Horton Family History

Updated 8/22/04 by Scott Owens Anrkee@aol.com

Descendants of Jesse Horton II

Generation No. 1

1. JESSE4 HORTON II (AMOS3, AMOS2, DANIEL1) was born January 7, 1773 in Hanging Rock, Lancaster District, South Carolina1, and died August 2, 1850 in Pleasant Ridge, Greene County, Alabama1. He married (1) BETSY FOWLER January 13, 1798 in Wake County, North Carolina. She was born Abt. 1778, and died October 22, 1798 in Wake County, North Carolina. He married (2) SARAH ELIZABETH CHAMBLEE March 15, 1799 in Wake County, North Carolina, daughter of ISAAC CHAMBLEE and LUCRETIA JONES. She was born 1777 in Wake County, North Carolina, and died March 17, 1862 in Pleasant Ridge, Greene County, Alabama1.

Notes for JESSE HORTON II:

In 1800, the Jesse Horton household in Wake County, NC, consisted of Jesse, Sarah, Jane Emeline, and a young gentleman 16-26 years old, possibly one of Jesse's or Sarah's brothers. At this time Jesse owned no slaves. This same year Jesse served as the administrator of the estate of Isaac Chamblee his father-in-law, who died intestate that year. Jesse received 36 acres "in right of his wife."

In 1816 Jesse Horton was taxed for 259 3/4 acres (probably someone else's) plus 919 acres. In 1817 and 1818 he was taxed for only the 919 acres. In 1819 his taxable acreage was 1,161, as it was in 1820, plus 4 slaves.

In 1821 Jesse was taxed for 1,331 acres and 5 slaves. During this year Jesse served as executor of the estate of his deceased father Amos Horton (Jr.). According to the will of Amos Horton, written March 28, 1821 and was probated August 18 of that year. Jesse received "all my lands on the north side of the Road, by his paying Drury Horton $50, and also two negros Barn and Eady." This will, of which Jesse was executor, was probated in August 1822. In 1822 Jesse was not listed in the tax lists, having moved to Alabama, but in 1823-25 his brother Hartwell was taxed "for Jesse Horton" several hundred acres of land. Jesse had taken his slaves to Alabama. According to family sources, Jesse moved his family to Blount County, Alabama, in 1822. His youngest daughter, Eliza, was born in 1823 there in Blount County. Other Hortons settled in Blount County and Jesse may have simply stayed there until Sarah delivered and was able to travel to move on to Greene County.

In 1824 the Jesse Horton family, including 8 slaves, moved to Greene County, Alabama, settling in the vicinity of Pleasant Ridge in the northeastern corner of the county. Jesse appeared on the tax lists of Wake County, North Carolina, until 1822 when he possibly moved to Blount County, Alabama. In late 1825 Jesse travelled back to Wake County to sell the remainder of his land and settle his affairs in that state, concluding two land sales in January 1826.

The 1830 Census of Greene County, Alabama, lists Jesse Horton with three sons (Jesse Habbord, 11, William, 18, and John D., 16) and three daughters (Elizabeth M., Mariah, and MaryAnn Rebecca) with his wife Sarah. Jesse owned 19 slaves at this time.

On December 1, 1830, Jesse acquired 79.87 acres of land in Pleasant Ridge through the Tuscaloosa Land Office. Jesse purchased 320 acres from David Scott and Edward Sims on August 4, 1831 for $1600. On January 10, 1832, he acquired 158.67 more acres nearby. Jesse gained 40.03 acres through the Tuscaloosa Office on March 30, 1837. Later that year, on August 18, Jesse purchased 235 acres from Albert, Hamilton, Mary, and Sarah McGowen for $2000.

In 1840 the Jesse Horton household consisted of Jesse, Sarah, William and his wife Marcia, and a boy 5-10 years old, possibly George Washington Horton, son of Elizabeth and John Henry. Jesse owned 23 slaves this year. On March 2 of this year Jesse purchased land from his son-in-law George W. Rives, husband of daughter Candice.

On April 21, 1841 Jesse purchased 285 acres from the Achilles Edwards' estate for $1650. In June of 1847 Jesse conveyed through "natural love and affection" 240 acres along with three Negro slaves: Abe, 24, Harriet, 20, and Esther, 14 to his daughter Candice, wife of George W. Rives. These were put in a trust, with son John D. as trustee, for the life of Candice. The proceeds of these properties were to be conveyed to Candice or her heirs. Apparently about this time George and Candice moved to Morehouse Parish, Louisiana, and Jesse felt some need to provide for her.

By 1850, all the children were gone, and Jesse and Sarah lived on their plantation with 25 slaves, 13 of whom were of age to be field hands. In the 1850 U.S. Census Agricultural Returns, Jesse Horton is shown with the following, the yearly production for 1849:

Land: 300 acres improved, 360 ac. unumproved, total value $7,980.00. (tot.660a)

Equiptment: $315;

Livestock: 5 horses, 3 mules, 11 milk cows, 4 oxen, 26 other cattle, 35 sheep,

95 swine, total livestock value: $1.120.00

Produce: 2,000 bu corn, 511 bu oats, 18 bales cotton, 50 lb wool, 50 bu peas,

10 bu potatoes, 350 bu yams (sweet potatoes), 150 lb butter, 200 lb

honey.

Estate of Jesse Horton, Greene County, Alabama: enumeration of heirs--

Jesse Horton departed this life in 1850, leaving:
his widow Sarah Horton, and the following children heirs, to wit:
Elizabeth Slaughter, widow of John Slaughter, deceased,
Therza, wife of John Bridges,
Rebecca, wife of Raleigh Brewer who reside in the State of Alabama (?Mississippi)
Also,
Maria, wife of Henry Edwards,
Molsey, widow of Littleberry King,
John D., & Wm Horton, who reside in Greene County, Alabama
Emiline E., wife of Benj. Bolton,
Dianah Bonds, wife of A. Bonds,
Sarah A., wife of James Massey, & Wm L. Jones, of whom are the grandchildren, and heirs of  Jane Jones, a Deceased Daughter
who reside in Franklin County, Alabama
and
Eliza, wife of Wm Buntin & Candice, wife of George W. Rives, who reside in Moorehouse Parish, Louisiana, and all of whom are
lawful heirs.

The tombstone of Jesse Horton, in the Horton Cemetery in Pleasant Ridge, reads thus: "For the last 30 years of his life he was a faithful member of the Baptist Church."

Notes for SARAH ELIZABETH CHAMBLEE:

Estate of Sarah Horton, Widow of Jesse Horton
Administered 1862 by John D. Horton
Sarah Horton died on or about April 17, 1862, leaving following heirs:
John D. Horton
William Horton
Maria, wife of Henry Edwards
Molsey, widow of Berry King
(all of Greene County, Alabama)
Also:
Elizabeth, widow of John Slaughter, of Leake County, Mississippi
Therza, wife of John Bridges, of Hamburg, Ashley County, Arkansas
Eliza Miller, of age near Monticello, Drew County, Arkansas,
heirs of Jane Jones, deceased, living in Franklin County, ALabama, now in lines of Federal Army:
Sarah A., wife of James Massey
William L. Jones
Dianan, wife of A. Bonds
heirs of Emeline E.,deceased, wife of Benjamin Bolton
Jane, wife of __ Hester
Jesse A. Bolton, age abt 26
Drusilla Bolton, age abt 22
Eliza Ann Bolton, age abt 20
John Bolton, age abt 18, &
Mary Bolton, age abt 8
who reside in Franklin County, Alabama.
heirs of Candice, deceased, living in Monticello, Drew County, Arkansas:
Virginia Rives, wife of Rogers
Sarah Rives, age abt 16
Mary Rives, age abt 14
John L. Rives, age abt 7
other children, not named
heirs of Rebecca, deceased, wife of Raleigh Brewer, living in Pickens County, Alabama:
Jesse Brewer, age abt 20
Raleigh Brewer, Jr., age abt 14
Burrel Brewer, age abt 10
Alice Brewer, age abt 8 &
John Brewer, age abt 4,
living with their father Raleigh Brewer in Pickens County, Alabama.

Children of JESSE HORTON and SARAH CHAMBLEE are:

2. i. JANE EMELINE5 HORTON, b. 1800, Wake County, North Carolina; d. January 1830, Franklin County, Alabama.

3. ii. ELIZABETH MARCIA HORTON, b. January 17, 1802, Wake County, North Carolina; d. December 16, 1864, Leake County, Mississippi.

4. iii. THERZA HORTON, b. 1804, Wake County, North Carolina; d. Unknown, Hamburg, Ashley County, Arkansas.

5. iv. MARIA HORTON, b. 1806, Wake County, North Carolina; d. Abt. 1865, Greene County, Alabama.

6. v. MOLSEY HORTON I, b. July 4, 1808, Wake County, North Carolina; d. June 21, 1881, Greene County, Alabama.

7. vi. ELIZA HORTON, b. 1809, Wake County, North Carolina; d. Unknown, Drew County, Arkansas.

8. vii. WILLIAM HORTON VI, b. October 5, 1812, Buffalow District, Wake County, North Carolina; d. September 5, 1881, Pleasant Ridge, Greene County, Alabama.

