planter class
John Houston.
Scottish-Irish immigrant to Colonial America, great grandfather of Sam Houston
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About John Houston
John Houston was an Irish-born American planter. He immigrated from the Kingdom of Ireland to Colonial America in the 1730s. During the voyage the passengers learned that the ship's captain planned on robbing the wealthy passengers of their gold sovereigns. They took control of the vessel and sailed to Philadelphia. After living a number of years in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Houston moved his family and established a plantation in what is now Rockbridge County, Virginia. His great-grandson was Sam Houston.
Everything about John Houston →- Occupation
- planter class
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Ireland, United States
- Born
- 1690
- Died
- 1754