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The
monument to William Pinckney Rose
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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. |
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William
Pinckney Rose’s Medallion for his participation in the War of 1812
TE Photo Oct 2001 |
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The grave of
Mary Rose Austin
TE Photo Oct 2001
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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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