9. viii. JOHN D. HORTON, b. May 9, 1814, Buffalow District, Wake County, North Carolina; d. October 17, 1882, Pleasant Ridge, Greene County, Alabama.

10. ix. CANDACE HORTON, b. 1817, Wake County, North Carolina; d. Abt. 1861, Monticello, Drew County, Arkansas.

x. JESSE HABBARD HORTON I, b. September 22, 1819, Buffalow District, Wake County, North Carolina1; d. July 25, 1843, Pleasant Ridge, Greene County, Alabama1.

11. xi. MARYANN REBECCA HORTON, b. October 13, 1821, Buffalou District, Wake County, North Carolina; d. March 14, 1859, Noxubee County, Mississippi.

Generation No. 2

2. JANE EMELINE5 HORTON (JESSE4, AMOS3, AMOS2, DANIEL1) was born 1800 in Wake County, North Carolina, and died January 1830 in Franklin County, Alabama. She married JESSE JONES December 25, 1818 in Wake County, North Carolina, son of WILLIAM JONES and DINAH VADEN. He was born May 20, 1796 in Wake County, North Carolina, and died May 17, 1856 in Franklin County, Alabama.

Notes for JESSE JONES:
For example, Jane Emeline Horton's husband was Jesse Jones, not Thomas Jesse. I do not know where this rumor started, but there is no proof I have ever seen that his first name was Thomas. He did not serve in the Civil War, but may have served in the Indian Wars in the 1830's. He would have been close to 70 years old at the time of the Civil War and was not born in time to serve in the Rev. War.

In addition, it is extremely unlikely that Jane Emeline died in Franklin Co. or that their kids were born there as he did not purchase land there
until 1849 after Jane's death and after his second marriage to Rhoda Bolton, the sister of his son-in-law Benjamin Littleberry Bolton. Rhoda
was living with her parents in Pickens (later Greene Co.) at the time of their marriage; her parents never moved to Franklin Co. although most of
their children did starting around 1840. Jesse was the son of Wm. Jones and Dinah (Vaden) Jones; their graves are marked today in the
Greenhill-Ezzell Cemetery where they were moved from the Jones Cemetery after the TVA thought the Jones Cemetery would be flooded after Cedar Creek became a reservoir.

There is some possibility that some of Jesse's and Jane's kids may have been born in GA. This is something we need to research further. They may have lived there a short while before moving to Pickens/Greene. You also have the birth dates incomplete or inaccurate for Jesse and Jane's kids: Emeline was born 12/15/1819, Dinah Maisy Jane was born 3/2/1824, Sarah Ann was born 2/9/1827, and Wm. Lewis (note spelling) was born 1/24//1830. Since Jesse married Rhoda in Pickens/Greene @1832, it is extremely unlikely that Wm. Lewis was born in Fayette Co. AL. These dates came either from Benjamin Littleberry's Bible or from their cemetery headstones. The middle names came from legal documents such as the power of atty. they all signed for James Massey, Sarah's husband, to get their inheritance from their grandfather's estate.

By they way, Jane Bolton married Wm. Carroll Hester; you have a blank in her grandmother's will as to his first name.

I notice you have a more specific death date for Jane Horton Jones than I do; could you tell me where you got yours? We merely had that it was before 1832. She probably died in childbirth with Wm. Lewis. By the way, Jesse Horton's "marriage" to Betsy Fowler, as far as I know, is evidenced only by a N.C. marriage bond. Since he married Sarah Chamblee a mere 3 months later, and no children are purported to be born by Betsy Fowler, isn't it possible that this was merely a license to marry that was never used and that his marriage to Sarah Chamblee was his only marriage?

Dinah and Andrew Turner Bonds had 12 kids: I have them if you want them.

Sarah Ann and James Massey had 14 kids: I have them if you want them.

Wm. Lewis died May 5, 1853 and never married or had kids. Emeline and

Benjamin Littleberry had at least 7 kids; there was another one listed on the census that was not in their Bible. If he is their child, that would be 8 kids. I also have them if you want them.

Enough info for now except that we have the Bolton family reunion each year on land owned by Jesse Jones and Rhoda Bolton Jones on Cedar Creek in Franklin Co. It is wonderful. -- Carla Tate

Children of JANE HORTON and JESSE JONES are:

12. i. EMELINE ELIZABETH6 JONES, b. December 15, 1819, Pickens County, Alabama; d. July 20, 1852, Franklin Co., Al.

13. ii. DIANAH MAZY JANE JONES, b. March 2, 1824, Pickens County, Alabama; d. February 26, 1910, Pleasant Site, Franklin County, Alabama.

14. iii. SARAH ANN JONES, b. February 9, 1827, Pickens Co., Al; d. August 1, 1908, Franklin Co., Al.

iv. WILLIAM LOUIS JONES, b. January 24, 1830, Fayette County, Alabama; d. May 16, 1866, Alabama.

3. ELIZABETH MARCIA5 HORTON (JESSE4, AMOS3, AMOS2, DANIEL1) was born January 17, 1802 in Wake County, North Carolina, and died December 16, 1864 in Leake County, Mississippi. She married (1) JOHN MADISON HENRY July 4, 1840 in Greene County, Alabama, son of SAMUEL HENRY and REBECCA BRAEMER. He was born Abt. 1790, and died Abt. 1842 in Neshoba County, Mississippi. She married (2) JOHN WILLIAM SLAUGHTER Abt. 1844 in Leake County, Mississippi, son of OWEN SLAUGHTER and MARY MCDONALD. He was born 1795 in North Carolina, and died 1847 in Leake County, Mississippi.

Notes for JOHN WILLIAM SLAUGHTER:

te: 8/6/1999 8:25:50 PM Central Daylight Time
From: BandB4951
To: Anrkee
Hello,

I have just been viewing your SLAUGHTER family information on Ancestry.com and, while I am not sure that they are the same, there is a strong chance that your John William SLAUGHTER and first wife, Susan are the same as my great, great grandparents, John M. SLAUGHTER and wife, Susan CROUCH, or were, possibly related. My Susan was the daughter of Samuel and Sarah CROUCH from North Carolina and my John M. SLAUGHTER was the son of Owen SLAUGHTER and born in North Carolina. He and Susan had a daughter named Susan and John's brother had a son named William or John William. My great grandfather was Hutson/Hudson H./Harris? SLAUGHTER, born in March of 1844 in Greene Co., AL and Susan SLAUGHTER died 10 days later, probably due to complications of childbirth. I believe they were also in Pickens Co., AL. Hutson/Hudson SLAUGHTER joined the Confederate Army at age 16 years and married Claranda 'Clara' WILLIAMS, born: ??, parents: ?? They were the parents of my grandfather, Louis Hector SLAUGHTER who married three times, the third was my grandmother, Ethel Rosalee HATTEN (m. WOMACK.)

If you think that there is a connection with our SLAUGHTER families please contact me. Sincerely, Bellinda Myrick Barnett

Subj: George Webb SLAUGHTER Story
Date: 09/09/1999 4:41:27 PM Central Daylight Time
From: firegrl@sierratel.com (Candace Gregory)
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To: BBOB2121@aol.com
CC: Modenne@aol.com, BandB4951@aol.com, ROSELANE@aol.com, gaslaugh@ldl.net, mjeans@tsixroads.com, LSlaug2904@aol.com

This was forwarded to me by a researcher of an additional SLAUGHTER line I am working and this is of our family, thought you would be interested if you hadn't already seen it. I believe the preacher that is referred to is George Webb SLAUGHTER.

