Ancestry of
Sam Houston

1st President of the Republic of Texas

Samuel Houston

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• • Father of Sam Houston — 2nd Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 2 
  • Father:
  • Robert Houston 
  • Mother:
  • Mary Davidson   
  • Birth Date:
  • ABT 1745 
  • Birth Location:
  • Augusta County, Virginia 
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  • Death Date:
  • ABT 1807 
  • Death Location:
  • Bath County, Virginia 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Elizabeth "Betsy" Paxton
  • Marriage Date:
  • AFT 12 Feb 1781 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Bordens Tract, Rockbridge Co., Virginia 
  • Child:

  Samuel "Sam" Houston (Ahnentafel No:1 )

• Sources for Samuel Houston

  • ¹ Daughters of the American Revolution Genealogical Research System, Ancestor #A057771.
  • ² History of Clay and Platte Counties, Missouri: Written and Compiled from the Most Authentic Official and . . ., St. Louis: National Historical Company (1885), 963.
  • ³ Armstrong, Zella, comp., Notable Southern Families: Volume 2, Chattanooga, Tennessee: The Lookout Publishing Company (1922), 181-182.
  • ⁴ Dorman, John Frederick, ed., The Virginia Genealogist, 1978, Vol. 22, p. 90, Marriage bond for Samuel Houston and Elizabeth Paxton.
  • ⁵ Green, Thomas Marshall, Historic Families of Kentucky, Cincinnati: Robert Clarke and Co. (1889), 108.
  • ⁶ Paxton, William McClung, The Marshall Family: Or A Genealogical Chart of the Descendants of John Marshall and Elizabeth Markham . . ., Cincinnati: Robert Clarke and Co. (1885), 158.
  • ⁷ Paxton, William McClung, The Paxtons: Their Origin in Scotland and Their Migrations Through England and Ireland, to the Colony of . . ., Platte City, Missouri: Landmark Print (1903), 45, 124-125.
  • ⁸ Wikipedia, "Sam Houston", (accessed 05/26/2015).