Sam Houston was born in Rockbridge County, Virginia, on March 2, 1793, moved to Tennessee in 1807, taught at this schoolhouse in 1812, attended Porter Academy in 1813, joined the Army in 1813 in Maryville, Tennessee, and studied law in Nashville, Tennessee, in 1818. He served as U.S. Representative from Tennessee from 1823 to 1827, Governor of Tennessee from 1827 to 1829, moved to Texas after resigning as Tennessee Governor, served as President of Texas from 1836 to 1838 and again from 1841 to 1844, served as U.S. Senator from Texas from 1846 to 1857, was Governor of Texas from 1859 to 1861, and died on July 26, 1863, and was buried in Huntsville, Texas.