THOMAS ACEY BROWN "I was born in Rusk County in 1860," says Mr. Thomas Acey Brown. My father was a ful-blooded Englishman and mother was Scotch Irish. "I was about 17 years old when I left Rusk County ,, looking for a ranch job. I meandered over into the Palo Pinto and Ranger section, where I worked for the old Slaughter outfit. Everybody knowed that Slaughter bunch all over the states. The old man was a Baptist preacher, C. C. Slaughter was a banker in Dallas and was worth over three million. Lum, another son, was the black sheep, did a little gambling and everything else that came his way. Bill and John were ranchmen, on a large scale. The whole outfit owned a great part of Texas . They just kept right on, right on growing up with Texas . That's why they were so famous. I worked with that outfit for several years during round-up times. "Old preacher Slaughter and Ross captured an Indian boy when he was just a little shaver; he had growed to be about 25 years old when I worked for them. This Indian boy was a mighty fine rider, did most all the breaking of Slaughter's horses. He never wanted to go back to his tribe after he was grown. "When I was up in Palo Pinto County , I heard about an Indian climbing over a high rail fence when a guard shot him, and he died standin' straight up, leanin' against that fence; then the settlers tied him to a horse's tall and dragged his into town. They all gathered around, skinned him, and made quirts out of his hide. "Yes and I heard about them Indians a-skinnin' a white man alive and him a livin' over it too; don't know if it was so or not, I just heard it. "I knowed Jessie and Frank James, Sam Bass's bunch, (Blackie) Frank Jackson, and Warren Jackson, they were all train robbers of the Texas Pacific. These robbers and Indians would get back in them Palo Pinto hills and nobody could get 'em out without puttin' hounds in after 'em. "The killin' of Sam Bass was all a plot, they didn't get him fair. Old Murphy plotted a way to catch him, went into Round Rock to get a shave and gave officers a signal when he passed by. The officers surrounded the bunch and killed Sam. Then Jackson took a shot at Murphy when he was in the barber chair, but didn't kill him. "There was lots of wild people in this country when I came out here but they didn't get out much. These wasn't bad fellers; anyway we didn't think so then. They'd come out and do a little robbin' and give any poor person in need some money; they never killed unless they were forced to. Every one of them boys was drove to doin' what they done; ain't like the skunks now-a-days hold you up for two-bits, then killed you for not havin' it. These here preachers! If I don't roast 'em when they come to my house a-tellin' us to pray. 'Pray, pray, don't forget to pray, brother! Just go to it boys but don't forget to pray when you got to the forks of the road.' Why, Clyde and Bonnie prayed every day-can't tell by that. These here meetin's where they get down and roll and then have to drag 'em out in the brush and fan 'em. Bah! Ain't no more to them than these doctors hum-buggin' around. Why, here I am 78 years old, takin' medicine for my kidneys and it ain't a-doin' me no good. I can't hold out to walk at all and I used to be as good as a horse. I've slept in wet blankets too long I guess, 'til I'm just dead now, still a-walkin' but I'm dead just the same. Sometimes I do take a tumble but just get up and keep a-goin'. I don't mean to fool with them doctors though. Oh! These doctors and preachers; it's a wonder to me anyone is a-livin' now-a-days. One will tell you, you are goin' to hell and the other quack a-givin' somethin' he doesn't know if it will kill or cure. Then they talk about the bad boys robbin' trains long ago. I know which I'm for. "After I left the Palo Pinto Country, I went on down around Fort McKavett and the Brady section a-workin' for Dwight Benjamin. There were only two old boxed cabins at Fort McKavett at that time. "A bunch of Indians came through them parts and killed several white men and just cleaned Brady of horses. "An old man was goin' down the road in a wagon when three Indians a-walkin' and two on horseback went up and killed the old feller, cut his horses loose and took one of them; the other one got away and ran home. The family knew something had happened. The same horse ran home once before when Indians attacked the old man and he was saved that time. The Indians went on and made their next raid at Salt Gap, killing a Mexican and taking a bunch of horses from there. The soldiers from Fort Concho and Fort McKavett followed but they were led further and further away from water until they were starved out. The old broken down horses were all they ever got back. "There was plenty of trouble over that wire cuttin' business and nobody was ever supposed to know who done the cuttin'. "They didn't have many ranches in them days, camps were scattered over the range and they tried to stretch a little wire around some of the land and make a ranch. It didn't do no good for a long time. This was the cause of the cattlemen and sheepmen's little fussin'. It didn't amount to much where I was, of course the cowmen would run the sheep off their range but they'd come right back since there wasn't no fences. "Speakin' of stampedes, I never seen one happen with the cattle on home grounds. When they were on strange ground the least little noise would just scare the life out of 'em. "I've rode some mighty bad horses in my days; never struck but a few I couldn't tame. I always tamed them before I rode 'em. These rodeo horses are not so bad. Four or five men get in the stall and go to throwin' saddle, ropes, and stuff all over them and get 'em scared to death before they bring 'em out. The boys used to say I could conjure them. Why, l've led a-many a-one right out of a lot when he had never had as much as a halter on before. I pet him up a little, get right on and they never pitched a bit. These rodeo horses think they supposed to pitch and go right ahead and do it. "I knowed Booger Red real well; I just lived across the mountain from him, when he lived on a little ranch out from San Angelo. He was makin' merry at Christmas time and bored a hole in a tree, filled it full of gun powder, then struck a match to it, and it blowed him up. That's why he was so ugly. He naturally was red headed and freckle faced, then when this powder black specked him and blowed both eyes side-ways, he sure was a booger. He was a mighty good rider when he was a boy and I guess he did get to be a real rider after he had so much practice in his shows. They say he had a boy that was about as good as he was. "I went back to East Texas and got married when I was 37 years old, and settled down. I came back out here about 25 years ago and have stuck pretty close since." (From WPA Life Histories, interview with Mr. Thomas Acey Brown, Tennyson, Texas, interviewed, February 1, 1938.)

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Candace Gregory firegrl@sierratel.com    http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/g/r/e/Candace-L-Gregory   Researching the surnames of:
GREGORY, PRATER, COURTNEY, DECOURTNEY, SMITH, WILLIAMS, WICKER, SANDIFER, SLAUGHTER, MASON, CAIN and many, many more. . .

I am still looking for any information regarding my great grandfather,   Hudson/Hutson H.(Harris?) SLAUGHTER. Information was shared with me a few   months ago that Hudson's stepmother was Elizabeth Marcia HORTON, (daughter  of Jesse HORTON and, I believe, Elizabeth CHAMBLEE,) and Elizabeth was the  widow and 2nd wife of Reverend John Madison HENRY and she married her 2nd husband, my 2nd great grandfather, John M. SLAUGHTER, born: abt. 1795 in NC, (son of Mary McDANIEL/McDONALD and husband: Owen SLAUGHTER, II,) after Susan L. CROUCH, my 2nd great grandmother, died: 23 Mar 1844, at abt. age 29 years  old, died abt. 10 days after Hudson was born on 13 Mar 1844, apparently due to complications during childbirth. Susan L. CROUCH, born: abt. 1815 in NC  was the daughter of Sarah ? and Samuel CROUCH, born: abt. 1785. Hudson's father, John M. SLAUGHTER, born: abt. 1795, married Elizabeth Marcia HORTON shortly after Susan's death and they had a daughter named Marcia/Marsha SLAUGHTER that I am told died as a young girl after her father, John M. SLAUGHTER, died in abt. 1846/47 and Marsha/Marcia SLAUGHTER, (born: abt. 1845/46) would have died sometime after the 1850 census came out which showed she and her brother, George Washington HORTON, and their mother, Elizabeth Marcia HORTON HENRY SLAUGHTER, with Elizabeth as the head of the household but the information that I received does not show that Hudson/Hutson H. SLAUGHTER, who would have been abt. 6 years old at the time, was in their household. Does anyone know where Hudson SLAUGHTER was then? Does anyone know how Marsha SLAUGHTER died? And how her father, John M. SLAUGHTER died?  I have wondered greatly about what happened to this little boy, Hudson/Hutson H. SLAUGHTER, my great grandfather, after his father's death or, perhaps, before. I have not yet been able to find out if he went to live with his birth-mother's family after his mother's death or, indeed, did live with his father and his stepmother and I am just assuming that after his father's death he went to live somewhere else as he was not on the census of 1850. But I would very much like to know what happened to Hudson. It was a such lot for a little boy to have endured....the loss of his mother by death at his birth, the loss of his father by death at abt. age 3 years, the possible loss of his stepmother in his life who, possibly, was the only mother he had ever known by the time he was 6 years old, the loss by death of his half-sister, Marsha SLAUGHTER, sometime as a young boy and whatever else came his way by the time he joined the Confederate Army at age 16 years old. Then my mother tells me that there was, apparently, a son of Hudson SLAUGHTER and  wife, Clarissa "Clara" WILLIAMS named Henry SLAUGHTER was killed in a horseback riding accident at age 16 years old. Their 2nd son, Louis Hector SLAUGHTER, who married 2 times with children before he married my grandmother, Ethel Rosalee HATTEN whose first husband was Joseph Marion  WOMACK and they lived in Winn Parish and West Carroll Parish, LA. As far as I know Henry and Louis were the only two children of Clarissa "Clara" WILLIAMS and Henry SLAUGHTER. Ethel Rosalee HATTEN and Louis Hector SLAUGHTER had two children, Patrick LaMoyne SLAUGHTER, and my mother, Ethel LaVerne SLAUGHTER. After Louis's death in 1937 my grandmother never remarried and she died in 1950.  Also, just in case, does anyone know anything about the family of the above mentioned Clarissa "Clara" WILLIAMS, born: abt. 1845, mother: Elizabeth ? WILLIAMS, was she WILLIAMS by birth, born: abt. 1800 - 1810 in Ohio, and father: William WILLIAMS, born: abt. 1795 in Maryland. There are brothers of Clarissa and they lived in Franklin Parish, LA. There is another Clarissa "Clara" WILLIAMS that married Christopher Columbus "C.C." SLAUGHTER in the late 1800's. I think that Clarissa "Clara" WILLIAMS was descended from  Daniel Green WILLIAMS and I think that the C. C. SLAUGHTER, Jr. may have been the son of Christopher Columbus "C.C." SLAUGHTER, Sr., son of Reverend George Webb SLAUGHTER, who descend from the family that the above mentioned John M. SLAUGHTER and father, Owen SLAUGHTER, II, descend from. My grandfather, Louis Hector SLAUGHTER, who died in his late 60's when my mother, his daughter, LaVerne (Ethel LaVerne) SLAUGHTER, was only 7 years old, but she has always remembered him telling her that C.C. SLAUGHTER and Texas Ranger "Texas" John SLAUGHTER were cousins. This information led me to find the SLAUGHTER family that we descend from after much searching but it seems quite possibly that there was an even closer connection and that may be through this younger C.C. SLAUGHTER that married Clarissa WILLIAMS in Bienville Parish, LA abt. 1897 and Clarissa WILLIAMS' father died in Dallas, TX where the older C.C.'s family lived. It is possible that this younger Mrs. C. C. SLAUGHTER/Clarissa WILLIAMS SLAUGHTER might possibly be a neice or cousin to my great grandmother who was Mrs. Hudson H. SLAUGHTER/Clarissa WILLIAMS SLAUGHTER. Other distinguishing features about this information was that my grandfather, Louis Hector SLAUGHTER, spoke of Indian and French heritage and my mother remembers seeing a picture of what she remembers as one set of grandparents that were very Indian in appearance......and her memory regarding this information was as though it were rather close in time to her father......but I have yet to find that in the SLAUGHTER lineage and I have greatly wondered if the 'secret' might lie within the WILLIAMS lineage. There are HARRIS, WILLIAMS, MADISON, BOLTON, WEBB and many other surnames married into this SLAUGHTER lineage frequently and they apparently cross over into these other lines as well. Any information regarding any of this would be greatly appreciated. In advance, I thank you. Sincerely, Bellinda Myrick - Barnett

Child of ELIZABETH HORTON and JOHN HENRY is:

15. i. GEORGE WASHINGTON6 HORTON IV, b. April 2, 1832, Pleasant Ridge, Greene County, Alabama; d. October 15, 1909, Leake County, Mississippi.

