William Pinckney Rose

William Pinckney Rose (April 24, 1787 – January 22, 1850) was an American soldier.[1]

Life

Rose was born on April 24, 1787 in Granville County, North Carolina, the son of Frederick and Mary (Washington) Rose. During the War of 1812, he ked a group of militia in Louisiana to enlist under Andrew Jackson. He participated in the Battle of New Orleans.[2]

On January 16, 1817, Rose married widow Mary Vardaman Smith of St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana before moving to Copiah County, Mississippi.[3] Rose was participant in the Constitutional Convention of 1832. In 1839 he moved to Harrison County, Texas, where he became one of the Regulators[4]

Rose died on January 22, 1850.[5]

References

  1. ^ Daughters of Republic of Texas - Vol I. Turner Publishing Company. 1995-06-15. ISBN 978-1-56311-214-0.
  2. ^ Association, Texas State Historical. "William Pinckney Rose: Leader of the Regulators in the Regulator-Moderator War". Texas State Historical Association. Retrieved 2025-04-17.
  3. ^ Revolution, Daughters of the American (1912). Lineage Book. The Society.
  4. ^ O'Connor, Louise (2018-09-26). Wild Rose: The Life and Times of Victor Marion Rose, Poet and Historian of Early Texas. Texas A&M University Press. ISBN 978-1-62349-675-3.
  5. ^ Grimsted, David (1998-05-21). American Mobbing, 1828-1861: Toward Civil War. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-535366-2.
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