Person:Martha Houston (7)

Name	Martha G.'Patsy' Houston
Alt Name	Patsy Houston
Gender	Female
Birth^[1]	28 Jul 1783	Rockbridge County, Virginia
Marriage	7 Feb 1799	Blount County, Tennesseeto John Gillespie
Death^[1]	11 Jul 1805	Blount County, Tennessee

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Smoky Mountain Houston Tapestry

The Tapestry
Families	Old Chester	Old Augusta	Germanna
New River	SWVP	Cumberland	Carolina Cradle
The Smokies

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Sources

http://search.ancestry.com/Browse/BookView.aspx?dbid=11874&iid=dvm_GenMono001305-00109-1 [Houston, 1882]

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General_Sam_Houston_Lineage#Samuel

Transcript:Houston Marriage Records, Blount County TN, 1796-1859

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Notes

Some confusion exists over the identities of Martha's parents, as well as her husband. Source:Houston:1882 gives her father as James Houston, but tells us that he had two wives (Esther Houston, and second Mary Gillespie). Marriage records for Blount County indicate that James married Mary Gillespie in 1796. Martha (Patsy) married John Gillespie in 1799, and so could not be the daughter of James by Mary Gillespie.

These marriage records also give a Patsy Houston as marring WIlliam Woods in 1826. Houston, 1882:213 identifies "Patsy G." as the daughter of James Houston and Mary Gillespie. If in fact James had two separate daughters named Martha, perhaps the "G." was added to distinguish one from the other. The "G." presumably stands for "Gillespie". More likely, this is a different Martha Houston, and not the daughter of James and Mary.

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