William Houston
1790 - Aft 1850 (> 61 years)-
Name William Houston Birth 1789/1790 NC 
Gender Male _UID D65BE955EB059444B4A1EF96002B79D88D05 Death Aft 1850 Watauga Co, NC Person ID I1610 Marty and Karla Grant Last Modified 12 Jan 2026
Father Houston, b. Iredell Co, NC Mother ? Family ID F6805 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Isabel, b. 1784/1785, NC d. Aft 1860, Johnson Co, TN (Age > 76 years) Marriage Bef 1810 Iredell Co, NC Children 1. Martha Houston, b. 1813/1814, Iredell Co, NC d. Aft 1880, Watauga Co, NC (Age > 67 years)2. Dr Thomas A Houston, b. 4 Jan 1816, Iredell Co, NC d. 21 Oct 1884, Yancey Co, NC (Age 68 years)3. Elizabeth Houston, b. 1818/1819, Iredell Co, NC d. Aft 1850, Watauga Co, NC (Age > 32 years)4. Sarah M Houston, b. 1825/1826, Iredell Co, NC d. Aft 1870, Johnson Co, TN (Age > 45 years)Family ID F34414 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 23 Jan 2026
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Notes - !CENSUS:1790 x
!CENSUS:1800 x
!CENSUS:1810 Iredell Co., NC p. 160
William Houston age 16-25 (1784/1794)
00100-20100-0-0;
!CENSUS:1820 Iredell Co., NC:
p. 245 William Houston age 45+ (bef 1775) 000101-12010
p. 239 William Houston age 45+ (bef 1775) 100101-11020*
* Same grouping with Andrew Davis
!CENSUS:1830 Burke Co., NC p. 194
Wm Huston age 30-39 (1790/1800)
001001-010111
* Two houses from Andrew Davis (m to Elizabeth Houston);
!ROAD WORK-COURT:Jan 1830 Burke Co., NC Court Minutes
Ordered by the court that James Wiseman oversee the road from Alexander Wiseman from the ford of Toe River on David Tates plantation to James Murphys plantation on Toe River with the following hands to wit:
Andrew Davis hands
Matthew Vance
Houston and hands
William Davis hands
Jacob Carpenters hands
James Moody
Bedford Wiseman
Grants hands
John Ollis
Johnson Levingen
Davenports place
Josiah Wiseman
and all the hands on the east side of Toe River on D. Tates plantation ...;
!CENSUS:1840 Yancey Co., NC p. 269
Wm Houston age 40-49 (1790/1800)
0000101-2010111
* Next to Levi Chandler;
!COURT:Spring 1844 Yancey Co., NC Court Minutes 1834-1848
State vs. William Houston & Thos A. Houston, AB (Assault & Battery)
Plead not guilty.
Found not guilty.
Ordered Prosecutor James Taylor pay all costs;
!CENSUS:1850 Watauga Co., NC # 456/460
Wm Houston 60 Farmer $- NC
Isabel 65
Martha 36
Sarah 24;
- !CENSUS:1790 x