Andrew Jackson Stedman (1828–1884) was an American journalist, lawyer, and horticulturalist who established the apple industry in Patrick County, Virginia. He was born in Gatesville, North Carolina, the son of a wealthy planter and slaveowner who served five terms in the North Carolina House of Commons. He founded a literary magazine, a weekly newspaper and the first newspaper ever published in Patrick County, Virginia. He was also an ordained Baptist minister and accomplished horticulturist, establishing the apple industry in Patrick County, Virginia.