Installed: 7 January 2004

Hugh Houston (or Huston), North Carolina, widow, Martha.

James Houston, North Carolina, widow, Asenath.

James Houston, South Carolina, application made by self.

James Houston, Virginia, self.

John Houston, served in North Carolina, living in Virginia at the time of application.

John Houston, North Carolina, self.

John Houston, South Carolina, widow, Mary.

Peter Houston, North Carolina (?), application rejected.

Purnell Houston, served in Delaware, living in Pennsylvania.

Samuel Houston, Continental Army, lived in New Hampshire, widow, Sarah.

Samuel Houston, South Carolina, born in North Carolina, widow, Martha.

William Houston, Virginia, self.

Alexander Huston, Continental Army, lived in Pennsylvania, received bounty land warranty 200 acres.

Daniel Huston, Pennsylvania, self.

Hugh Huston, Continental Army, residence in Ohio.

James Huston, New York, pension rejected.

James Huston (or Houston), North Carolina, self.

James Huston, Pennsylvania, widow, Mary.

James Huston, Virginia, widow, Anne.

John Huston, Massachuhsetts, self.

Philip Huston, Maryland, received 100 acres land bounty. Samuel Huston, Massachusetts, self.

William Huston, Pennsylvania, self.

William Huston, Pennsylvania, 200 acres bounty land issued to Susannah Taylor, late Susannah Huston, in trust for herself and children, legal heirs.

William Huston, Connecticut, widow, Elizabeth.

FROM NATIONAL ARCHIVES

The names of 95 Houstons and Hustons appear in the General Index to military service records of the Revolutionary War in the National Archives in Washington. These records, assembled by the Adjutant General from various sources, relate to troops of the Continental Army, some of the State Troops and a few of the State Militia. While far from complete, the Archives provide the most extensive single depository of information on the men of the Revolution.

The data was gathered about 1895 from various papers and documents such as payrolls, muster rolls, enlistments and discharges, and from books and manuscripts furnished by the Adjutants General of the various states to the Adjutant General U.S.A. The indexes, made on cards, refer to jackets containing

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