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Texas War for Independence vs. Mexican War: Not the same Mike Watson some may have misunderstood the distinction between the two conflicts; notes that John Wesley Sexton was in Mexican War and that he brought back Jo Franklin back to Adair County and that Franklin became a shoemaker and that Franklin reared a large family here Comments re article 48183 John Wesley Sexton among Adair Countians to free Texas By Mike Watson There was a failure on my part to define the Texas War for Independence in the previously published article in CM. I should have prefaced the list of Adair County men who volunteered to go to fight for Texas by including the following. The Texas War for Independence, or Texas Revolution as it was sometimes called, was a short-lived war that began 2 October 1835 and lasted until 21 April 1836, ending with the capture of Santa Ana by Sam Houston. The result of this conflict was that Texas became independent in 1836 and existed as such, called the Republic of Texas, until it was annexed by the United States in 1845 and became the State of Texas. As far as can be found, there were no Adair Countians who actually participated in the War for Texas Independence. By the time the word of the actions there reached the eastern US, were published in newspapers, which made their way to the population, and volunteer companies formed, the conflict had ended. However, the Mexican War, or Mexican-American War, which began in 1846 and ended in 1848, and which began as a result of the annexation of Texas by the United States, did see many Adair Countians serve in Mexico. A long list of Adair Countians who fought in the Mexican War is included in A History of Adair County and several names have been found since that was printed. The following is one entry that I have compiled for the upcoming volume on Adair County's Veterans: Sexton, John Wesley "Wes", Private, Company B, 4th KY Foot Volunteers; died 30 December 1912 at his home, near Gradyville, Adair County, age 84, buried in family cemetery; Presbyterian minister... This story was posted on 2011-11-15 14:57:01
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