Andrew Lewallen
Andrew Leutian Lewallen (Oct. 7, 1793 – Nov. 30, 1873) was a farmer in southern Scott County during the county’s earliest days. He was a veteran of the War of 1812 who fought with Gen. Andrew Jackson at the Battle of New Orleans.
Biography
Born Oct. 7, 1793 in Wake County, N.C., Andrew Lewallen was the son of Anderson Grant Lewallen (1764-1829) and Lucy Rice (1766-1832). He had at least seven brothers and sisters, and perhaps as many as 15. One of his brothers, John Lewallen, was the first sheriff of Scott County. Other siblings included Wiley, Thomas, Alexander, Mary “Polly”, Joel, and William.
The Lewallen family moved from North Carolina to present-day Scott County sometime in the early 1800s. The exact date of their move isn’t known, but it was likely prior to the War of 1812.
Lewallen’s nickname was “Shade”, but he was not the same Shade Lewallen who cast Scott County’s only vote for Abraham Lincoln in the 1860 election. That Shade Lewallen was a bit younger and lived in Huntsville.
Lewallen married Malinda Davis in Kingston, Tenn. in October 1814.
War of 1812
Lewallen enlisted in the U.S. Army and served in Company 5 of the East Tennessee Volunteers. He was 19 when the Battle of New Orleans was fought on Jan. 8, 1815. He served under the command of Gen. Andrew Jackson.
Post-War Life
Lewallen returned to Scott County after the war. He and Malinda lived along what is now Nydeck Road in Glenmary, a main road to James town at the time, and raised six children. Elizabeth, the oldest was born in 1818. She was followed by Herod in 1820, Nancy Malinda in 1821, Rhoda Ann in 1825, Andrew Russell in 1829 and Walter in 1831.
Lewallen was a major landowner in southern Scott County. He received 160 acres of bounty land in 1855. He also served as a Methodist minister.
All three of the Lewallen girls married brothers from the Young family that lived at Glenmary. Nancy married Solomon Young, while Elizabeth married Matthew Young. When she died in 1845, Matthew remarried to Rhoda Ann. Solomon and Matthew and all their wives are buried at Campground Cemetery near Coal Hill. The Young brothers were the sons of John Andrew Young Sr. and Mary “Polly” Smith.
Death
Andrew Lewallen died on Nov. 30, 1873, at age 80. He is buried at Carpenter Cemetery in the Nydeck community of Morgan County. His wife was buried there in 1876.