Dr. William Houston Family - Research Resources
DAR Membership Application with supporting evidence of Beth Davis, establishing proof for Patriot, Dr. William Houston.
Dr. William Houston & Family - an essay prepared for use as supporting evidence in establishing 2nd generation descendants in connection with the Patriot designation of Dr. William Houston in connection with DAR Application of Beth Davis and Carolyn Simmons. Click underlined link to view essay.
The following are some of the references for footnotes used in the essay cited above:
Excerpt of - State Census of North Carolina 1784-1787, Transcribed and indexed by Mrs Alvaretta Kenan Register, 2nd Edition Revised (Genealogical Publishing Co, Inc, 1987 [originally published in 1971]), Capt Hubbard's District.
"Our Yesterdays by A. T. Outlaw," (Kenansville) Kenansville Duplin Times, March 31, 1938 .
"Family of Dr. William Houston by A. T. Outlaw", (Kenansville) Kenansville Duplin Times, January 30, 1941
"Griffith Jones, Esquire" Essay by Dr. Randall Dosher, Ph.D.
"Last Will & Testament of Griffith Bladen County
New Hanover Co, NC, Estate Records, NC Archives, Raleigh, NC
"Three New Families in North Carolina Re: Land Along the Cape Fear, 1734/5", North Carolina Genealogical Society Journal, Vol 11, No 1, Feb, 1985, pp 14-15, abstracted by Ransom McBride.
Excerpt from McEachern, Leora H., Duplin County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, Abstract of Minutes, 1803-1805, Part 6., Duplin County Historical Society, Rose Hill, NC, 1984, page 74
James Sprunt, Chronicles of Cape Fear, 1660-1916, Second Edition (Wilmington, NC: Raleigh - Edwards & Broughton Printing Co., 1916)
"Revolutionary War Records of Duplin-Sampson Counties." By Virginia and Oscar Bizzell c1997
Abstract of Census Records, Houston Families in Duplin Co., NC 1790-1850 - abstracted by Sherri L. Schrat
Excerpt of - State Census of North Carolina 1784-1787, Transcribed and indexed by Mrs Alvaretta Kenan Register, 2nd Edition Revised (Genealogical Publishing Co, Inc, 1987 [originally published in 1971]), Capt Hubbard's District.
"Family of Dr. William Houston by A. T. Outlaw", (Kenansville) Kenansville Duplin Times,
"Griffith Jones, Esquire" Essay by Dr. Randall Dosher, Ph.D.
"Last Will & Testament of
New Hanover Co, NC, Estate Records, NC Archives, Raleigh,
"Three New Families in North Carolina Re: Land Along the Cape Fear, 1734/5", North Carolina Genealogical Society Journal, Vol 11, No 1, Feb, 1985, pp 14-15, abstracted by Ransom McBride.
Excerpt from McEachern, Leora H., Duplin County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, Abstract of Minutes, 1803-1805, Part 6., Duplin County Historical Society, Rose Hill, NC, 1984, page 74
James Sprunt, Chronicles of Cape Fear, 1660-1916, Second Edition (Wilmington, NC: Raleigh - Edwards & Broughton Printing Co., 1916)
"Revolutionary War Records of Duplin-Sampson Counties." By Virginia and Oscar Bizzell c1997
Abstract of Census Records, Houston Families in Duplin Co., NC 1790-1850 - abstracted by Sherri L. Schrat
