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James “Jamey” Houston

Birth: 7 Oct 1775
Iredell County, North Carolina, USA
Death: 26 May 1840 (aged 64)
Lewisburg, Marshall County, Tennessee, USA
Burial: Houston Cemetery

Marshall County, Tennessee, USA Add to Map
Memorial ID: 6780324 View Source

James Houston was born and raised on his father's farm near what is now Houstonville in Iredell County, North Carolina. He ran a farm and mill on Hunting Creek until about 1810 but left North Carolina and settled near Lewisburg, Tennessee where he carved a new farm out of wilderness. He wrote several letters back home which persuaded his father, Christopher Houston, to leave his large estate and make a new place on a portion of James' land in 1815. After his father's death, James was traveling on horseback to settle the estate when he was caught in a storm. He was unable to find shelter to get dry. He made it home but caught pneumonia and died several days later.

The Houston Cemetery is on James' farm which is still an active farm today.

Husband of Patience Bills -m- 12 September 1797

Father of:
Alfred Moore Houston
Eliza Marshall "Betsy" Houston McConnell
Cynthia Hartshorn Houston Wilkes
Christopher Columbus Houston
Benjamin Franklin Houston
Jonathan Milton Houston
Sally Martha Houston Hill
Lillias Louisa Houston Hague
Joel Houston
Samuel Patton Houston
Marinda Caroline Houston Perkins
James Bills Houston
Patience Olivia Bills Houston Orr

James Houston was born and raised on his father's farm near what is now Houstonville in Iredell County, North Carolina. He ran a farm and mill on Hunting Creek until about 1810 but left North Carolina and settled near Lewisburg, Tennessee where he carved a new farm out of wilderness. He wrote several letters back home which persuaded his father, Christopher Houston, to leave his large estate and make a new place on a portion of James' land in 1815. After his father's death, James was traveling on horseback to settle the estate when he was caught in a storm. He was unable to find shelter to get dry. He made it home but caught pneumonia and died several days later.

The Houston Cemetery is on James' farm which is still an active farm today.

Husband of Patience Bills -m- 12 September 1797

Father of:
Alfred Moore Houston
Eliza Marshall "Betsy" Houston McConnell
Cynthia Hartshorn Houston Wilkes
Christopher Columbus Houston
Benjamin Franklin Houston
Jonathan Milton Houston
Sally Martha Houston Hill
Lillias Louisa Houston Hague
Joel Houston
Samuel Patton Houston
Marinda Caroline Houston Perkins
James Bills Houston
Patience Olivia Bills Houston Orr

Inscription

HOUSTON
JAMES
1775 - 1840
MARRIED
SEPT. 12,
1797
PATIENCE BILLS
1780 - 1859

Gravesite Details

Only had foot stone till just a few years back. The new stone was placed by James Eaton.

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Patience Bills Houston

1780–1859 (m. 1797)

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Maintained by: Dan Woodruff
Originally Created by: James Houston
Added: Sep 15, 2002
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Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6780324/james-houston: accessed ), memorial page for James “Jamey” Houston (7 Oct 1775–26 May 1840), Find a Grave Memorial ID 6780324, citing Houston Cemetery, Marshall County, Tennessee, USA; Maintained by Dan Woodruff (contributor 46888449).

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