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- David Ross2 Houston (John1) was born Abt. 1774 in Charleston District, SC, and died 24 Sep 1836 in Lauderdale Co., AL. He married Hannah Pugh Reagan Bef. 1796 in Newberry Dist., SC, daughter of Reason Reagan and Hannah Pugh. She was born Bet. 1773 - 03 Nov 1776 in SC, and died 01 Dec 1847 in Lauderdale Co., AL.
Notes for David Ross Houston:
resided Williamson CO., TN
Sarah Houston is sister of Gov. George Smith Houston of AL
ref: The Governors of Alabama
a planter, resided Greene Co., GA
"David and Hannah (Reagan) Houston, natives of Ireland, came to Lauderdale County in 1813 and settled on their plantation about 13 miles west of Florence on the Waterloo Road, near Gravelly Springs, and adjoining the old Natchez Trace. They had lived in Tennessee until they moved here with their thirteen children. Their home was a large, three-story brick structure built along the typical ante-bellum lines. A huge water tank, located on the roof, caught rain water and furnished the household with running water. This home burned sometime before 1900.
"The Houston cemetery, some signs of the old brick foundations of the mansion, and remains of the once elegant garden house are the only signs today of the old home, the boyhood home of the onetime Governor and U.S. Senator, George S. Houston, one of the thirteen children.
"The Houston land supposedly exended from Gravelly Springs to the Tennessee River where they had a boat landing."
Lauderdale Co., AL by Garrett.
I, David Houston of the County of Lauderdale, State of Alabama, of a sound and disposing mind do on this 21st day of August 1836 made and publish this my last will and Testament.
Item 1st. It is my will and desire that all of my just debts shall be paid out of my personal property.
Item 2nd. After the payment of my just debts I will and bequeath until my daughter Jane a servant girl named Lize and her child and her sister named Jane.
Item 3: I will and bequeath until my daughter Rebecca Floras Mary an servant girl and
her two children Kitta and Perry.
Item 4. I will and bequeath unto my daughter Mary, Alsis Charlotte a servant girl.
Item 5. I will and bequeath until my daughter Louisa Vinas eldest daughter Caroline a servant girl.
Item 6. I will and bequeath to my daughter Ann Floras Lise a servant girl that waits in the house.
Item 7. I will and bequeath to the three children Pugh, Nancy and Jane Ridley of Robert Ridley and Sarah Ridley his wife a servant girl named Frances now in the possession of said Robert and Sarah. Also the sum of Three hundred a piece.
Item 8th. I will and bequeath to Robert Ridley one hundred and fifty dollars which is all I intend him to have of my estate.
Item 9. I will and bequeath to Sarah Ridley wife of said Robert One hundred and fifty dollars which is all I intend her to have of my estate.
Item 10th. I will and bequeath to my son Ross Houston the servant girl named Easter now in his possession and three tracts of land lying in Lauderdale County the one on which he lives called the Gravelly Springs tract and two others now in his possession known as the Strong tracts to him and his heirs forever which is all I intend for him to have of my estate.
Item 11. The balance of my estate of every sort and description I want divided fairly and equally between my sons Pugh Houston, George S. Houston, Russell Houston and G.J. Houston and my daughters Jane Houston, Rebecca Houston, Mary Houston, Louisa Houston and Ann Houston share an share alike - the mode of division to be such as my executors may adapt and agree upon.
Item 12th. It is my will and desire that my property shall be kept together as it is now during the life of my beloved wife Hanna Houston under the controul of my executors and that she is liberally supported out of the profits of the same during such her said life and that the profits of the labour of my servants on the farm and other places as my said executors may put them be put into and constitute a part of the general fund to be divided as aforesaid after taking out so much as may be required to support my beloved wife as aforesaid.
Item 13. I hereby appoint Pugh Houston and George S. Houston my sons my Exrs of this my last Will and Testament and it is my will and desire that they manage and controul my Estate as I have above requested it to be done.