Child of ELIZABETH HORTON and JOHN SLAUGHTER is:

ii. MARCIA6 SLAUGHTER, b. 1845, Leake County, Mississippi; d. Abt. 1855, Leake County, Mississippi.

4. THERZA5 HORTON (JESSE4, AMOS3, AMOS2, DANIEL1) was born 1804 in Wake County, North Carolina2, and died Unknown in Hamburg, Ashley County, Arkansas. She married (1) WILLIAM CARPENTER January 26, 1825 in Greene County, Alabama3. He was born Abt. 1798, and died Abt. 1839 in Madison County, Mississippi. She married (2) JOHN BRIDGES Abt. 1840 in Madison County, Mississippi. He was born 1798 in South Carolina, and died Abt. 1865 in Hamburg, Ashley County, Arkansas.

Children of THERZA HORTON and WILLIAM CARPENTER are:

i. JAMES6 CARPENTER, b. 1826.

ii. WILLIAM C. CARPENTER, b. 1832.

iii. JOHN CARPENTER, b. 1834.

iv. SUSAN CARPENTER, b. 1834.

v. CANDACE CARPENTER, b. 1837.

vi. JESSE CARPENTER, b. 1839.

5. MARIA5 HORTON (JESSE4, AMOS3, AMOS2, DANIEL1) was born 1806 in Wake County, North Carolina4, and died Abt. 1865 in Greene County, Alabama. She married HENRY EDWARDS Abt. 1828 in Greene County, Alabama. He was born 1800 in South Carolina4, and died Abt. 1875 in Greene County, Alabama.

Children of MARIA HORTON and HENRY EDWARDS are:

i. WILLIAM JESSE6 EDWARDS, b. 1830, Pleasant Ridge, Greene County, Alabama; m. BERNICE MEADOR, December 28, 1854, Greene County, Alabama5.

ii. JESSE HORTON EDWARDS, b. 1832, Pleasant Ridge, Greene County, Alabama; d. Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia.

iii. CANDICE M. EDWARDS, b. 1834, Pleasant Ridge, Greene County, Alabama; m. GOIN COCKRELL, November 11, 1853, Greene County, Alabama5; b. Abt. 1832.

iv. JAMES EDWARDS, b. 1836, Pleasant Ridge, Greene County, Alabama; m. LETA F. HARRIS, November 16, 1858, Greene County, Alabama5; b. 1840, Alabama.

v. MELISSA D. EDWARDS, b. 1838, Pleasant Ridge, Greene County, Alabama; m. W. D. O'DANIEL.

16. vi. JOHN E. EDWARDS, b. 1840, Pleasant Ridge, Greene County, Alabama.

vii. MARION EDWARDS, b. 1842, Pleasant Ridge, Greene County, Alabama; m. MARY; b. 1846, Alabama.

viii. ELIZA AMANDA EDWARDS, b. 1844, Pleasant Ridge, Greene County, Alabama; m. WILLIAM J. MAYO, May 2, 1865, Greene County, Alabama.

ix. HENRY A. EDWARDS, b. 1846, Pleasant Ridge, Greene County, Alabama.

x. CHARLES N. EDWARDS, b. 1848, Pleasant Ridge, Greene County, Alabama.

6. MOLSEY5 HORTON I (JESSE4, AMOS3, AMOS2, DANIEL1) was born July 4, 1808 in Wake County, North Carolina6, and died June 21, 1881 in Greene County, Alabama6. She married LITTLEBERRY KING II January 21, 1828 in Greene County, Alabama, son of RICHARD KING and REBECCAH MARTIN. He was born July 17, 1798 in Wake County, North Carolina6, and died November 12, 1851 in Greene County, Alabama6.

Notes for MOLSEY HORTON I:

KING Am seeking any information on ancestors/descendants of John Littleberry King b. 1798 Wake Co, NC; d. 1851 Greene Co, AL. Married Molsey Horton and had the following children: Nancy Jane b. 1828 m. John W. Scarbrough Alexander b. 1830 Mary Ann b. 1836 m. John Chesley Hester

Sidney Randolph b. 1838 m. Nancy Lucretia Hester
Berry Simpson b. 1840 m. Sarah Fannie Williams
Maranda F. b. 1842 m. Janes A. Flanagan John F. b. 1844 m. Rebecca J. ____
Sarah Elizabeth b. 1848 m. John Gandy William Riley b. 1850 m. Della A. Ferguson
Candice m. Needham Jones
Would appreciate any information and will gladly share.

Children of MOLSEY HORTON and LITTLEBERRY KING are:

17. i. NANCY JANE6 KING, b. November 1, 1828, Greene County, Alabama; d. October 20, 1911, Greene County, Alabama.

ii. ALEXANDER KING, b. July 24, 1830, Pleasant Ridge, Greene County, Alabama; d. January 7, 1852, Pleasant Ridge, Greene County, Alabama.

Notes for ALEXANDER KING:

From Will Book C, Page 276; Greene County Wills

Alexander King. Non-supative will dated 6 January 1852; probated 9 February 1852.

John D. Horton and William T. Hinton stated that at the house of Molsey King in Greene county on Tuesday the 6th of January 1852, attending and waiting on Alexander King who was then very ill at the house of his mother, Molsey King, that at 12 o'clock on that evening, said Alexander King, being advised that he must shortly die, said in the presence of his mother and several others that he wanted his sister Mary Ann to have his pen knife; his brother Simpson his money purse adn money; his brother, Sidney his saddle; his sister Jane Scarbrough, his cloak adn John Scarbrough a casinet and pair of pantaloons, which he bought in Mobile last winter; his mother, Molsey King to have all the rest of his property.

iii. ELIZABETH JELINA KING, b. April 24, 1832, Pleasant Ridge, Greene County, Alabama; d. 1832, Pleasant Ridge, Greene County, Alabama.

iv. MANDY ELLEN KING, b. April 16, 1834, Pleasant Ridge, Greene County, Alabama; d. 1834, Pleasant Ridge, Greene County, Alabama.

18. v. MARY ANN KING, b. May 1, 1836, Greene County, Alabama; d. June 13, 1916, Russellville, Franklin County, Alabama.

19. vi. SIDNEY RANDOLPH KING, b. July 22, 1838, Pleasant Ridge, Greene County, Alabama; d. May 26, 1896, Russellville, Franklin County, Alabama.

20. vii. BERRY SIMPSON KING, b. February 14, 1840, Greene County, Alabama; d. August 27, 1909, Greene County, Alabama.

21. viii. MIRANDA F. KING, b. September 18, 1842, Pleasant Ridge, Greene County, Alabama; d. April 18, 1918, Hull, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama.

22. ix. JOHN F. KING, b. July 26, 1844, Greene County, Alabama; d. June 9, 1902, Greene County, Alabama.

23. x. SARAH ELIZABETH KING, b. July 17, 1846, Pleasant Ridge, Greene County, Alabama; d. December 14, 1922, Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama.

24. xi. WILLIAM RILEY KING, b. May 12, 1850, Pleasant Ridge, Greene County, Alabama; d. June 8, 1904, Greene County, Alabama.

7. ELIZA5 HORTON (JESSE4, AMOS3, AMOS2, DANIEL1) was born 1809 in Wake County, North Carolina, and died Unknown in Drew County, Arkansas. She married (1) WILLIAM BUNTIN II February 27, 1845 in Greene County, Alabama, son of WILLIAM BUNTIN and PENELOPE BUNTIN. He was born October 21, 1801 in Nash County, North Carolina, and died March 2, 1853 in Drew County, Arkansas. She married (2) PETER S. MILLER Abt. 1857 in Drew County, Arkansas. He was born 1811 in North Carolina, and died in Drew County, Arkansas.

