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Person
Authorized form of name
Houston, Alexander, [174-]-1824
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Description area
Dates of existence
1824-
History
Alexander Houston is believed to have been a native of Galway [Galloway, Kirkcudbrightshire], Scotland, born circa 1746-1747. He emigrated from Scotland to Virginia and fought on the British side during the Revolutionary War. After the peace he accompanied his family of four, along with two servants, from New York to Shelburne, Nova Scotia. Once there the Crown granted him one farm lot, one town lot, and one water lot. According to his headstone in the Shelburne Presbyterian Cemetery, he died in July 1824. His wife, Janet, died on 26 August 1837 at 87 years of age.