Hetty Horn

Brief Life History of Hetty

Hetty Horn was born about 1785, in Knox, Tennessee, United States as the daughter of Nicholas Horn and Rebecca Badgett. She married John Tidings Foreman on 4 March 1801, in Surry, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. She died on 9 August 1849, in Hancock, Illinois, United States, at the age of 65, and was buried in Hancock, Illinois, United States.

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Family Time Line

John Tidings Foreman
1772–1850
Hetty Horn
1785–1849
Marriage: 4 March 1801
Ransom Sweatman Foreman
1806–
Mary Ann Foreman
1808–1900
Foreman
1819–
Anderson Foreman
1809–1887
Sarah Foreman
1817–1900
Rebecca Foreman
1820–1857

Sources (9)

  • Hetty, "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 "
  • Hetty Horn, "Illinois, Hancock County, Nauvoo Community Project, 1839-1846 (BYU Center for Family History and Genealogy)"
  • Hetty, "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 "

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World Events (8)

1786 · Shays' Rebellion

Caused by war veteran Daniel Shays, Shays' Rebellion was to protest economic and civil rights injustices that he and other farmers were seeing after the Revolutionary War. Because of the Rebellion it opened the eyes of the governing officials that the Articles of Confederation needed a reform. The Rebellion served as a guardrail when helping reform the United States Constitution.

1796 · Tennessee Becomes a State

On June 1, 1796, Tennessee became the 16th state.

1803

France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.

Name Meaning

German (Hören): habitational name from Höri, a peninsula in Lake Constance.

Altered form of German and Dutch Horn .

Jewish (Ashkenazic): variant of Horn .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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