Notes for ELIZA HORTON:

Census listing for Eliza Horton
1850 Morehouse Parish, LA p398, #232
William Buntin 49 M Farmer 11,500 NC
Eliza Buntin 41 F NC
John L. Buntin 15 M Ala
Martha Ann Buntin 14 F Ala
Virginia J. Buntin 3 F Ala
Hollis H. Horton 35 M SC

1860 Drew County, ARK p164, #518
P.S. Miller 49 M Farmer 8000 6000 NC
Eliza Miller 46 F NC
C.F. Miller 15 M Tenn
C.B. Miller 13 M Tenn
Peyton Miller 10 M Tenn
Jessie Buntin 13 F Ala

Child of ELIZA HORTON and WILLIAM BUNTIN is:

i. VIRGINIA JESSIE6 BUNTIN, b. 1847, Pickens County, Alabama.

8. WILLIAM5 HORTON VI (JESSE4, AMOS3, AMOS2, DANIEL1) was born October 5, 1812 in Buffalow District, Wake County, North Carolina7, and died September 5, 1881 in Pleasant Ridge, Greene County, Alabama7. He married (1) MARCIA L. FORD January 12, 1838 in Greene County, Alabama, daughter of JOHN FORD and JENSIE KIRKPATRICK. She was born December 9, 1819 in Alabama, and died October 5, 1852 in Pleasant Ridge, Greene County, Alabama. He married (2) MARY EMILY KIRKLAND December 24, 1853 in Greene County, Alabama, daughter of MOSES KIRKLAND and PAULINA TIMMS. She was born December 4, 1830 in Greene County, Alabama7, and died January 20, 1900 in Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama7.

Notes for WILLIAM HORTON VI:

William Horton was a very successful planter in Pleasant Ridge, Greene County, Alabama. He was born in Wake County, North Carolina in 1812. When William was about 10 years old, the family moved to Alabama, settling eventually in Pleasant Ridge, GReene county, in 1824. In

The 1850 U.S. Census listed for William Horton the following, representing the land and production for 1849:
Land: 380 acres improved, 100 acres unimproved, total value: $3,600.00
Equiptment: $635.00
Livestock: 5 horses, 10 mules, 10 milk cows, 6 oxen, 10 other cattle, 23 sheep, 80 swine, total value of livestock: $1,966.00.
Production: 40 bu wheat, 2,000bu corn, 50 bales cotton, 20 lb wool, 300 bu peas, 15 bu potatoes, 900 bu yams (sweet potatoes), 150 lb butter,
45 lb honey.

The 1860 U.S. Census listed for William Horton the following, representing the land and production for 1859:
Land: 1,000 acres improved, 1,100 acres unimproved, total value: $41,000.00
Equiptment: $1,000.00.
Livestock: 13 horses, 32 mules, 13 milk cows, 8 oxen, 13 other cattle, 38 sheep, 350 swine, total value of livestock: $7,100.00.
Production: 300 bu wheat, 50 bu rye, 10,000 bu corn, 255 bales cotton, 69 lb
wool, 1,000bu peas, 25 bu potatoes, 1,000 bu yams (sweet potatoes), 305 lb butter, 3 tons hay.

In 1859, according to unsubstantiated Pickens County newspaper, William Horton purchased "Sipsey Mills," located on the Sipsey River a few miles from Pleasant Ridge, from Colonel Lanier, later commander of the 42nd Alabama Infantry, and his associates. The selling price of $10,000 was paid in coin. This quanitity of hard cash could not be obtained in Greene or Pickens County, and William Horton travelled by streamboat to Mobile where, likely upon credit of sale of his cotton, he got this sum in coin and placed it in one or more nail keggs. On landing at Horton's landing at the Mouth of Sipsey after dark, William Horton, not wishing to travel after sunset, sat upon the keg(s) all night, by some accounts with his pistol drawn, until he could travel safely to the mill north of Pleasant Ridge and settle the agreement with Lanier and associates.

This mill was subsequently burned on the morning of April 6, 1865 by elements of the United States Army, under the command of Brig. Gen. Croxton, who had earlier burned the University of Alabama in Tusculoosa. In reports this mill is referred to as "Lanier's Mill" and "Sipsey Mills." There were apparently two mills on the Sipsey River about two miles apart. A quantity of bacon and flour were taken by Croxton's arsenists. Later that afternoon, while retreating back toward Northport, General Wert Adams' brigade of CSA cavalry engaged Croxton's brigade, driving the Lincolnites further toward Northport until they made a stand at Romulus. At least two ambulances and General Croxton's personal baggage wagon were captured by the Confederates. According to the "Military History of Mississippi 1803-1898" by Dunbar Rowland, the affair occurred thus:

"In the latter part of March, 1865, General Adams marched his brigade, including Wood's Regiment, from Jackson to Macon and West Point, to join General Forrest, and was ordered to meet Croxton's Brigade of the Federal expedition under General Wilson. Adams marched with his command from Columbus to Pickensville, April 5, and on the 6th attacked the rear of Croxton's column, causing it to turn from the Eutaw road toward Tusculoosa. Adams pursued through the day but could not force Croxton to turn and give battle until about dark, when the Federal cavalry halted in a very favorable position. They were soon driven by a gallant charge of Wood's Regiment, in which Captain Luckett fell, leading his squadron. Thence Croxton retreated on the gallop toward Tuscaloosa. The roads were almost impassable. Adams lost 9 killed and 25 wounded. The Federal loss he estimated at 75 killed and captured, and he took all the ambulances and personal baggage of General Croxton.

Colonel Moorman wrote from Canton (Mississippi) May 4: 'Should the war cease now you would have the honor of having won the last victory on Confederate soil and in the Confederate cause.' Thus was the battle near Pleasant Ridge which followed the destruction of the mill of William Horton which he had just purcased six years before.

Children of WILLIAM HORTON and MARCIA FORD are:

i. SARAH FRANCES6 HORTON, b. November 29, 1838, Pleasant Ridge, Greene County, Alabama8; d. September 22, 1858, Pleasant Ridge, Greene County,Alabama8.

ii. JAMES WILLIAM HORTON I, b. December 5, 1841, Pleasant Ridge, Greene County, Alabama8; d. September 21, 1861, Manassas, Virginia8.

25. iii. HENRY AMOS HORTON, b. March 5, 1843, Pleasant Ridge, Greene County, Alabama; d. January 5, 1926, Clinton, Greene County, Alabama.

iv. JESSE HABBARD HORTON III, b. November 18, 1845, Pleasant Ridge, Greene County, Alabama8; d. October 11, 1846, Pleasant Ridge, Greene County, Alabama8.

26. v. AMOS HORTON VI, b. September 16, 1847, Pleasant Ridge, Greene County, Alabama; d. August 29, 1918, Aliceville, Pickens County, Alabama.

27. vi. MARTHA JANE HORTON, b. February 13, 1850, Pleasant Ridge, Greene County, Alabama; d. March 29, 1915, Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama.

Children of WILLIAM HORTON and MARY KIRKLAND are:

28. vii. RUFUS KENNETH6 HORTON, b. October 24, 1854, Pleasant Ridge, Greene County, Alabama; d. March 12, 1897, Pleasant Ridge, Greene County, Alabama.

29. viii. ROBERT LIONEL HORTON, b. August 17, 1856, Pleasant Ridge, Greene County, Alabama; d. October 6, 1889, Texas.

30. ix. MOSES BETTUS HORTON, b. July 18, 1859, Pleasant Ridge, Greene County, Alabama; d. June 18, 1928, Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama.

x. WILLIAM MANASSAS HORTON, b. July 21, 1861, Pleasant Ridge, Greene County, Alabama; d. May 29, 1919, Greenville, South Carolina?.

31. xi. JOHN RANDOLPH HORTON, b. July 5, 1863, Pleasant Ridge, Greene County, Alabama; d. July 6, 1927, Carrollton, Pickens County, Alabama.

32. xii. CLARENCE LESLIE HORTON, b. October 5, 1866, Pleasant Ridge, Greene County, Alabama; d. June 21, 1946, Bay St. Louis, Hancock County, Mississippi.

xiii. FREDRICK HORTON I, b. December 17, 1868, Pleasant Ridge, Greene County, Alabama9; d. September 3, 1878, Pleasant Ridge, Greene County, Alabama9.

xiv. MARY EMILY HORTON, b. September 3, 1871, Pleasant Ridge,Greene County, Alabama9; d. September 30, 1955, Pleasant Ridge, Greene County, Alabama9; m. PAYNE DENSON; d. Cullman, Cullman County , Alabama.

9. JOHN D.5 HORTON (JESSE4, AMOS3, AMOS2, DANIEL1) was born May 9, 1814 in Buffalow District, Wake County, North Carolina10, and died October 17, 1882 in Pleasant Ridge, Greene County, Alabama10. He married (1) MARY COLEMAN February 21, 1835 in Pleasant Ridge, Greene County, Alabama. She was born November 4, 1814 in Alabama10, and died November 29, 1843 in Pleasant Ridge, Greene County, Alabama10. He married (2) JULIA HOLLY June 18, 1845 in Greene County, Alabama. She was born February 20, 1817 in North Carolina10, and died July 17, 1858 in Pleasant Ridge, Greene County, Alabama10.

Notes for JOHN D. HORTON:

The U.S. Census of 1850 lists for John D. Horton the following in the Agricultural Returns, representing the land and production of 1849:
Land: 183 acres improved, 266 acres unimproved, total value: $3,333.00
Equiptment: $3.00
Livestock: 3 horses, 2 mules, 7 milk cow, 2 oxen, 16 other cattle, 14 sheep, 50 swine, total value of livestock: $800.00.
Production: 1,000 bu corn, 100 bu oats, 8 bales cotton, 30 lb wheat, 111 bu  peas, 4 bu potatoes, 100 bu yams (sweet potatoes), 150 lb butter,
20 lb honey.

