William married Lizzie J. WISE on 20 Dec 1894. Lizzie (daughter of Leroy WISE and Daught FLOWERS) was born on 27 Feb 1876 in Alabama; died on 18 Jan 1964; was buried in Clayton Cemetery, Barbour County, Alabama. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Samuel married Lucy WILLIAMS on 10 Sep 1870 in Barbour County, Alabama. Lucy was born in 1852 in Alabama; died in 1880 in Williamsons, Barbour, Alabama; was buried in Rocky Mount Cemetery, Barbour County, Alabama. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Leroy married Daught FLOWERS. Daught was born on 03 Aug 1851; died on 21 Apr 1927 in Barbour County, Alabama. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

NOTE 1./
1./ Edward Houston purchased Section 15, Township 16, Range 20 & 22-10-27 in Barbour Co. AL. Edward Houston, Sr., b. ca 1785 NC, in Ala. by 1832. Sarah____ (wife?), b. ca 1805 NC. Also, in this household in 1860 was Mary Johnson, b. ca 1770 NC.

2./ Edward moved to GA after Creek Indians had been driven out of GA. They settled in Quitman Co., GA. They worked on block wheeled ox-carts.

3./ lists Edward HOUSTAIN with one white male under 21, two white females under 21, two white females over 21, and no slaves.

Sources:
1./ Text: Godfrey, Marie H.. RURAL LAND OWNERS OF BARBOUR COUNTY, ALABAMA 1851. Greenville, SC: Southern Historical Press, Inc., 1990.
2./ Text: Zoa NeVauge HOUSTON, 1452 Church Street, Mobile AL; Notes.
3./ Text: FOLEY, Helen S. 1833 STATE CENSUS FOR BARBOUR COUNTY, ALABAMA. Eufala, AL: 1976.

NOTE 2./ See letter .jpeg image:

Edward E Houston and sons Stephen Hopkins, George Washington and John B Houston were accused and tried for the murder of James Orr. James Orr was a brother-in-law of Nancy Amanda Bush Houston, wife of Edward "Ned" brother James Lafayette. David Bush one of the accusers was her brother. He instructs Edward "Ned" at the end of the letter to tell James to cease all communication with his wife's family

NOTE 3./ Edward E Houston – had 12 children with 3 wives. The oldest 2 sons were Edward “Ned” and James Lafayette. They were 12 to 15 years older than the next set of siblings. They as far as I can tell were the first to leave Barbour Co.. Ned settled in Bienville Parish in 1845 and made trips to Scout the area as early as 1843. James Lafayette followed in 1851. Other families came with them from Barbour Co. such as Holland, Wimberly, Bush, Sims (to name a few I know of so far) – in Wagon Trains using overland routes – The Kings Highway passes through Winn Parish, LA., which is due south of Bienville. The Kings Highway was the main wagon train route that lead west to California. They could also have used another route – going along the gulf coast and ferrying up the Mississippi.

There are 3 more siblings that followed – Stephen Hopkins Houston, John B Houston and Mary W. Houston Sims. All of them stopped in Bienville Parish before going on to Texas, whether it was to spend the winter, restock provisions and rest or just visit family and it may have been for all of those reasons. John B came before the Civil War – He joined an LA Confederate Infantry unit. More of the siblings may have followed but I have not researched all of them yet to be able to tell you.

Edward married Sarah JOHNSTON about 1842 in Duplin County, North Carolina. Sarah (daughter of Unknown JOHNSON and Mary UNKNOWN) was born about 1805 in North Carolina; died after 1880 in Barbour County, Alabama?. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]