Samuel Rutherford "Sam" Houston

1793 - 1863  (70 years)  Submit Photo / Document    Has more than 100 ancestors and 8 descendants in this family tree.

• Name	Samuel Rutherford Houston
  Nickname	Sam
  Birth	2 Mar 1793	Timber Ridge, Rockbridge, Virginia, United States
  Gender	Male
  Death	26 Jul 1863	Huntsville, Walker, Texas, United States
  Burial	27 Jul 1863	Oakwood Cemetery, Huntsville, Walker, Texas, United States
  Initiatory (LDS)	23 Sep 1896	SLAKE
  FamilySearch ID	LZL5-2GS
  Person ID	I95398	mytree
  Last Modified	25 Feb 2024

  
  

  Father	Major Samuel Houston,   b. 12 Feb 1745, Rockbridge, Virginia, United States d. 22 Sep 1806, Bath, Virginia, United States (Age 61 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Paxton,   b. Abt 1757, Rockbridge, Virginia, United States d. Aug 1831, Maryville, Blount, Tennessee, United States (Age 74 years)
  Marriage	12 Feb 1781	Rockbridge, Virginia, United States
  Family ID	F30781	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Eliza H Allen,   b. 2 Dec 1809, Gallatin, Sumner, Tennessee, United States d. 3 Mar 1862, Gallatin, Sumner, Tennessee, United States (Age 52 years)
  Marriage	22 Jan 1827	Allen Plantation, Gallatin, Sumner, Tennessee, United States
  Divorce	Yes, date unknown
  Divorced	1837
  Family ID	F30783	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	12 Jan 2025

  
  

  Family 2	Talahina "Tiana" Rogers,   b. 1799, Hiwassee Island, Meigs, Tennessee, United States d. 1838, Wilson Rock, Sequoyah, Oklahoma, United States (Age 39 years)
  Marriage	May 1830	Neosho River, Tennessee, United States
  Family ID	F30784	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	12 Jan 2025

  
  

  Family 3	Margaret Moffette Lea,   b. 11 Apr 1819, Marion, Perry, Alabama, United States d. 3 Dec 1867, Independence, Washington, Texas, United States (Age 48 years)
  Marriage	9 May 1840	Marion, Perry, Alabama, United States
  Children	1. Samuel Lea Houston,   b. 25 May 1843, Washington-on-the-Brazos, Washington, Texas, United States d. 20 May 1894, Independence, Washington, Texas, United States (Age 50 years)   2. Nancy Elizabeth Houston,   b. 6 Sep 1846, Huntsville, Walker, Texas, United States d. 19 May 1920, Georgetown, Williamson, Texas, United States (Age 73 years)   3. Margaret Lea Houston,   b. 13 Apr 1848, Huntsville, Walker, Texas, United States d. 12 Mar 1908, Houston, Harris, Texas, United States (Age 59 years)   4. Mary Willie Houston,   b. 9 Apr 1850, Huntsville, Walker, Texas, United States d. 14 Dec 1931, Texas, United States (Age 81 years)   5. Antoinette Power Houston,   b. 20 Jan 1852, Huntsville, Walker, Texas, United States d. 5 Dec 1932, San Antonio, Bexar, Texas, United States (Age 80 years)   6. Andrew Jackson Houston,   b. 21 Jun 1854, Travis, Texas, United States d. 26 Jun 1941, Maryland, United States (Age 87 years)   7. William Roger Houston,   b. 25 May 1858, Huntsville, Walker, Texas, United States d. 8 Mar 1920, Hugo, Choctaw, Oklahoma, United States (Age 61 years)   8. Temple Lea Houston,   b. 12 Aug 1860, Huntsville, Walker, Texas, United States d. 15 Aug 1905, Woodward, Oklahoma, United States (Age 45 years)
  Family ID	F30785	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	12 Jan 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 2 Mar 1793 - Timber Ridge, Rockbridge, Virginia, United States Marriage - 22 Jan 1827 - Allen Plantation, Gallatin, Sumner, Tennessee, United States Marriage - May 1830 - Neosho River, Tennessee, United States Marriage - 9 May 1840 - Marion, Perry, Alabama, United States Death - 26 Jul 1863 - Huntsville, Walker, Texas, United States Burial - 27 Jul 1863 - Oakwood Cemetery, Huntsville, Walker, Texas, United States Initiatory (LDS) - 23 Sep 1896 - SLAKE  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos		Houston, Sam b1793 - Portrait
  		Houston, Sam b1793 - Portrait

  
  

• Notes

  Samuel "Sam" Houston (March 2, 1793 – July 26, 1863) was an American pol i tician and soldier, best known for his role in bringing Texas into th e Un ited States as a constituent state. Houston was born at Timber Ridge Plantation in Rockbridge County of Virg i nia, of Scots-Irish descent. Houston became a key figure in the histor y o f Texas and was elected as the first and third President of the Repub li c of Texas, U.S. Senator for Texas after it joined the United States , an d finally as a governor of the state. He refused to swear loyalty t o th e Confederacy when Texas seceded from the Union in 1861 with the out brea k of the American Civil War, and was removed from office. To avoid b loods hed, he refused an offer of a Union army to put down the Confederat e rebe llion. Instead, he retired to Huntsville, Texas, where he died bef ore th e end of the American Civil War. His earlier life included migration to Tennessee from Virginia, time spe n t with the Cherokee Nation (into which he later was adopted as a citiz e n and into which he married), military service in the War of 1812, an d su ccessful participation in Tennessee politics. In 1827, Houston was e lecte d Governor of Tennessee as a Jacksonian. In 1829, Houston resigne d as gov ernor and relocated to Arkansas Territory. In 1832, Houston wa s involve d in an altercation with a U.S. Congressman, followed by a high -profile t rial. Shortly afterwards, he relocated to Coahuila y Tejas, then a Mexican sta t e, and became a leader of the Texas Revolution.[6] Sam Houston support e d annexation by the United States.[7] When he assumed the governorshi p o f Texas in 1859, Houston became the only person to have become the go vern or of two different U.S. states through direct, popular election, a s wel l as the only state governor to have been a foreign head of state. Namesake of the city which, since the 1980s, has become the fourth large s t city in the U.S., Houston's reputation was sufficiently large that h e w as honored in numerous ways after his death, among them: a memorial m useu m, four U.S. warships named USS Houston (AK-1, CA-30, CL-81, and SSN -713) , a U.S. Army base, a national forest, a historical park, a univers ity, a nd a prominent roadside statue outside of Huntsville.