time named willed and bequeath Ratifing and confirming this and no other to be my last will and tesment In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal the year and day above written

Witness present
James Eakin
Joseph Kennedy
John Huston
(SEAL) Wailer Eakin

At a Court held for Augusta County the 15 day of May 1755 This last will and testament of John Huston Deced. being presented into Court was proved by the witness thereto subscribed and admitted to record and on the motion of Margret Huston & John Moore the Extors. therein mentioned who made oath according to law Certificate is granted them for obtaining a probat thereof in due form They giving security whowith Mathew Lyle & Win. Lockridge their securities Entered into and acknowledge their bond according to law

TEST
Recorded in the Augusta County
Clerk’s Office, Staunton, Virginia,
in Will Book 2 (1753-1760), Page 39.
A COPY
TESTE: Rudolph L. Shaver,
CLERK

John Huston was the great-grandfather of the illustrious warrior and statesman, General Sam Houston of Tennessee and Texas. The line descends through his second son, Robert Huston, who was the father of Major Samuel Houston, father of General Sam Houston.

One can reflect upon the great loss to the future United States of America had the murderous ship crew succeeded in the plot and destroyed the great ancestor, John Huston, Gentleman. Several thousand Houstons who trace their ancestry through this particular line would never have lived—among them the most famous of all the tribe, General Sam Houston, hero of the Battle of San Jacinto, President of the Texas Republic, Governor of the State of Tennesse and of Texas and Senator from Texas in the Congress of the United States.

A whole library of biographies and historical works have been written about General Sam Houston and it is not within the scope of this book to attempt to add to this literature. It is sufficient to recall that when he moved to Texas, the southwestem boundary of the United States was the Sabine River. Sam Houston’s military victory and his statesmanship set in motion a chain of events which added to the United States lands corn-