ANDREW CADDELL (Caddel) was born in North Carolina in 1795 but moved to Tuscaloosa, Alabama at a young age. In 1818 he was married to Rhoda Doty. Mrs Caddell was born in 1801, and they relocated to Texas, in 1834. He was issued Headright Certificate # 423 by the San Augustine Board of Land Commissioners, for one labor of land. Then on April 14, 1834 he received title to a league of land in Zavala's Colony situated in the present county of San Augustine.
Mr. Caddell fought at the Battle of San Jacinto , as a member of Captain William Kimbro's San Augustine Company. He was issued 640 acres of land for his service at the battle. On January 31, 1840, he received 320 acres of land for serving in the army from March 15 to June 15, 1836. He later commanded, as captain, a company of volunteers raised in San Augustine County.
After the Battle of San Jacinto and the revolution had come to an end, Captain Caddell moved to Nacogdoches. He served as Tax Assessor and collector of Nacogdoches County from 1846 to 1854. He then moved to Bell County in 1867 and settled on a farm near Belton. He died in October 1869. Mrs. Caddell died years later in 188O. They are both buried in the Three Forks Cemetery about three miles southeast of Belton, Bell County.
I have reviewed several documents on file in the Texas archives and based on his signature, feel that the veterans name was really spelled with one "L," or Caddel.
ANDREW CADDELL (Caddel) was born in North Carolina in 1795 but moved to Tuscaloosa, Alabama at a young age. In 1818 he was married to Rhoda Doty. Mrs Caddell was born in 1801, and they relocated to Texas, in 1834. He was issued Headright Certificate # 423 by the San Augustine Board of Land Commissioners, for one labor of land. Then on April 14, 1834 he received title to a league of land in Zavala's Colony situated in the present county of San Augustine.
Mr. Caddell fought at the Battle of San Jacinto , as a member of Captain William Kimbro's San Augustine Company. He was issued 640 acres of land for his service at the battle. On January 31, 1840, he received 320 acres of land for serving in the army from March 15 to June 15, 1836. He later commanded, as captain, a company of volunteers raised in San Augustine County.
After the Battle of San Jacinto and the revolution had come to an end, Captain Caddell moved to Nacogdoches. He served as Tax Assessor and collector of Nacogdoches County from 1846 to 1854. He then moved to Bell County in 1867 and settled on a farm near Belton. He died in October 1869. Mrs. Caddell died years later in 188O. They are both buried in the Three Forks Cemetery about three miles southeast of Belton, Bell County.
I have reviewed several documents on file in the Texas archives and based on his signature, feel that the veterans name was really spelled with one "L," or Caddel.
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