Rowan County NcArchives Military Records.....Houston, James 
Revwar - Pension 
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JAMES HOUSTON 
Of North Carolina
   James Houston applied for revolutionary pension in 1832 while living in Rowan
County, North Carolina. He stated that he was born in January 1751. He enlisted
in the summer of 1776 in Captain Young's company in General Rutherford's North
Carolina troops. He also served three months in 1776 under Captain Young in
Colonel Martin's regiment. In the summer of 1780 he enlisted again under Captain
Higgins in North Carolina troops. In the fall of 1781 he enlisted under Captain
Bell and Colonel Graham. He was in the Cherokee Expedition.


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From:

SOME TENNESSEE HEROES
OF THE
REVOLUTION
Compiled From Pension Statements
PAMPHLET NO. III

by Zella Armstrong

This was in the section marked:

RECORDS OF SOME REVOLUTIONARY PENSIONERS WHO DID NOT LIVE IN TENNESSEE BUT WHO
HAVE TENNESSEE DESCENDENTS OR SOME OTHER TENNESSEE INTEREST 

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