Item 14. I hereby authorize and empower my Executors if they think proper to do so to dispose of ny of my surplus property real or personal at private sale or in any other manner they may agree upon and employ and use the proceeds of said sale or sales in the way they may think best for the benefit of the legatees.
Signed this 22nd day of August, 1936 by David Houston
Witnessed by Richard Baugh, Moses White and Jane Bromley
Filed October 15th, 1836
Probate Court of Lauderdale County, Alabama
Recorded Will Book A, pages 26-27
Notes for Hannah Pugh Reagan:
Welsh, Quaker. " ... a connection of the Pugh family of Ohio." May have been born in Frederick Co., VA. "She was a remarkable woman for her day and the advantages which she enjoyed."
Her reported birthdate is after the marriage of her presumed mother to Thomas Reagan. However, her mother is also reported to have had a daughter, Hannah Reagan, in 1795, resulting in bewilderment for those who rarely hear of two surviving children with the same Christian name. The stories recounting that her father was Reason Reagan may be in error, but it seems likely that she is of the same Pugh and Reagan families that were in Newberry Co., SC at the same time, so the identity of her grandparents are probably not in dispute.
Children of David Houston and Hannah Reagan are:
35 i. Jane3 Houston, born Abt. 1797; died Abt. 1873. She married Gen. Phillip Jacob Irion 14 Aug 1838 in Lauderdale Co., AL; born 25 Nov 1796 in NC; died 25 Mar 1879 in Gravelly Springs, Lauderdale, AL.
Notes for Gen. Phillip Jacob Irion:
Phillip married 1st Sally (Wall) Smith and 3rd Victoria C. Wylie.
+ 36 ii. Sarah Houston, born Oct 1798; died 17 Oct 1879.
+ 37 iii. Dr. John Pugh Houston, born 25 Jan 1803 in Greene Co., GA; died 21 Jul 1871 in Iuka, MS.
+ 38 iv. Ross Houston, born 06 Jun 1805; died 22 Dec 1863 in San Antonio, TX.
39 v. Rebecca Houston, born Abt. 1810 in SC; died Abt. 1864 in Near Wildwood, AL. She married Henry Williams 21 Dec 1841 in Lauderdale Co., AL; born Abt. 1810; died 1850.
+ 40 vi. Judge Russell Houston, born 10 Jan 1810 in Williamson Co., TN; died 01 Oct 1895 in Louisville, KY.
+ 41 vii. George Smith Houston, born 17 Jan 1811 in Williamson Co., TN; died 31 Dec 1879 in Athens, Limestone, AL.
+ 42 viii. Dr. Gray Jones Houston, born 1812 in TN; died Aft. 1877 in San Antonio, Bexar, TX.
43 ix. David Houston, born 1815; died 1815 in young.
44 x. Mary Houston, born 04 Apr 1815; died 20 May 1895 in "Wildwood", near Florence, Gravelly Spr., AL. She married Ambrose Bourland Gilbert 21 Mar 1847 in Lauderdale Co., AL; born in NC; died 19 Aug 1849 in Cherokee, AL.
Notes for Mary Houston:
An old record say that she was "posses with a high order of intellectual endowments, and afforded educational and social advantages suitable thereto, she became noted in her early womanhood for excellence in the attainments of a liberal education in general literature, arts and history."
The same record says, "During the life of her distinguished brother, Hon. George S. Houston, as a member of Congress, chairman of the Ways and Means Committee, Governor of Alabama, later U.S. Senator, she spent much time in our state and national capitals. She thus occupied prominent places in the social life of those great centers, becoming meanwhile an ardent and apt student of political history, state and national."
Notes for Ambrose Bourland Gilbert:
Ambrose Barker Gilbert. His middle name, and his mother's surname, uncertain.
45 xi. Lydia Louisa Houston, born Abt. 1817 in TN; died 1864 in "Wildwood", near Florence, AL.
+ 46 xii. Ann Hannah Houston, born 1819 in TN; died 1868.
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