Have seen his first name also spelled Housen.

While living in Virginia, Housand served as a private in a Virginia regiment during the Revolutionary War. Housand later moved to North Carolina about 1786 and settled on Beaver Dam Creek, in what is now Cleveland County, N.C. On November 15, 1788 Housand purchased 384 acres of land form Gideon Thompson. He paid 80 pounds "North Currency".