Robert Houston, John Houston, Margaret Mary Houston, Margaret Bone, and 1 other
Overview
Robert Houston, John Houston, Margaret Mary Houston, Margaret Bone, and 1 other is recorded as Blue plaque in Antrim. This blue commemorative plaque records: This plaque is erected in honour of General Sam Houston of Texas (1793-1863) whose ancestor John Houston and his family emigrated around 1730 from the Ballyboley area. The family settled at Timber Ridge, Virginia, where, with many others from these shors, they formed one of the Ulster-Scot communities which dotted the Great Valley of the Shenandoah.
Why it was made
The saved account records: This blue commemorative plaque records: This plaque is erected in honour of General Sam Houston of Texas (1793-1863) whose ancestor John Houston and his family emigrated around 1730 from the Ballyboley area.
People and events
The saved account records: The family settled at Timber Ridge, Virginia, where, with many others from these shors, they formed one of the Ulster-Scot communities which dotted the Great Valley of the Shenandoah.
How it worked
The saved account records: Sam Houston was the great-great-grandson of John Houston and the son of Samuel Houston and Elizabeth Paxton.
What remains
The saved account records: His father was a soldier during the Revolutionary War and Sam Houston served under General Andrew Jackson, later to be the seventh US President, during the War of 1812.
Why it mattered
Robert Houston, John Houston, Margaret Mary Houston, Margaret Bone, and 1 other matters because its inscription ties a person, group, event or old local practice to this exact place. The source records: This plaque is erected in honour of General Sam Houston of Texas (1793-1863) whose ancestor John Houston and his family emigrated around 1730 from the Ballyboley area. The family settled at Timber Ridge, Virginia, where, with many others from these shors, they formed one of the Ulster-Scot communities which dotted the Great Valley of the Shenandoah. Sam Houston was the great-great-grandson of John Houston and the son of Samuel Houston and Elizabeth Paxton. His father was a soldier during the Revolutionary War and Sam Houston served… The importance lies in the life remembered here, not in the plaque as a piece of metal.
History checked 15 August 2026 against the named sources below.
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