J. W. C. Houston

Birth Date

1813-10-15

Death Date

1900-03-21

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Union County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Ann W. Houston. Father of Sam B. Houston and Tom G. Houston. Married to Mary P. Houston. Owned six enslaved persons in Union County in 1850. Farmer in Union County in 1860. Owned nine enslaved persons in Union County in 1860.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Union, p. 367.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Union, p. 16.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Union, p. 64.
Find A Grave, "J. W. C. Houston (October 15, 1813-March 21, 1900)," Memorial #106305932, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/106305932 (accessed May 9, 2018).

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