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Sam Houston Birthplace Marker in Rockbridge County, Virginia. Samuel Houston was born in Rockbridge County, Virginia on March 2, 1793, to Samuel Houston and Elizabeth ...
Sam Houston was born into a slaveholding family in Virginia. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] His father, Samuel Davidson Houston, an American Revolutionary War veteran, died in 1806 when Houston was eleven. When he was thirteen, his mother Elizabeth Blair Paxton (1757–1831) moved the family of nine children to the wilderness of Blount County, Tennessee .
Samuel Houston Jr. (May 25, 1843–1894) was the oldest of eight children born to President of the Republic of Texas, Sam Houston, and First Lady Margaret Lea Houston, and was the only of the children born in the Republic of Texas, before its December 29, 1845 annexation to the United States.
The couple's first child Sam Houston Jr. was born in the new house on May 25, 1843. [38] Upon learning of her son Martin's death in a duel, Nancy moved in with the Houstons, helping Margaret with the new baby, and over Houston's objections, pitching in with some financial assistance for food and household necessities. [39]
Eliza (née Allen) Houston Douglass [a] (December 2, 1809 – March 3, 1861) was the first wife of Sam Houston. Their marriage, over after just eleven weeks, ended Houston's career as governor of Tennessee. Houston resigned and went to the home of his foster father John Jolly, a leader of the Cherokee people.
Sam Houston was born in Virginia. [1] [2] His father Samuel Davidson Houston, an American Revolutionary War veteran, died in 1806, when Houston was eleven. Two years later, his mother Elizabeth Blair Paxton Houston (1757–1831) moved the family of nine children to the wilderness of Blount County, Tennessee. [1]
Margaret Mary Cunningham (1694–1754), both born in Ireland and died in Virginia James Houston, died in Ireland; Robert H. Houston (1720–1760), born in Ireland, died in Virginia m.Margaret Dunlap Davidson (b. 1720) John Houston m. Anna Logan; Samuel Davidson Houston (1745–1807) m. Elizabeth Blair Paxton (1757–1831) Paxton Houston; Robert ...
When the small party of survivors arrived in Gonzales on March 13, they found Sam Houston, the commander of all Texian forces, waiting there with about 400 men. [22] [23] After Susanna and Joe related the details of the battle and the strength of Santa Anna's army, Houston advised all civilians to evacuate [22] and then ordered the army to ...