Horton, Alexander, 1810-1894
Variant namesEarly Texas settler and civic leader Alexander Horton (1810-1894) came to Texas from North Carolina with his mother in 1823 and settled on the Attoyac River.
Horton participated in suppressing the Fredonian Rebellion in 1827. On August 2, 1832, he fought in the battle of Nacogdoches under his brother-in-law, Captain James Whitis Bullock. After serving as the sheriff of Ayish Bayou, later known as San Augustine, from 1831 to 1835, Horton attended the Consultation at San Felipe. In 1836, he was appointed aide-de-camp and secretary to Sam Houston and fought at the battle of San Jacinto. Following the Texas Revolution, he continued his career as a government and city official, holding positions such as president of the board of land commissioners (1838), collector of customs in San Augustine (1838-1839), sheriff of San Augustine (1844), mayor of San Augustine, and representative of San Augustine and Sabine counties in the Fifteenth Texas Legislature (1876). He died near San Augustine in 1894.
Source: Handbook of Texas Online, s.v. "Horton, Alexander," http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/HH/fho63.html (accessed July 21, 2010).
From the description of Horton, Alexander, Reminiscences, 1891 (University of Texas Libraries). WorldCat record id: 741955083
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| referencedIn | Smith, Ralph Adam. Ralph Adam Smith manuscripts, 1936-1938. | Stephen F. Austin State University, East Texas Research Center | |
| referencedIn | Huling, Thomas Byers, Papers, 1826, 1831-1881, 1901 | Dolph Briscoe Center for American History | |
| referencedIn | Huling, Thomas Byers. Huling, Thomas Byers, Papers, 1826, 1831-1881, 1901 | University of Texas Libraries | |
| referencedIn | Biography -- Horton, Alexander. | Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library | |
| referencedIn | Horton, Alexander, Reminiscences, 1891 | Dolph Briscoe Center for American History | |
| referencedIn | The San Augustine, Texas Papers (1783-1937) | Gene Autry Western Heritage Museum | |
| creatorOf | Horton, Alexander. Horton, Alexander, Reminiscences, 1891 | University of Texas Libraries | |
| referencedIn | Horton, Alexander. Horton, Alexander, Reminiscences, 1891 | University of Texas Libraries | |
| referencedIn | William McFarland papers MC164., 1837-1842 | Albert and Ethel Herzstein Library, | |
| creatorOf | Porter, James G. Papers 1846-1847. | Ohio History Connection, Ohio Historical Society |
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| associatedWith | Bullock, James Whitis, 1788-1859. | person |
| associatedWith | Horton, Alexander | person |
| associatedWith | Horton, Alexander, 1810-1894 | person |
| associatedWith | Houston, Sam, 1793-1863. | person |
| associatedWith | Huling, Thomas Byers | person |
| associatedWith | Huling, Thomas Byers | person |
| associatedWith | M'Farland, William, 1774-1840 | person |
| associatedWith | Porter, James G. | person |
| associatedWith | Smith, Ralph Adam. | person |
| associatedWith | Texas. Legislature. House | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Texas (Provisional government, 1835) Laws, etc. (Session laws : 1835) | corporateBody |
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| San Augustine (Tex.) |
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| Fredonian Insurrection, 1826-1827 |
| Nacogdoches, Battle of, Tex., 1832 |
| San Jacinto, Battle of, Tex., 1836 |
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Birth 1810
Death 1894
