Advertisement

Capt James Franklin Houston

Advertisement

Capt James Franklin Houston

Birth
Ireland
Death
2 Aug 1819 (aged 72–73)
Iredell County, North Carolina, USA
Burial
Mooresville, Iredell County, North Carolina, USA Add to Map
Plot
Plot T69
Memorial ID
View Source
Suggest Edits
The Star
27 Aug 1819

Communication

Died on the 2d of this inst., Captain James Houston of Iredell County, NC, aged 72 years. He was a native of Ireland and emigrated to Philadelphia about the year 1770 and shortly afterwards settled in North Carolina. He was amongst the foremost of the citizens of this country who rendered actual services in the great national enterprise which tryed men's souls, of establishing the independence of the United States, until he became incapable of performing actual duties by a wound which he received in a hard fought battle at Ramsours, June 22, 1780; but his mind and the remaining powers of his body continued to exertion until the day of his death.

(Thanks to SuzanneTF for the obit.)
The Star
27 Aug 1819

Communication

Died on the 2d of this inst., Captain James Houston of Iredell County, NC, aged 72 years. He was a native of Ireland and emigrated to Philadelphia about the year 1770 and shortly afterwards settled in North Carolina. He was amongst the foremost of the citizens of this country who rendered actual services in the great national enterprise which tryed men's souls, of establishing the independence of the United States, until he became incapable of performing actual duties by a wound which he received in a hard fought battle at Ramsours, June 22, 1780; but his mind and the remaining powers of his body continued to exertion until the day of his death.

(Thanks to SuzanneTF for the obit.)

Inscription

To the memory of Capt. James Houston, who departed this life August 2, 1819 in the 73 year of his age. A native of Ireland. Settled in this country some time previous to the revolutionary war. In and for which he exercised all his energies for the establishment of national Independence. He filled up the measure of his days, in the steady observation and practice of the Christian, moral, and social duties.

Gravesite Details

Information copied exactly from on-line Centre Presbyterian Church Historic Cemetery Directory, with update after photo added.

Family Members

Spouse
Children

Advertisement

See more Houston memorials in:

Flower Delivery Sponsor and Remove Ads

Records on Ancestry

Advertisement