The U.S. Census of 1860 lists for John D. Horton the following in the Agricultural Returns, representing the land and production of 1859:
Land:170 acres improved, 70 acres unimproved, total value: $3,600.00.
Equiptment: $550.00.
Livestock: 6 horses, 9 mules, 6 milk cows, 4 oxen, 8 other cattle, 80 sheep, 150 swine, total value of livestock: $3,600.00.
Production: 182 bu wheat, 3,000 bu corn, 75 bales cotton, 120 lb wool, 400 bu peas, 200 bu yams (sweet potatoes), 300 lb butter, and 15
tons hay, plus $100 homemade manufactures.

Leaving Tuscaloosa April 5, 1865, some of General Croxton's forces passed to the southwest through Pickens County. While at the Sipsey Mill Bridge previously mentioned, General Wirt Adams' command coming from the north overtook the rear guard and after some time consumed in "closing up" a sharp attack was made which developed into a running fight which lasted until 8 o'clock that night.General Croxton here repearted his retreating tactics which took him back to Tuscaloosa. He halted long enough, however, to form an ambuscade the springing of which resulted in the killling of the captain and two men of General Adams' leading company. His own loss was two officers and thirty men, two ambulances, one containing his personal effects including his dress univorm. During one of the melees occurring that afternoon, a Union major became unhorsed and unable to catch a remount, or keep pace with the retreating column, took to the woods afoot and alone. After comparative quiet was restored an old farmer of the neighborhood appeared and learning of the escape, or 'runaway' employing the vernacular of the country in the antebellum period, he determined at once to capture him upon his own initiative. Returning home he took down his hunting horn, one blast of which if not worth a thousand men, at least assembled his pack of hounds. Reaching the late field of action he struck a hot trail and soon had the major treed. Tradition has not preserved the exact language vociferated during the process of capitulation, but it is safe to imagine that it was not modish, or at all conciliatory in character. The major's strenuous protest was not so much against the necessity of unconditional surrender, but the humiliation of being barked at by "nigger-dogs." Love, 1895

(I take it that John D. Horton visited the site of the battle, just down the road from his plantation as can be seen from the map, learned from persons there that this had befallen the major commanding the 6th Kentucky, and returned to his home to assemble his hounds on his own initiative. He then came back to the battlefield site and the hounds found the trail. So the fugitives were captured near the battlefield, not on or near John D .Horton=s plantation. I wonder if the major was actually treed or just cornered at gunpoint. One would also wonder if he had retained any sidearms; sounds like he didn't. )

One of those lost men was Major William H. Fidler. Fidler was commanding the Sixth Kentucky Cavalry when it was attacked by Adams' brigade. It so happened that they wandered into the locality where lived John D. Horton, a well-to-do farmer. His sons were in the Confederate service, and he was an ardent Southern sympathizer. He had a fine pack of trained hounds and with these dogs he followed and captured Major Fidler and two privates. Mr. Horton carried the three prisoners to Eutaw and there placed them in jail. They remained in this jail until Eutaw was taken by the Federals, who liberated them on April 21st (on this same day Major Fidler was paroled at Vicksburg, so he must have taken the express train from Eutaw).

"Later, when Fidler was released he went to Vicksburg to get transportation back North. At Vicksburg he boarded the steamer Sultana. The Sultana was overloaded with men and the boiler exploded when steam pressure was increased past its limit. Miller, 1979

One of the men lost was Major W.H. Fielder (sic), an officer connected with the Kentucky troops, one of Croxton's principal officers. It so happened that they wandered into the locality where lived John D. Horton, a well-to-do farmer. His sons were in the Confederate service, and he was an ardent Southern sympathizer. He had a fine pack of trained hounds and with these dogs he followed and captured this Major Fielder (sic) and two privates. Mr. Horton carried the three prisoners to Eutaw and there placed them in jail. Clinton, 1904

Major Fidler and his men, meanwhile, were hiding in the woods trying to elude Confederate horsemen. They evidently took to the swamps around Shambley Creek. John D. Horton, William's brother, became aware of their presence and gathered up his "runaway dogs," trained to execute the provisions of the Fugitive Slave Act. He then returned to the skirmish site and the hounds found the trail. One source says that the three were literally treed by the hounds. At any rate John D. Horton apprehended one officer and two privates of the 6th Kentucky Cavalry, and, according to some sources, with the aid of the local home guard, delivered the three to the Sheriff to incarcerate them in the Greene County Jail. It is possible that these were the last Federal soldiers captured and confined as prisoners-of-war, at least east of the Mississippi. (There is more the rest of the story of Maj. Fidler, but he made it aboard the Sultana in Vicksburg, on which he was the ranking POW, and was lost with the boat north of Memphis)

Notes for MARY COLEMAN:

Mary Coleman Horton gave birth to an infant daughter which died or was still born. The date is unknown. Mary Coleman Horton died November 29, 1843, one month and one week after delivering Jesse Habbard Horton, son who died 10 months and 13 days later on August 4, 1844. It is reasonable to speculate that Mary's death was due to complications of the delivery, possibly a pelvic infection, a common sequelae postpartum in those days. Jesse Habbard was evidently a frail child to die at 10 months of age.

Children of JOHN HORTON and MARY COLEMAN are:

i. INFANT DAUGHTER6 HORTON.

ii. ALONZA HORTON, b. 1838, Pleasant Ridge, Greene County, Alabama; d. Abt. 1863, Unknown.

33. iii. JANE ELIZABETH HORTON, b. October 17, 1839, Pleasant Ridge, Greene County, Alabama; d. May 15, 1919, Vienna, Pickens County, Alabama.

34. iv. HOLLIS TRESVANT HORTON, b. December 1840, Pleasant Ridge, Greene County, Alabama; d. March 17, 1905, Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama.

v. LEONIDAS A. HORTON, b. 1842, Pleasant Ridge, Greene County, Alabama; d. February 9, 1863, Shelbyville, Bedford County, Tennessee.

Notes for LEONIDAS A. HORTON:

Private L(eonidas) A. Horton enlisted in Company B, 4th Battalion Mississippi Cavalry, on November 14, 1861 in Columbus, Mississippi, by Captain Yancey, for the period of one year. That same day he was appointed Sergeant. He appears on a muster roll of Company D, 8th Reg't Confederate Cavalry on September 1, 1862. This roll covered the period from January 1 to September 1, 1862. He was last paid by Captain Hamilton on January 1, 1862. On August 8, 1862 he was reduced to the ranks, though there is no indication of the reason of this reduction in grade.

This company was formerly Company B, 4th Battalion Mississippi Cavalry, and Company B, 2nd (Brewer's) Battalion Mississippi and Alabama Cavalry.

The 8th (Wade's) Regiment Confederate Cavalry (also known as the 2nd Regiment Mississippi and Alabama Cavalry) was formed in May, 1862, by the addition of three companies, which had formerly served in the 1st (Beall's) Battalion Alabama Cavalry, to the 2nd (Brewer's) Battalion Mississippi and Alabama Cavalry.

According to his messmate, J.A.G., Leonidas A. Horton "died of typhoid pneumonia near Shelbyville, Tennessee, February 9, 1863, son of John D. Horton of Greene County, Alabama, in the 21st year of his age.

"He was suddenly and violently attacked (by the typhoid pneumonia) and survived but the short period of ten days (i.e., he contracted typhoid on January 31, 1863). The deceased was a member of the McCaa Rangers, Company D, 8th Confederate Regiment of Cavalry. He entered service on his country for the war in the fall of 1861, under the gallant Captain McCaa. He was a faithful slodier performing all the duties required of him with cheerfulness. He shirked no duty when able to perform it. He was in most of the skirmishes that his command was engaged in and acquitted himself with honor.( Wheeler's cavalry slept on the field of battle the night of the 31st. Next day it operated in the rear of the enemy, on the pikes leading toward Nashville, repeating the destruction of trains. These trains were loaded with officers and men wounded, and bound for the hospitals of

Nashville. Captain B. B. McCaa of Co. "D", 8th Confederate, was mortally

wounded Jany. 1st in one of these attacks on the trains. The officer was

lifted from his saddle by Sergeants Alfred Atwater and A. C. Oxford, and

taken to a farmhouse nearby where he died that night. The detail of four

men that had been sent to bear him to the house were employed the next

morning in making a box for the body and digging a grave. A company of

the enemy came up and arrested them. Sergeant Oxford gave the Royal Arch

Mason's society "obligation" to the Captain, whereupon the prisoners

were released. Pickens County, Ala. contributed no nobler man or more

gallant soldier to the Confederacy than Captain B. B. McCaa). He (L.A. Horton) was engaged in all the cavalry movements in the enemy's rear during the great fight at Murfreesboro and was near his beloved Captain when he fell, gallantly leading the charge against the Abolitionist legions near Levergne on the evening of January 1, 1863. In his company he was highly esteemed by his officers and fellow soldiers-- none knew him but respect him. As a soldier, he was gallant, patriotic, and generous; as a friend, he was true and obliging.

