Killough, Samuel B., 1813-1876

Born in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, Samuel Blackburn Killough (1813-1876) moved to Old Franklin, Texas, in the late 1830s. On November 28, 1841, he married Annette Woodward Wheelock (1821-1906), daughter of Col. Eleazer L. R. and Mary (Pricket) Wheelock, and the couple had 10 or 11 children. On August 1, 1844, President Sam Houston commissioned Killough as captain in the Republic of Texas Militia. During the Civil War, Killough fought as a ranger in the Confederate Army and captain of the Home Guards in Wheelock, also known as the Wheelock Home Guards or Capt. Killough’s Company. In Robertson County, he served as county judge, county commissioner, and county representative at the Third Constitutional Convention of Texas in November 1875. Furthermore, Killough served on the first committee to organize the University of Texas, which met at the home of Col. Eleazar Wheelock in Wheelock Prairie.

From the guide to the Killough, Samuel Blackburn, Republic of Texas Army Commission 2010-109., 1844, (Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin)

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