Sam Houston's Boyhood Home in Blount County, Tennessee

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Sam Houston's Boyhood Home

U.S. 129 & 411, east of Loudon County line, Blount County, TN , USA

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Three miles north stood the house to which Mrs. Elizabeth Paxton Houston brought her nine fatherless children from Rockbridge County, Virginia, in 1807. Her most famous son lived here until 1813 when he joined the Army.

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