This page's purpose is to record the enslaved people owned by Samuel Houston (1793-1863) and connect them to their families.
There is a wealth of information from various sources at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Houston_and_slavery
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Named Enslaved People
- Tom Blue (1795-1910)
- Joshua Houston (abt.1822-1902) (9 children on Wikitree)
Censuses
1820
Name: Saml Houston, 7 Aug 1820, Lexington, Rockbridge, Virginia, USA
- Males - Under 14: 1
- Males - 14 thru 25: 2
- Males - 26 thru 44: 2
- Females - Under 14: 2
- Females - 14 thru 25: 2
- Females - 45 and over: 1
Sources
- 1820 Census: "1820 United States Federal Census"
Fourth Census of the United States, 1820; Census Place: Lexington, Rockbridge, Virginia; Page: 286; NARA Roll: M33_130; Image: 521
Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 7734 #10846 (accessed 24 January 2024)
Saml Houston in Lexington, Rockbridge, Virginia, USA. 10 slaves - 1830 Census: "1830 United States Federal Census"
Year: 1830; Census Place: Rockbridge, Virginia; Series: M19; Roll: 199; Page: 308; Family History Library Film: 0029678
Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 8058 #928489 (accessed 24 January 2024)
Saml Houston in Rockbridge, Virginia. 13 slaves - "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXLP-2ZH : 4 April 2020), Sam Houston, Walker county, Walker, Texas, United States; citing family 463, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
- 1850 Census: "1850 U.S. Federal Census - Slave Schedules"
The National Archive in Washington DC; Washington, DC; NARA Microform Publication: M432; Title: Seventh Census Of The United States, 1850; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29
Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 8055 #92496040 (accessed 21 August 2022)
Sam Houston in Walker, Texas, USA. (12 enslaved)