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Elizabeth Blair Houston (Paxton)

Also Known As: "Betsy"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Rockbridge County, Virginia, United States
Death: August 18, 1831 (73-74)
Maryville, Blount, Tennessee, United States
Place of Burial: Blount, Tennessee, United States
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Capt. John Paxton, Jr. and Mary Martha Paxton
Wife of Maj. Samuel Houston
Mother of John Paxton Houston; James Houston, Sr.; Gen. Samuel Rutherford Houston; Robert Houston; Christopher Houston and 6 others
Sister of Capt. John Paxton, III; Isabella Lyle; Capt. William Paxton, Sr.; Mary Conn; James Paxton and 4 others

Managed by: Hunter Callison Chorey
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About Elizabeth Blair Houston

Birth: 1757 Rockbridge County Virginia, USA Death: Sep. 8, 1831 Blount County Tennessee, USA

Elizabeth Paxton was born ca. 1756 of John Paxton and Mary (Blair) Paxton, and died 1831 in Bakers Creek, TN. She married Major Samuel Davidson Houston, 12 February 1781, son of Robert Houston and Mary Davidson. Their children were Paxton, Robert, James, John Paxton, Samuel (Gen.), William, Isabella, Mary, Eliza Ann. (Source: "Brief Biographical Accounts of Many Members of the Houston Family" by Rev. S. R. Houston)



A memorial was erected in her honor at the cemetery in 1942 by the Mary Blount Chapter of the D.A.R., Maryville, Tenn.

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Parents:
 John Paxton (1716 - 1787)
 Mary Martha Blair Paxton (1726 - 1821)

Spouse:

 Samuel Davidson Houston (1755 - 1807)*

Children:

 John Paxton Houston (1790 - 1838)*
 Sam Houston (1793 - 1863)*
 Mary Houston Wallace (1797 - 1854)*

Siblings:

 John Paxton (1743 - 1787)*
 William Paxton (1751 - 1817)*
 Elizabeth Blair Paxton Houston (1757 - 1831)

*Calculated relationship

Inscription: Died September 8 , 1831 in her 74th year. Member of Bakers Creek Church. Mother of General Sam Houston. Erected by the Elizabeth Paxton Houston Society, Children of the American Revolution, Nov 8, 1942

Burial: Bakers Creek Cemetery Blount County Tennessee, USA

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Maintained by: Rebecca Emmett Originally Created by: Bill Benson Record added: Mar 27, 2007 Find A Grave Memorial# 18646558 http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=18646558

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Elizabeth Blair Houston's Timeline

1757
1757
Rockbridge County, Virginia, United States
1772
December 27, 1772
1780
1780
North Carolina, United States
1788
1788
Elizabethton, Carter County, TN, United States
1793
March 2, 1793
Lexington, Rockbridge County, Virginia, United States
1831
August 18, 1831
Age 74
Maryville, Blount, Tennessee, United States
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