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James Houston
From: TNGENWEB

James Houston James Houston, Blount County, Tennessee, Private, Virginia Militia, $40.00 Annual Allowance $120.00 Amount Received January 10 1833 Pension Started Age 71 (1835 TN Pension Roll) See James Houston of King's Mountain.:
ENSIGN JAMES HOUSTON, born 12 Nov 12 1757, Augusta County, Virginia, applied for his revolutionary pension on 10 Aug 1832, a resident of Blount County, Tennessee. He was born 12 Nov. 12, 1757, in Augusta County, Virginia. He enlisted in the spring of 1776 under Capt. William Buchanan and then resided in Augusta County. He served in the battle of Long Island and in the Chickamauga Expedition under Col. Shelby. He volunteered again under Capt. Nathaniel Henderson and was in the battle of King's Mountain. He moved in 1782 from Washington County, Va., to Greene County, North Carolina, now Tennessee, and is on the 1783 Greene County Tax List. He again moved about 1792 to what is now Blount County, Tennessee. He was a member of the Convention of 1796 from Blount County, and was also a member of the First General Assembly of Tennessee. He was an Ensign in the battle of King's Mountain as he was promoted to that office at the death of Lieut. Edmundson. (Rev War Pension File) Ensign James Blount, Virginia Militia, $102.66 Annual Allowance $307.98 Amount Received January 14 1833 Pension Started Age 77 (1835 TN Pension Roll, Blount County)

From Goodspeed

As an educational center Maryville has long been prominent. In 1806 the Legislature, under the act establishing county academies, appointed Gideon BLACKBURN, John MONTGOMERY, John LOWRY (merchant), Joseph B. LAPSLEY and Andrew KENNEDY trustees for Porter Academy in Blount County, to whom were afterward added James GILLESPIE, JR., John LOWRY (attorney), James HOUSTON, Sr., Alexander McGHEE, James TURK and Thomas HENDERSON. In 1813 provision was made for a female department, and a separate board of trustees were appointed for it. The first schools in Maryville were taught in a log building, standing near the Spring in the western part of town. Among the teachers were P. SMITH and Rev. Mr. MOORE, a Methodist minister. About 1819 or 1820 a log building, which was afterward weather-boarded, was erected on a lot in front of the present college grounds. It was occupied by the academy for many years. Since the war the institution has been removed to a place near the old Logan Chapel campground, about seven miles north-east of Maryville.

From Goodspeed

James Houston Clerk of Court 1796-1818
James Houston Clerk of Circuit Court 1862-1864


JOhn HOuston
From: TNGENWEB

John Houston Private, Virginia Militia, $23.55 Annual Allowance $70.65 Amount Received February 25 1833 Pension Started Age 71 (1835 TN Pension Roll)



Robert Houston
From Goodspeed

The circuit court for Blount County was organized February 5, 1810, by James TRIMBLE, who appointed Robert HOUSTON clerk. The chancery court was not organized until February 14, 1853, the business of this court having previously been transacted at Madisonville.
Robert Houston Clerk of Circuit Court 1810-1814

Samuel Houston
From Goodspeed

From Goodspeed The raising of cotton being an important industry in the early history of the county, a large number of cotton-gins were erected. Those in operation in 1802 were owned by Thomas BERRY, James SCOTT, Samuel HOUSTON, William STANFIELD, William LOWRY and Patrick COLLINS.


Among other early settlers of Maryville were Samuel LOVE, a hatter and hotel-keeper; James TURK, a saddler; Samuel HOUSTON, a blacksmith;_CALDWELL, a tailor; Alexander McGHEE and Edward GAUNT, physicians; Jesse WALLACE and James GARNER, hotel keepers; John WOODS and John MONTGOMERY, milers; and Gideon BLACKBURN, minister.


From Houston L archives

Archiver > HOUSTON > 2007-08 > 1187803815


You are correct. It is Eizabeth. i rote without looking up and thinking. There were 

