General Samuel Houston
1793 - 1863 (70 years)-
Name Samuel Houston [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] Title General Birth 2 Mar 1793 Augusta County, Virginia, USA 
[2, 4] - Timber Ridge
Gender Male Fact 1 Famous General in Texas History [4] Relocated 1807 Blount County, Tennessee, USA [2] From Virginia Residence Between 1809 and 1811 Tennessee, USA [2] Living with Cherokee Indians Military 26 Mar 1814 Tallapoosa, Alabama, USA [2] Battle of Horseshoe Bend with Andrew Jackson Occupation 1818 Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, USA [2] Attorney General Occupation Between 1823 and 1826 Tennessee, USA [2] US House of Representatives Occupation Between 1827 and 1829 Tennessee, USA [2] Governor of Tennessee Occupation Between 1836 and 1838 Houston, Harris, Texas, USA [2] President of Texas Occupation Between 1841 and 1844 Texas, USA [2] President of Texas Occupation Between 1846 and 1859 Texas, USA [2] U S Senator Occupation Between 1859 and 1861 Texas, USA [2] Governor of Texas Burial 1863 Huntsville, Walker, Texas, USA - Oakwood Cemetery
Death 26 Jul 1863 Huntsville, Walker, Texas, USA [2] Person ID I6552 MontyHistNotes_III | John Montgomery_Esther Houston Last Modified 4 Jul 2025
Father Reverend Samuel Houston, b. 1 Jan 1745, Rockbridge County, Virginia, USA d. 22 Sep 1806, Rockbridge County, Virginia, USA (Age 61 years) Relationship natural Mother Elizabeth Paxton, b. 1757, Rockbridge County, Virginia, USA d. 8 Sep 1831, Maryville, Blount, Tennessee, USA (Age 74 years) Relationship natural Marriage 12 Feb 1781 Augusta County, Virginia, USA - Timber Ridge
Family ID F3890 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Eliza Allen, b. Abt 1795, Gallatin, Kentucky, USA Marriage 22 Jan 1829 Tennessee, USA [2] Divorce 1837 Texas, USA [2] Family ID F3895 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 4 Jul 2025
Family 2 Diana Rogers Gentry, b. Abt 1794 Marriage Abt 1830 [2] - Marriage by Indians
Family ID F3896 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 4 Jul 2025
Family 3 Margaret Moffette Lea, b. Marion County, Alabama, USA Marriage 9 May 1840 Texas, USA [2] Family ID F3897 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 4 Jul 2025
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Event Map 
Birth - 2 Mar 1793 - Augusta County, Virginia, USA 
Relocated - From Virginia - 1807 - Blount County, Tennessee, USA 
Residence - Living with Cherokee Indians - Between 1809 and 1811 - Tennessee, USA 
Military - Battle of Horseshoe Bend with Andrew Jackson - 26 Mar 1814 - Tallapoosa, Alabama, USA 
Occupation - Attorney General - 1818 - Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, USA Occupation - US House of Representatives - Between 1823 and 1826 - Tennessee, USA Occupation - Governor of Tennessee - Between 1827 and 1829 - Tennessee, USA Marriage - 22 Jan 1829 - Tennessee, USA 
Occupation - President of Texas - Between 1836 and 1838 - Houston, Harris, Texas, USA 
Divorce - 1837 - Texas, USA Marriage - 9 May 1840 - Texas, USA Occupation - President of Texas - Between 1841 and 1844 - Texas, USA Occupation - U S Senator - Between 1846 and 1859 - Texas, USA Occupation - Governor of Texas - Between 1859 and 1861 - Texas, USA 
Burial - 1863 - Huntsville, Walker, Texas, USA Death - 26 Jul 1863 - Huntsville, Walker, Texas, USA = Link to Google Earth
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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
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Sources - [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 - [S977] Montgomery, Robin Navarro, HandbookOfTexas_SamuelHouston, (Name: Name: Handbook of Texas; Location:http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/HH/fho73.html;;), http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/hh/fho73.html Refers to "History of Montgomery County" by Robin Navarro Montgomery Biographical informaton on Samuel Houston.
- [S871] Ray, Worth S, Tennessee Cousins, (Name: Name: Genealogical Publishing Company; Location: Baltimore, MD; Date:1950;;), Historical data on early Tennessee, LCN 68-24685 ISBN 0-8068-0289-5.
- [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.
- [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.
- [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.