Brief Life History of James E.
When James E. Horton was born in 1783, in Culpeper, Virginia, United States, his father, Robert Horton, was 32 and his mother, Jaley Underwood, was 29. He married Sarah Evans in 1807, in Culpeper, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Robertson, Tennessee, United States in 1850. He died on 27 September 1865, in Mitchell, Robertson, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 82.
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- James Horton, "United States Census, 1850"
- Legacy NFS Source: James Horton - Published information: Family genealogies
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1783 · A Free America
The Revolutionary War ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris which gave the new nation boundries on which they could expand and trade with other countries without any problems.
1788 · Becomes the 10th state
On June 25, 1788 Virginia became the 10th state.
1808
Atlantic slave trade abolished.
Name Meaning
English (Staffordshire and Warwickshire): habitational name from one or other of the many places so called, such as those in Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Dorset, Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Northamptonshire, Shropshire, Somerset, Staffordshire, Wiltshire, and Yorkshire. Most of the placenames derive from Old English horh or horu ‘dirt, filth’ + tūn ‘farmstead, estate’, though some may have different origins, including Horton in Gloucestershire, which may derive from Old English heorot ‘hart, stag’ + tūn.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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