    2daughters from this marriage that married into the Tunnell famiy. Anne Elizbeth
    Tunnell married Francis Asbury Tunell (My family) and Catherine Mary Houston married
    Francis' brother James Monroe Tunnell. The following is what I have on Samuel
    Houston and Elizabeth Rhea.
    Elizabeth RHEA and Samuel HOUSTON Sr. were married on 1 Jan 1811 in Blount Co., TN.
    Samuel HOUSTON Sr.e was a blacksmith, and died and is buried in Ray Co., MO.
    They had the following children:
    James Turke HOUSTON was born about 1810 in Maryville, Blount Co. TN. William Francis
    HOUSTON was born about 1812 in Maryville, Blount Co. TN.
    Samuel HOUSTON Jr. was born about 1814 in Maryville, Blount Co. TN.
    Benjamin Franklin HOUSTON was born about 1816 in Maryville, Blount Co. TN.
    Sarah A. HOUSTON was born about 1822 in Roane Co., TN.
    Catherine M. HOUSTON was born about 1824 in Roane Co., TN.
    Huldah Cusick HOUSTON was born about 1826 in Roane Co., TN.
    Elvira Mason HOUSTON was born about 1828 in Roane Co., TN.
    Margaret Augusta HOUSTON was born about 1828 in Roane Co., TN.
    Robert Burns HOUSTON was born about 1830 in Lafayete Co. MO.
    Martha Willis HOUSTON.
    Ann Elizabeth HOUSTON was born about 1832 in Roane Co., TN.
    Clementine HOUSTON was born about 1834 in Roane Co., TN.
    From Jean Haar
    I descend from Ann Elizabeth's sister Catherine m James Tunnell, and have vast
    amounts on all these families. Several years ago,a cousin and I made w two month
    trip covering courthouses in MD, VA, and TN and MO, so most of my material is well
    documented, plus being in MO every two years to visit relatives.
    While I haven't given up , Samuel Houston was born in VA 1785-1787 (tombstone and
    census). He settled in TN as a young man, and set up his blacksmith shop in
    Maryville, Blount County. He was one of the early 30 settlers - several named
    Samuel ! His marriage to Elizabeeth Rhea doesn't show up in the County
    records,although her family was very active in the church, and one source gave a
    date 7 Mar 18111 om Blount Co, although the license could have been obtained from an
    adjoining county.

 Home Searches Family Trees Mailing Lists Message Boards Web Sites Passwords Help http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/HOUSTON/2007-08/1187803815 2/16/2014 DISCOVER MORE > RootsWeb: HOUSTON-L Re: [HOUSTON] Houstons Page 2 of 5 History of Blount County TN by Inez Burns, states that our Samuel was a cousin of the General, but I have never been able to prove this, although the Rev. Samuel Houston made a lengthy family record,there was no trace of ours. Notaable Southern Families have a number of errors, so double check anything you get from there. Married Samuel Houston (e1786) during 1811. he was also a blacksmith and a farmer. Some sources list him as a minister. Six children born at Marysville, TN; six in Roane Co, TN and last in Lafayette Co, MO. Moved to Ray Co, MO in 1834, according to Jean Haar, Arcadia CA. Thirteen ch - James T, William F, Benjamin F, Samuel, Ann E, Margaret, Catherine M, Sarah A, Martha W, Hulda C, Elvira M, Clementine. Robert Burns (1835). Jean Haar is a descendant of Elizabeth. (Some info originated with Lucille Adams). Found in 1830 in Roane Co, TN CENSUS PAGE 46 Found in 1840 Ray Co, MO Found in 1860 Ray Co., MO under the name Huston. Found in Ray Co., Mo 1850 Census Listed on the 1850 Ray Co., Slave Census as owning 6 slaves. Samuel 67 VA Farmer Elizabeth 54 TN James T 37 TN Blacksmith William 28 TN Farmer Samuel 21 TN Farmer Benjamin 17 TN Farmer Clementine 16 TN Robert 14 MO Samuel 7 NO Margaret Matlock 39 TN James 15 MO Farmer Name: Sam'l Houston Death Date: 24 Jan 1863 Age: 77 yr. Cemetery Records of Ray County, Missouri, Volume II I also found this obituary that is of the granddaughter of Samuel and Elizabeth, through son William Francis Houston. MRS. SARAH HOUSTON CARR Widow of Polo, Mo, Physician Was 86 Years Old. Mrs. Sarah Houston CARR, 86 years old, Polo, Mo., widow of Dr. Benjamin F. CARR, who practiced medicine for fifty-five years in Polo, Mo., prior to his death in 1933, died Saturday night at Trinity Lutheran hospital. She had been ill since suffering a fracture of the left hip in a fall Friday at her home. Mrs. Carr, a second cousin of General Sam HOUSTON, was born and reared in Polo. she was a daughter of William and Nancy HOUSTON, early-day settlers in Caldwell County, Missouri. Active in civic affairs, she was a charter member of the Polo Methodist church and the Polo chapter of the Order of Eastern Star. She leaves a daughter, Miss Frances CARR, Trenton, N.J.,; a son, John H. CARR, Lenexa, Kas., and a brother, Robert W. HOUSTON, and a sister Mrs. Frances HOPKINS, both of the home in Polo. A son, Dr. William Austin CARR, physician of Merriam, Kas., died last January. Funeral services will be held at 2:30 o'clock Tuesday at the Polo Methodist church; burial in Kingston, Mo. I do not know if there are any Houston male descendants in this line in the DNA project or not, but I am hoping that there are. I would love to hear from anyne on the list who may be related to this line of Houstons or has info about them. I will also chek out your leads. Meredith Kincaid

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