Sally Scull

Sally Skull (born Sarah Jane Newman, – 1866) was the daughter of Rachel Rabb Newman and Joseph Newman, and arrived in Spanish Texas with the first settlers in Stephen F. Austin's colony in the early 1820s. She gained notoriety for her prowess in husbandry, skill in horse trading, marksmanship with the two pistols she carried, commanding language, and for transporting cotton and essential goods for the Confederacy. Skull owned and operated a successful horse ranch, where she employed ethnically Mexican men as ranch hands and teamsters for her caravan and horse wrangling ventures to South Texas and Northern Mexico, Skull was also reported to speak Spanish as well as a native speaker. Skull's livelihood took her well outside of typically female occupations for the time, which was considered "man's work". under Captain Zumwalt.

Skull and Robinson were married from 1833 to 1847, which ended in divorce. The pair had two children together, Nancy (Robinson) Barber and Alfred Robinson Nancy was born January 10, 1824, and married Ben Barber, they had two children. Alfred was a Texas Ranger who was in active service during the American Civil War, he married Sarah Ann Latham and the pair had six children together.