MY 3RD GREAT GRANDFATHER

Capt. William Huston, Jr

When Capt. William Huston was born in 1772 in Virginia, his father, Lieutenant, was 21 and his mother, Susannah, was 18. He married Susannah Quasar Boyd on August 24, 1791, in Cecil, Maryland. They had nine children in 20 years. He died on October 28, 1822, in Mexico at the age of 50, and was buried in Portsmouth, Ohio.

MY GREAT GRATE GRANDMOTHER

When Sidney Ann Huston (Anderson) (Williams) was born on August 7, 1808, in Portsmouth, Ohio, her father, Capt. William Huston, Jr, was 36, and her mother, Susannah Quasar Boyd, was 36. She married Samuel J Anderson on November 23, 1829. She then married Samuel A Williams 12 Apr 1838 and they had eight children together.

Their SON William Huston Williams is my great grandfather

Birth

1772

Maryland, USA

Death

1822 (aged 49–50)

Texas, USA

Burial

Greenlawn Cemetery

Portsmouth, Scioto County, Ohio, USA

Plot

SECTION - ROBINSON LOT # 125

Memorial ID

68285263 ·

He was the son of William Huston and Susannah (Woodruff) Huston Taylor. He was a veteran of the War of 1812. He was the Captain of Capt. William Huston's Mounted Company from Scioto Co., Ohio. He served from October 1, 1812 to November 1, 1812. His military file may tell about additional time served and what battles he was in.

He arrived in 1801 and was the 4th settler of Portsmouth, OH. In 1809 he was a Member of the Board of Trustees. In 1812 he was the Overseer of the Poor. And in March 1815 he was City Councilman.

After being shipwrecked due to a hurricane, he died of starvation on a desolate island in the Gulf of Mexico. This was in the hurricane season of 1822. It is not known if the island was off the coast of Louisiana or Texas. At this point in time Texas was part of Mexico.

Roll Of Capt. William Huston’s Mounted Company

| Military, Ohio | 0 |

(Probably from Scioto County)

Served from October 1, until November 1, 1812.

Capt. William Huston

Lieut. Allen Moore Cornet, Uriah White

Sergt. Nathan Glover

Sergt. Samuel G. Jones

Sergt. James Collins

Sergt. Ezra Osborn

Privates

Applegate, Charles

Barkels, Frederick

Bartow, Kimber

Boynton, Joseph E

Brown, John, Jr.

Burk, William M

Cannon, John

Carpenter, William

Chamberlain, Anson

Chamberlain, Hyatt

Chappen, Reuben

Curany, Mathew

Darlington, Samuel

David, Elnathan

Davison, Nathaniel

Dollarhead, William

Fuqua, Moses M

Glover, Asa

Grant, William

Gunn, Zina

Hammett, John

Johnston, John

Jones, David

Jones, William

Kelby, John

Loyd, Johnson

McKenney, Solomon

Moore, Phillip, Jr.

Musgrove, Abner

Pain, Olney

Perry, Samuel

Power, William

Rankin, William

Robey, William

Salada, John

Smith, John

Swords, William

Thompson, James

Thompson, Robert

Tomlison, John

Turner, John R

Wheeler, Amos

Wheeler, Nathaniel

Wilson, Braden