Display Patriot - P-185736 - Purnell HOUSTON

Purnell HOUSTON

SAR Patriot #: P-185736

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State of Service: DE/PA      Qualifying Service: Private / Patriotic Service
DAR #: A057739

Birth: 01 Feb 1755 Snow Hill / Sussex / DE
Death: 09 Mar 1835 Morganstown / Monongalia / VA

Qualifying Service Description:
  1. Private - CAPT John Hazzard in Delaware
  2. Seaman under CAPT Chambers, PA militia
  3. Was captured by the ship Unicorn Also served in PA

Additional References:
  1. Pension S.15467
  2. List of taxable Property Sussex, Co, Del. 1787
  3. Trans-Allegheny Historical Magazine--Aug 1903 and other issues
  4. Wiley's History of Monongalia County pg 488
  5. Archives & History of West Virginia Report 1910-11, pg 97
  6. Manuscripts and Archives in the West Virginia Collection no 324 Houston (1031)

Spouse: Mary Carey
Children: Elizabeth; James; Robert; William; Sarah; Rhoda; Purnell;
Members Who Share This Ancestor
Date Approved Society ACN SAR Member Info Lineage via Child View Application Detail
1980-10-13 WV Unassigned Brooks Alan Morton (117586) Elizabeth   
1999-10-18 CO 2843 John Hill McCamey (150400) Rhoda   
2002-08-15 NY 12361 James Glenn Riles (158851) William   
2002-08-15 NY 12362 Warren Houston Riles (158852) William   
2005-12-14 TX 24026 Michael John Radcliff (149045) Robert   
2023-04-21 OH 106879 Andrew H. Wright (226166) Rhoda   
2024-08-23 TX 112813 Richard Dale Amburgey Sr. (230812)   
2024-08-23 TX 112814 Richard Dale Amburgey Jr. (230813)   
Location:
Morgantown / Monongalia / WV / USA
Find A Grave Cemetery #:

Grave Plot #:
Grave GPS Coordinates:
n/a
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Marker Type:
vertical stone with DAR marker
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Comments:
  • Find-a-Grave has two photos, one showing the headstone and the other the DAR marker on the headstone
  • There links to Find-a-Grave memorials for the patriot's wife and four children


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