Episode 2 – The Swearingen Family Legacy, the Murder of Carter Flowers, and the Graphic Novels of Jack Jackson: A Conversation with Jessamin Swearingen

Today's guest is Jessamin Swearingen. Through her fourth great-grandfather, A. L. Brock, and the Swearingen family, her roots reach back to the foundational beginnings of Lockhart. Nearly 180 years after her ancestors first settled here, Jessamin became the first Swearingen in that direct line to be born outside of Texas. I was connected with Jessamin through her cousin, Philip Norman, who told me she had been researching her family's history with the goal of turning it into a graphic novel. That research became the starting point for our conversation. As a quick note, you’re gonna hear us mention Jack Jackson several times throughout this episode. Jackson was a Texas-born illustrator, historian, and pioneer of the underground comix movement. He created books such as Los Tejanos, Lost Cause, Commanche Moon, and The Alamo: An Epic Told from Both Sides. And you should check him out.