Christopher Houston (c1676-c1726)/Notes

From: Robert Cowan Subject: [COWAN-L] Walker-Houston-Cowan part 4 Date: Thu, 6 Feb 2003 19:18:18 EST

And the last for now

Hi Robert;

Eagle Mills still shows on maps of Iredell County, NC. It is near the north edge of Iredell County in the eastern half. Hunting Creek flows across the northern edge of Iredell County and on to the east some distance before fowing into the Yadkin.

Christopher Houston was about 18 years old when he moved to North Carolina. He married Sarah Mitchell in North Carolina. According to Mary two of his brothers lived nearby. Other records suggest that his aunt Ann Houston (married to our John Walker) lived about 50 miles north on Moon Creek at the time Christopher moved. Another aunt (female Houston - sister of our Ann Houston) who married a Linn settled on Cold Water Creek in present Rowan County, NC. Cold Walter Creek starts near the northern edge of Rowan County and flows nearly directly south. Iredell County was split from Rowan. The north/south split line is but a couple miles west of Cold Water Creek. So the Linns lived much closer to Christopher than our Walkers.