Brief Life History of William H
When William H Horton Sr was born in 1776, in Stokes, Pitt, North Carolina, United States, his father, William Brissell Horton, was 30 and his mother, Winifred White Horton, was 26. He married Nancy Ann Campbell on 22 June 1795, in Stokes, Pitt, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 2 daughters. He died on 30 December 1822, in Kanawha City, Kanawha, Virginia, United States, at the age of 46.
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- Legacy NFS Source: William B. Horton - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: William B. Horton
- William Horton, "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 "
- Wm. H. Horton in entry for Horton, "Virginia Deaths and Burials, 1853-1912"
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1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1776
North Carolina is the 12th state.
1789
George Washington elected first president of United States.
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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