"Often has his sprightly wit caused the merry laugh to ring around the glowing camp-fire. Alas: we shall see his noble form and listen to his wit and merry laugh no more, for the brave soldier has left this land of war and trouble. Though far from parents and sisters yet he was affectionately cared for and I hope they will strive to meet their son and brother in the better world where war, death, and trouble will never enter."

vi. JESSE HABBARD HORTON II, b. September 22, 1843, Pleasant Ridge, Greene County, Alabama10; d. August 4, 1844, Pleasant Ridge, Greene County, Alabama10.

Children of JOHN HORTON and JULIA HOLLY are:

35. vii. LAURA AMELIA6 HORTON, b. October 22, 1846, Pleasant Ridge, Greene County, Alabama; d. December 13, 1924, Union, Greene County, Alabama.

36. viii. ADELINE OPHELIA HORTON, b. March 4, 1848, Pleasant Ridge, Greene County, Alabama; d. April 8, 1901, Vienna, Pickens County, Alabama.

ix. LEWIS DUNKIN HORTON, b. April 12, 1850, Pleasant Ridge, Greene County, Alabama10; d. June 17, 1858, Pleasant Ridge, Greene County, Alabama10.

37. x. GEORGE ALGERNON HORTON, b. March 13, 1851, Pleasant Ridge, Greene County, Alabama; d. January 27, 1910, Carrollton, Pickens County, Alabama.

38. xi. JOHN A. HORTON, b. February 22, 1852, Pleasant Ridge, Greene County, Alabama; d. September 8, 1882, Pickens County, Alabama.

39. xii. ANNA C. HORTON, b. February 2, 1855, Pleasant Ridge, Greene County, Alabama; d. January 8, 1911, Greene County, Alabama.

xiii. MARY SUBER HORTON I, b. September 27, 1856, Pleasant Ridge,Greene County, Alabama; d. November 18, 1857, Pleasant Ridge, Greene County, Alabama.

xiv. ROBERT L. HORTON, b. 1857, Pleasant Ridge, Greene County, Alabama; d. Mississippi.

xv. LILLIE HORTON, b. 1858, Pleasant Ridge, Greene County, Alabama; d. 1859, Pleasant Ridge, Greene County, Alabama.

10. CANDACE5 HORTON (JESSE4, AMOS3, AMOS2, DANIEL1) was born 1817 in Wake County, North Carolina, and died Abt. 1861 in Monticello, Drew County, Arkansas. She married GEORGE W. RIVES November 27, 1837 in Greene County, Alabama. He was born 1810 in North Carolina, and died Abt. 1865 in Drew County, Arkansas.

Notes for GEORGE W. RIVES:

Drew County Arkansas
1860 Springhill Township Part Two
918 918 C. W. Rieves 49 M Farmer N. Carolina (could be G. W)
Candis Rieves 43 F N. Carolina
F. A. Rieves        19 M Alabama
Collina Rieves 17 F Alabama
W. J. Rieves        16 F Alabama
Sarah Rieves        13 F Alabama
Richard Rieves 11 M Alabama
Millie Rieves          9 F Alabama
J. L. Rieves          7 M Tennessee
L. C. Rieves          3 F Tennessee

Children of CANDACE HORTON and GEORGE RIVES are:

40. i. VIRGINIA6 RIVES, b. 1840, Pleasant Ridge, Greene County, Alabama.

ii. FALCINER A. RIVES, b. 1842, Pleasant Ridge, Greene County, Alabama.

iii. CAROLINA RIVES, b. 1843, Pleasant Ridge, Greene County, Alabama.

iv. MARY J. RIVES, b. 1844, Pleasant Ridge, Greene County, Alabama.

v. WILLIAM HORTON RIVES, b. 1845, Pleasant Ridge, Greene County, Alabama; d. Abt. 1855.

vi. SARAH P. RIVES, b. 1846, Pleasant Ridge, Greene County, Alabama.

vii. RICHARD L. RIVES, b. 1848, Pleasant Ridge, Greene County, Alabama.

viii. MILLIE RIVES, b. 1851.

ix. JOHN L. RIVES, b. 1855, Tennessee.

x. L. C. RIVES, b. 1857, Tennessee.

11. MARYANN REBECCA5 HORTON (JESSE4, AMOS3, AMOS2, DANIEL1) was born October 13, 1821 in Buffalou District, Wake County, North Carolina, and died March 14, 1859 in Noxubee County, Mississippi. She married RAWLEIGH BREWER I June 18, 1838 in Greene County, Alabama. He was born February 3, 1812 in Kershaw District, South Carolina, and died October 28, 1875 in Pickens County, Alabama.

Children of MARYANN HORTON and RAWLEIGH BREWER are:

i. WILLIAM6 BREWER, b. 1839, Noxubee County, Mississippi; d. Unknown.

ii. JESSE S. BREWER, b. August 6, 1841, Noxubee County, Mississippi; d. May 21, 1889, Noxubee County, Mississippi.

iii. MILDRED F. BREWER, b. April 3, 1843, Noxubee County, Mississippi; d. November 11, 1909, Noxubee County, Mississippi; m. CALDWELL.

iv. SARAH BREWER, b. 1846, Noxubee County, Mississippi; d. Unknown.

41. v. RAWLEIGH BREWER II, b. August 3, 1848, Noxubee County, Mississippi; d. June 16, 1922, Noxubee County, Mississippi.

vi. GEORGE BELTON BREWER, b. March 28, 1852, Noxubee County, Mississippi; d. December 16, 1878, Memphis, Pickens County, Alabama.

vii. ALICE BREWER, b. 1854, Noxubee County, Mississippi.

viii. JOHN T. BREWER, b. January 28, 1858, Noxubee County, Mississippi; d. January 25, 1901, Noxubee County, Mississippi.

ix. LANGDON BURRELL BREWER, b. 1850, Noxubee County, Mississippi; d. WFT Est. 1875-193711; m. EUGENIA ANN PARIS11, 187011; b. 184811; d. WFT Est. 1876-194211.

Generation No. 3

12. EMELINE ELIZABETH6 JONES (JANE EMELINE5 HORTON, JESSE4, AMOS3, AMOS2, DANIEL1) was born December 15, 1819 in Pickens County, Alabama, and died July 20, 1852 in Franklin Co., Al. She married BENJAMIN LITTLEBERRY BOLTON12 Abt. 183413, son of JAMES BOLTON and MARY CHAMBLEE. He was born February 6, 1804 in Wake Co., NC, and died April 13, 1864 in Franklin Co., Al.

Children of EMELINE JONES and BENJAMIN BOLTON are:

i. JANE7 BOLTON14, b. April 25, 1835, Alabama; d. September 19, 1925, Franklin Co., Al; m. WILLIAM CARROLL HESTER; b. October 14, 1829; d. November 21, 1908.

ii. JESSE AMOS BOLTON, b. February 28, 1837, Pickens Co., Al ??; d. October 7, 1924, Franklin Co., Al; m. (1) MARY EMALINE LINDSEY, October 20, 1859, Tishomingo Co., Ms; b. September 25, 1837, Mississippi; m. (2) MARGARET ANN MCKINNEY, Aft. 1860.

iii. SUSANNAH BOLTON, b. April 1, 1839, Alabama; d. October 3, 1843, Alabama.

iv. ?DAVID R. BOLTON, b. Abt. 1841.

v. DRUCILLA BOLTON14, b. May 27, 1842, Alabama15; d. 186715; m. M. A. HAMILTON, December 19, 1861.

vi. ?LEMUEL A. BOLTON, b. Abt. 1843.

vii. JOHN BOLTON16, b. 1844; d. WFT Est. 1845-1934.

viii. ELIZABETH ANN BOLTON, b. March 12, 1845; d. March 26, 1916, Franklin Co., Al; m. JAMES WESLEY HOOPER, December 29, 1864.

42. ix. JAMES HUGH BOLTON, b. September 3, 1847, Franklin Co., Al; d. August 22, 1909, Prentiss Co., Ms.

x. MARY EMALINE BOLTON, b. May 15, 1850; d. July 27, 1885, Franklin Co., Al; m. WILLIAM RILEY PETREE, 1868.

13. DIANAH MAZY JANE6 JONES (JANE EMELINE5 HORTON, JESSE4, AMOS3, AMOS2, DANIEL1)16 was born March 2, 1824 in Pickens County, Alabama, and died February 26, 1910 in Pleasant Site, Franklin County, Alabama. She married ANDREW TURNER BONDS16 December 22, 1839 in Franklin County, Alabama17, son of WILLIAM BONDS and NAOMI GRAY. He was born August 4, 1820 in South Carolina, and died November 5, 1883 in Pleasant Site, Franklin County, Alabama.

Children of DIANAH JONES and ANDREW BONDS are:

i. MARY E.7 BONDS18, b. November 22, 1843, Alabama19; d. July 22, 1895, Franklin Co., Al19; m. WARREN A. JERDON; b. August 11, 1836; d. September 14, 1895, Franklin Co., Al..

ii. VIRGINIA BONDS20, b. October 24, 1845, Alabama21; d. WFT Est. 1847-194021; m. (1) MANCEL BAKER; m. (2) DAVID JONES.

iii. WILLIAM JESSE BONDS, b. April 29, 1848, Alabama; d. March 17, 1871, Franklin Co., Al; m. NANCY JANE MORROW, April 1870; b. Abt. 1853; d. September 20, 1875, Franklin Co., Al..

iv. NANCY MARGARET BONDS, b. January 15, 1854, Alabama; d. September 20, 1875, Franklin Co., Al; m. JAMES PETREE.

v. SAMUEL TURNER BONDS, b. January 10, 1856, Alabama; d. April 19, 1942; m. RILDA MODENIA ELIZABETH MCMURRAY.

