William Pinckney Rose, Scottsville Cemetery, Scottsville, Texas. (original) (raw)

	The monument to William Pinckney Rose TE Photo Oct 2001

ROSE, WILLIAM PINCKNEY
(1787-1850)

William Pinckney Rose, was born on April 24, 1787, in North Carolina.

In the War of 1812 he was the leader of a group of Louisiana militia who fought in the Battle of New Orleans (January 8, 1815). It was there he made friends with Thomas Scott � Wm. Thomas� father.

	William Pinckney Rose�s Medallion for his participation in the War of 1812 TE Photo Oct 2001

	The grave of Mary Rose Austin TE Photo Oct 2001

In 1817, W.P. Rose married Mary Smith, a widow from St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana. They had nine children with an additional child from Mary�s first marriage. In 1839-40 the Rose and Scott families moved to what is now Harrison County.

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