Sally Scull

At sixteen she married Jesse Robinson, twice her age and a veteran of the first ranger company; he divorced her in 1843, and eleven days later she married George H. Scull. John Doyle, the third, disappeared. She divorced Isaiah Wadkins in 1858 and by 1860 had married Christoff Horsdorff, eighteen years her junior. John S. Ford later wrote that he saw her shoot a man at Corpus Christi in 1852. The last record of her is a Goliad perjury indictment of May 1866, ending in acquittal, and how she died is unknown.

What the plaque says

Sally Scull Women rancher, horse trader, champion "cusser." Ranched NW of here. In Civil War Texas, Sally Scull (or Skull) freight wagons took cotton to Mexico to swap for guns, ammunition, medicines, coffee, shoes, clothing and other goods vital to the confederacy. Dressed in trousers, Mrs. Scull bossed armed employees; was sure shot with the rifle carried on her saddle or the two pistols strapped to her waist. Of good family, she had children cared for in New Orleans school. Often visited them. Loved dancing. Yet during the war, did extremely hazardous "Man's Work". (1964)

Where it stands

More markers nearby

• Refugio County Courthouses — steps away
• Refugio County — steps away
• Empresario James Power — steps away
• Irish Immigrants in Refugio — steps away