free blacks to leave the republic within two years or be sold into slavery on February 5, 1840. Luckily, McCulloch submitted a petition asking that he, his sisters, and Uldy, a relative, be exempted from the law. A relief bill for the McCullochs passed on November 10, 1840. In 1841, he and his family moved to Wallace Prairie in Grimes County, but they resettled in Jackson County in 1845.
EXPERIENCES
Details of Experience
On October 5, 1835, young McCulloch became a member of the Matagorda Volunteer Company as a private soldier under the command of George M. Collinsworth. On October 9, he fought at Goliad where he severely or critically wounded his right shoulder. He was the only casualty in the battle and became known by it. A musketball shattered his right shoulder, and left him an invalid for approximately a year! It also crippled him for life!
Struggles
Debilitated by his wound, McCulloch was carried to Victoria -where he stayed for a while- by John Paolo three weeks after the revolution. He was then transported to Jackson County -his home- until he and other settlers fled to get ahead of the retreating Texan army. After the battle of San Jacinto (July 8, 1836), a surgeon finally removed the musketball from McCulloch's shoulder.
STRUGGLES
Conclusion
CONCLUSION
In his last years, McCulloch went to reunions and gatherings of old soldiers and pioneers. On April 20 and 21, 1889, he attended an annual reunion of the Texas Veterans Association at Dallas, Texas. He and his family moved to Von Ormy where he sadly died November 2, 1893. His name was fortunately registered on the Texas Veterans death roll for April 21, 1894.
Citation
Citation
Handbook of Texas Online, Nolan Thompson, "McCulloch, Samuel, Jr.," accessed March 26, 2018, http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fmc36.
Uploaded on June 15, 2010. Published by the Texas State Historical Association.