William H Horton Sr

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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Family Time Line

William H Horton Sr
1776–1822
Nancy Ann Campbell
1776–1825
Marriage: 22 June 1795
Lucy Lydia Horton
1796–1880
William Horton Jr
1801–
Reece H. Horton
1820–1862
Wade Hampton Horton
1806–1879
Mary E Horton
1808–
John Wesley Horton
1810–1883
Benjamin Franklin Horton
1813–

Sources (7)

  • 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"

World Events (8)

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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