John Paxton Houston

• Military service: Sep 14 1814 - War of 1812
• Residence: Arkansas Territory - 1820
• Residence: Arkansas, USA - 1824
• Residence: Izard County, AR - 1830
• Residence: Paid Taxes in Lawrence County, however this is likely a result of Izard Co being a newly formed county and paperwork remaining in Lawrence or he could have had property there as well/Lawrence County, AR - 1831
• Residence: Izard County, AR - 1831
• Residence: Izard County, AR - 1832
• Residence: Izard County, AR - 1833
• Residence: His brother Sam Houston lived with his adopted brother Chief John Jolly of the Cherokee in Clarksville, AR present day Johnson County before going to Oklahoma with wife Tiana Rogers. It is believed that John took his last Indian wife there before he died/Johnson County, AR - 1838
• Residence: Land Patent with James Culp (not Cup) securing land for son Alfred Kingston Houston/St. Francis County, Arkansas - 1838
  • Reference: MyHeritage Family Trees - SmartCopy: May 20 2023, 23:58:43 UTC

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John Paxton Houston BIRTH 1790 Rockbridge County, Virginia, USA DEATH Aug 1838 (aged 47–48) Arkansas, USA BURIAL Athens Cemetery Izard County, Arkansas, USA MEMORIAL ID 84312173 · View Source

Added by GoneToTexas John Paxton Houston, born 1790 in Rockbridge Co, VA, the 4th child of 9 children born to Major Samuel Houston and wife Elizabeth Paxton. Their 5th son was Samuel Houston born 1793-1863 of Tennessee, Arkansas and Texas fame. John married Margaret Manson with whom he had 4 children. He faked his death by drowning in Memphis, Tenn by plunging into the Mississippi River and is reportedly buried in a pauper's grave in Elmwood Cemetery. However, he 'resurfaced' in Little Rock where he was practicing as an atty when he met Jacob Wolf (Arkansas Territorial documents). He moved to Norfork, Arkansas (present day Baxter Co, Wolf House Settlement the first courthouse of the Arkansas Territories)where he was elected as the first clerk of the newly formed Izard County. He served until his death in 1838, other than one 2 year term in which he was beat by Jesse Adams. In August 1838 he was found dead at his desk at the second courthouse for the territory, Athens, Arkansas (present day Izard Co, 3 miles south of Calico Rock.) A memorial was erected in 2005 by the Daughters of the American Colonists at the site and a new headstone put in place.

Family Members Parents Photo Samuel Davidson Houston 1745–1807

Photo Elizabeth Blair Paxton Houston 1757–1831

Siblings Photo Sam Houston 1793–1863

Photo Mary Houston Wallace 1797–1854

Gravesite Details John is actually buried about 300 yards from the site of his Marker. The rock was moved with his initals when a chicken house was built on top of cemetery and used the head marker rocks. Headstone was made and put in place several years later.