Matthew Houston

1728 - 1803  (75 years)

• Name	Matthew Houston  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
  Birth	1728	Antrim, Northern Ireland
  Gender	Male
  Relocated	1730	Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA   [5, 8]
  Relocated	1747	Augusta County, Virginia, USA   [1]
  Relocated	1790	Blount County, Tennessee, USA   [4]
  Death	1803	Blount County, Tennessee, USA
  Person ID	I5678	MontyHistNotes_III | John Montgomery_Esther Houston
  Last Modified	4 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	John Houston, Sr,   b. 1690, Antrim, Northern Ireland d. 15 May 1755, New Providence, Augusta, Virginia, USA (Age 65 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Margaret Mary Cunningham,   b. 1690, Antrim, Northern Ireland d. 1754, Timber Ridge, Augusta, Virginia, USA (Age 64 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	1717	Antrim, Northern Ireland   [1]
  Family ID	F3494	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Martha Lyle,   b. 1740
  Marriage	1758	Augusta County, Virginia, USA
  Family ID	F3509	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	4 Jul 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1728 - Antrim, Northern Ireland Relocated - 1730 - Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA Relocated - 1747 - Augusta County, Virginia, USA Marriage - 1758 - Augusta County, Virginia, USA Relocated - 1790 - Blount County, Tennessee, USA Death - 1803 - Blount County, Tennessee, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Folios

  John and Esther Houston Montgomery, 1719-1973 Chapter 01 Pages 021-023 Houston Ancestry Anderson, Beulah Henry, Maryville, Blount, Tennessee, USA, Brazos Printing Company, 1974

  
  

• Sources

  [S774] Settlers of Virginia, http://www.werelate.org/wiki/Early_Settlers_of_Augusta_County%2C_Virginia_-_Surnames_K-O. [S767] Hoffman, Susan Vaughan Montgomery, http://johnmontgomeryancestry.com/_HoustonInfo, (Name: Location: Madison, Alabama; Date: 2009;;), Website posted by Susan Vaughan Montgomery Hoffman and other familycollaborators, including Russ Montgomery, about the history of John Montgomery and Margaret Alexander Montgomery as it relates to John Montgomery and Esther Houston of Virginia. Appendix section covering John Houston information [S37] Egle, William Henry, Egle's Notes and Queries of Pennsylvania, 1700s-1800s, (Name: Date: 1896-1900;;), Annual Volume 1899, Notes and Queries - IX, Page 38. [S642] Armstrong, Zella, Notable Southern Families, (Name: Lookout Publishing Company; Location: Chattagnooga, Tennessee, USA; Date: 1922;), Volume II, Pages 179-198 Houston. Available on Genealogical.com Disk GPC 7191 Montgomery Section Volume II Pages 241-252 Also available on ancestry.com also outlined: http://www.palmspringsbum.org/genealogy/showsource.php?sourceID=S484&tree=Legends Notable_Southern_Families.pdf [S768] Anderson, Beulah Henry, John and Esther Montgomery, 1719-1973, (Name: Brazos Printing Company; Location: Maryville, Blount, Tennessee, USA; Date: 1974;), Chapter 01 Pages 21-23 Houston Ancestry. [S1591] Houston, Rev Samuel Rutherford, Brief Biographical Accounts of Many Members of the Houston Family, (Name: Elm Street Printing Company; Location: Cincinnatti, Ohio, USA; Date: 1882;), Chapter I Pages 007-008 https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/11874/?f-F00032DB=7. Brief Biographical Accounts of Many Members of the Houston Family Book found at Ancestry.com https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/11874/ https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/11874/?f-F00032DB=7 [S1591] Houston, Rev Samuel Rutherford, Brief Biographical Accounts of Many Members of the Houston Family, (Name: Elm Street Printing Company; Location: Cincinnatti, Ohio, USA; Date: 1882;), Chapter III John Houston Pages 014-021 https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/11874/?f-F00032DB=14. Brief Biographical Accounts of Many Members of the Houston Family Book found at Ancestry.com https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/11874/ https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/11874/?f-F00032DB=14 [S575] Ancestry.com, U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;), SAR Membership Number: 56342. Record for Charles Bolivar Leech Jr Ancestor Rev Samuel Houston Volume: 282 http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=SARMemberApps&h=1195288&indiv=try