Major Major George Eustace HOUSTON

Male 1772 - 1852  (79 years)


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  • Name Major George Eustace HOUSTON 
    Title Major 
    Born 20 Jun 1772  Duplin County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 20 Feb 1852  Duplin County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Houston Family Cemetery, Duplin Co., NC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I947  Bob-Millie Family Tree
    Last Modified 12 Oct 2022 

    Father RS Henry HOUSTON
              b. Abt 1746, Duplin County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 11 Aug 1836, Duplin County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 90 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Sarah Elizabeth MILLER
              b. Abt 1747, Duplin County, NC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Relationship natural 
    Family ID F622  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Tabitha WILLIAMS
              b. 27 Apr 1788, Duplin County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 16 Jul 1853, Duplin County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 65 years) 
    Married 20 May 1813  Duplin County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. CSA Calvin J. HOUSTON
              b. Aug 1813, Duplin County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. Aug 1861, Duplin County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 48 years)  [natural]
     2. Henry W HOUSTON
              b. May 1815, Duplin County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 18 Aug 1820, Duplin County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 5 years)  [natural]
     3. GeorgeJr Eustace HOUSTON
              b. Feb 1817, Duplin Co., North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. May 1897, Duplin County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years)  [natural]
     4. Sarah Eliza HOUSTON
              b. Bef 1820, Duplin County, NC Find all individuals with events at this location  [natural]
     5. Edward1 W HOUSTON
              b. Jul 1822, Duplin County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 12 Dec 1822, Duplin County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)  [natural]
     6. CSA Alfred HOUSTON
              b. 15 Oct 1823, Duplin County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 24 Oct 1882, Duplin County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 59 years)  [natural]
     7. Edward2 W HOUSTON
              b. 1827, Duplin County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  [natural]
     8. Temperence HOUSTON
              b. 1830, Duplin County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  [natural]
    Last Modified 12 Oct 2022 
    Family ID F621  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 20 Jun 1772 - Duplin County, North Carolina Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 20 May 1813 - Duplin County, North Carolina Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 20 Feb 1852 - Duplin County, North Carolina Link to Google Earth
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  • Photos
    Duplin & Sampson County, NC.
    Duplin & Sampson County, NC.
    1800 Duplin NC: George Houston
    1800 Duplin NC: George Houston
    1810 Duplin NC: George E. Houston
    1810 Duplin NC: George E. Houston
    1820 Duplin NC: Georgr E Houston
    1820 Duplin NC: Georgr E Houston
    1830 Duplin NC: George E  Houston
    1830 Duplin NC: George E Houston
    1840 Duplin NC: George E Houston
    1840 Duplin NC: George E Houston
    1850 Duplin NC: George E Houston
    1850 Duplin NC: George E Houston

  • Notes 
    • NOTE 1./ WILL:
      Will made in Duplin Co., NC 19 Feb 1852, probated April Term 1852- DAR records show George Eustace HOUSTON, son of Dr. William HOUSTON and his wife Anna JONES, born 20 Jun 1772, Duplin Co., d. 20 Feb 1852, Duplin Co., m. Tabitha Williams, 20 May 1813, b. 27 Apr 1788, Duplin Co., d. 16 July 1853, Duplin Co.

      Heirs listed in will were- (dates of birth and death added from tombstone records) son Calvin J. HOUSTON (Aug 1813- Aug 1861); son George E. HOUSTON, Jr. (Feb 1817- May 1897), m. Margaret x, daughter Sarah Eliza m. John MILLER, son Alfred HOUSTON (1823- 1882), d. 24 Oct 1882, m. Winnifred (28 Dec 1834- 28 Apr 1913), son Edward W. HOUSTON, daughter Temperance W. HOUSTON, grandson Henry Clay, son of George E. HOUSTON, Jr. Executors- Calvin and Alfred HOUSTON.

      Tombstone records (Duplin County NC cemetery) show several children who died young, Stephen M, d. Mar 1810, age 11 yrs., Edward W., d. 12 Dec 1822, age 1 yr. 5 months, Henry, d. Aug 1820, age 5 yrs, 3 months.
      Sources:
      Text: DUPREE, Garland Monna Crowe, PEOPLE OF PURPOSE, VOLUME TWO, Walker Printing, 1990.

      Duplin County, NC - Court Records

      Source: General Assembly Records; November 1840-1841. Box 4.

      State of No. C. Duplin Co.

      To the Honorable the General Assembly of sd. State

      Gentlemen we yr. Humble petitioners Laboring under a considerable incon-
      venience & expence for the want of Inspectors for sd. County particularly
      on the railroad do Humbly petition yr. Honorable body to pass an act
      authorising our Court of Pleas & quarter Sessions to appoint one or more
      Inspectors for sd. County & that when noticed they shall pass from Depot
      to Depot or anywhere on the railroad within sd. County to Inspect Naval
      Stores &c

      Benjamin Cooper Jas. Williams J.B. Kelly
      Tnomas Hill H. Bourdin Richd. Stricklin
      John Cooper D. Gillespie William Chesnutt
      A. Komegay, Jr. John F. Rhodes C.O. Hurst
      J.M. Grady John L. Hill Herold Blackmore
      Killy Bass O.D. Fillyaw R. Best
      W.H. Hansley Zebulon Hollingsworth T.D. Love
      J.M. Middleton Henry Colton Jno. D. Love
      Th. J. Kinnar John Guy, Jr. O.R. Kenan
      Jesse Butler John Gore David Stricklin
      Haskkel Jones Daniel Boyette Cullen Izard
      Culling Brown Wm. Pollock Pactrick
      John Shine George Morisey Thomas Morsey
      Jos. T. Rhodes W.L. Hill Jas. Pearsall
      Geo. E. Houston Wright Boney Edwd. Pearsall

      In Senate Dec. 25. Referred an motion of Mr. Hill to the
      Court on Pro & Greavance. Ed By Order J.G. Howell(?).
      In Senate Dec. 30. Mr. Moore rested against prayer agreed to.
      Ed. By order Z.G. Stovel(?)

      NOTE 2./ The gravestone of Maj George E Houston
      located in the Houston Family Cemetery in a field on the right hand side of the road going from Kenansville to Sarecta, near the intersection of NC Hwy 11 and Hwy 1700. The information was collected 25 Nov 1960. The gravestone reads:
      Maj George E Houston Died Feb 20, 1852, Aged 79 yrs. 8 mos.
      "Behold my friends as you pass by As you are now so once was I, As I am now so must you be,
      Prepare for death and follow me"