Samuel Houston
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: Abt 1745
Christening:
Death: 1807
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Robert Houston (Abt 1720- )
Mother: Margaret (Or Mary) Davidson ( - )
Spouses and Children
1. *Elizabeth Paxton (1765 - Aug 1831)
Marriage: 1783
Children:
1. Paxton Houston (Bef 1790- )
2. Robert Houston (Bef 1791- )
3. James Houston (Bef 1792- )
4. John Houston (Bef 1793- )
5. Sam Houston Jr., General (1793-1863)
6. William Houston (After 1793- )
7. Isabella Houston (After 1794- )
8. Mary Houston (After 1795- )
9. Eliza Houston (After 1796- )
Notes
General:
Source: Sam Houston Memorial Museum http://www.shsu.edu/~smm_www/Genealogy/
While absent from home on an inspection tour, Samuel Houston died at Dennis Callighan's, a friendly tavern house on the New Road to Kentucky. He was buried in the High Bridge Church yard near the elaborate mansion of cousin Matthew Houston. After his death, Elizabeth moved her family to Tennessee in the spring of 1807. Samuel was a captain in Morgan's Rifle Brigade, Continental Army, Virginia. Continued in service after the war as Brigadier Inspector in Virginia militia and advanced to rank of Major. They lived on Timber Ridge plantation, Rockbridge Co., Virginia, until the death of Samuel. Samuel married 1783 to Elizabeth Paxton (daughter of John Paxton of Rockbridge Co., Virginia). She was born 1765 and died August 1831. They had 9 children.