43. vi. SUSANNA BONDS, b. March 14, 1858, Alabama; d. November 11, 1888, Franklin Co., Al.

vii. TIP BONDS, b. June 2, 1860, Franklin Co., Al; d. December 7, 1860, Franklin Co., Al.

viii. INFANT BONDS, b. April 6, 1862, Franklin Co., Al; d. April 6, 1862, Franklin Co., Al.

ix. BRYCE BONDS, b. November 29, 1863; d. February 15, 1939, Franklin Co., Al; m. KITTY LEWIS, June 11, 1889.

44. x. LUELLA BONDS, b. July 7, 1867, Franklin Co., Al; d. April 12, 1903, Pleasantsite, Franklin Co., Al.

14. SARAH ANN6 JONES (JANE EMELINE5 HORTON, JESSE4, AMOS3, AMOS2, DANIEL1)22 was born February 9, 1827 in Pickens Co., Al23, and died August 1, 1908 in Franklin Co., Al23. She married JAMES MASSEY Abt. 1842, son of ELIJAH MASSEY and THANIE BOLTON. He was born November 25, 1819 in North Carolina24, and died January 29, 1904 in Franklin Co., Al24.

Children of SARAH JONES and JAMES MASSEY are:

i. WILLIAM JESSE7 MASSEY25, b. Abt. 1843, Alabama26; d. WFT Est. 1847-193226.

ii. FRANCES MASSEY, b. 1844, Alabama27; d. WFT Est. 1845-193827; m. WILLIAM MILLS.

iii. ELIJAH MASSEY28, b. Abt. 1846, Alabama29; d. WFT Est. 1847-194029.

iv. ELIZA MASSEY, b. 1846; d. WFT Est. 1847-194030.

v. JOHN BARTON MASSEY31, b. January 7, 1849, Alabama32; d. February 15, 1931, Mississippi32; m. REBECCA DOBBS.

vi. RHODA ANN MASSEY, b. June 1851, Alabama; d. March 27, 1923; m. BENJAMIN GOODWIN, Abt. 1874.

vii. GEORGE MASSEY, b. Abt. 1853, Alabama.

viii. ALONZO MASSEY, b. Abt. 1855, Alabama.

ix. RILEY C. MASSEY, b. March 14, 1857, Alabama; d. November 7, 1941, Texas; m. MOLLIE I. NELSON, February 14, 1892.

x. JOHN WORTH H. MASSEY, b. August 9, 1859, Alabama; d. August 12, 1937, Texas; m. BETTY WEST.

xi. ELIZABETH JANE MASSEY, b. June 12, 1862, Alabama; d. March 7, 1884, Franklin Co., Al; m. WILLIAM LEANDER MASSEY, Abt. 1880.

xii. JOSIAH MASSEY, b. March 30, 1863, Alabama; d. November 14, 1935, Mississippi; m. DELLA KUYKENDALL, Abt. 1885.

xiii. SARAH FRANCES MASSEY, b. April 10, 1865, Alabama; d. July 29, 1932, Franklin Co., Al; m. WILLIAM LEANDER MASSEY, Aft. 1884.

xiv. AMOS WESLEY MASSEY, b. March 22, 1867, Alabama; d. November 17, 1954, Mississippi; m. JOHNANN BRUTON, November 29, 1888.

45. xv. MARY ELLEN MASSEY, b. February 2, 1870, Alabama; d. December 11, 1899, Franklin Co., Al.

15. GEORGE WASHINGTON6 HORTON IV (ELIZABETH MARCIA5, JESSE4, AMOS3, AMOS2, DANIEL1) was born April 2, 1832 in Pleasant Ridge, Greene County, Alabama, and died October 15, 1909 in Leake County, Mississippi. He married EMILY L. CHAMBLEE August 26, 1851 in Leake County, Mississippi, daughter of JOHN CHAMBLEE and SARAH FERGUSON. She was born September 22, 1834 in Greene County, Alabama, and died January 1, 1906 in Leake County, Mississippi.

Children of GEORGE HORTON and EMILY CHAMBLEE are:

i. SARAH V.7 HORTON, b. 1852, Leake County, Mississippi; d. Texas; m. WILLIS PERRY SANDERS II, September 6, 1872, Leake County, Mississippi; b. Mississippi; d. Texas.

ii. MARY E. HORTON I, b. 1854.

iii. T. A. HORTON, b. 1855, Leake County, Mississippi; d. November 1, 1856, Leake County, Mississippi.

iv. ALICE MELISSA HORTON, b. 1857, Mississippi.

v. LAURA HORTON, b. 1862, Leake County, Mississippi; m. JOHN T. GOLMAN, January 22, 1883, Leake County, Mississippi.

vi. CORNELIA HORTON, b. 1866, Leake County, Mississippi; m. H. H. ODEN, December 8, 1885, Leake County, Mississippi.

vii. ELLA HORTON, b. 1868, Leake County, Mississippi; m. T. A. DAUGHERTY, December 19, 1892, Leake County, Mississippi.

viii. GEORGIA ANN HORTON, b. 1870, Leake County, Mississippi; m. E. BRANTLEY, June 27, 1897, Leake County, Mississippi.

ix. JOHN WILLIAM HORTON II, b. October 23, 1873, Leake County, Mississippi; d. July 19, 1911, Leake County, Mississippi; m. CARRIE HARDAGE, December 19, 1895, Leake County, Mississippi; b. September 1, 1877; d. September 8, 1968, Leake County, Mississippi..

x. ALMA HORTON, b. 1877; m. JAMES THOMAS, December 12, 1900, Leake County, Mississippi.

16. JOHN E.6 EDWARDS (MARIA5 HORTON, JESSE4, AMOS3, AMOS2, DANIEL1) was born 1840 in Pleasant Ridge, Greene County, Alabama. He married DRUCILLA HICKS September 3, 1965 in Greene County, Alabama33, daughter of TILMON HICKS and MARTHA DRIVER. She was born February 11, 1848 in Greene County, Alabama, and died August 27, 1866 in Pleasant Ridge, Greene County, Alabama.

Child of JOHN EDWARDS and DRUCILLA HICKS is:

46. i. KATHRYN DRUCILLA7 EDWARDS, b. August 22, 1866, Greene County, Alabama; d. October 7, 1932, Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama.

17. NANCY JANE6 KING (MOLSEY5 HORTON I, JESSE4, AMOS3, AMOS2, DANIEL1) was born November 1, 1828 in Greene County, Alabama, and died October 20, 1911 in Greene County, Alabama. She married JOHN WESLEY SCARBROUGH II November 27, 1848 in Greene County, Alabama, son of WILLIAM SCARBROUGH and MARY SCARBROUGH. He was born July 26, 1828 in Greene County, Alabama, and died May 27, 1902 in Greene County, Alabama.

Children of NANCY KING and JOHN SCARBROUGH are:

i. WILLIAM R.7 SCARBROUGH, b. December 15, 1850, Pleasant Ridge, Greene County,Alabama; d. May 6, 1852, Pleasant Ridge, Greene County, Alabama.

ii. JOSEPH RUFUS SCARBROUGH, b. December 19, 1855, Greene County, Alabama; d. September 24, 1936, Greene County, Alabama; m. ELIZABETH R.; b. May 7, 1868; d. September 9, 1909.

iii. ALEXANDER BATTLE SCARBROUGH, b. November 29, 1857, Pleasant Ridge, Greene County, Alabama; d. February 22, 1922, Greene County, Alabama; m. (1) HULDA A. ?; m. (2) MARY ELLEN HOOD.

iv. ?BETTI N. SCARBROUGH, b. November 11, 1866; d. June 8, 1950.

v. JENNIE SCARBROUGH, b. July 25, 1871, Greene County, Alabama; d. December 1, 1879, Greene County, Alabama.

18. MARY ANN6 KING (MOLSEY5 HORTON I, JESSE4, AMOS3, AMOS2, DANIEL1) was born May 1, 1836 in Greene County, Alabama, and died June 13, 1916 in Russellville, Franklin County, Alabama. She married JOHN CHESLEY HESTER February 28, 1855 in Greene County, Alabama, son of ROLING HESTER and LUCENDY RICHARDSON. He was born May 28, 1832 in Franklin County, Alabama, and died February 22, 1907 in Franklin County, Alabama.

Children of MARY KING and JOHN HESTER are:

i. SAMUEL BERRY7 HESTER, b. March 22, 1856, Franklin County, Alabama; d. December 31, 1941, Franklin County, Alabama; m. AMANDA MODENA SPARKS, December 19, 1878.

ii. WILLIAM HENRY HESTER, b. January 18, 1859, Franklin County, Alabama; d. January 9, 1948, Franklin County, Alabama; m. MARY JANE SPARKS, December 19, 1879.

iii. MARY MOLSIE ALICE HESTER, b. October 16, 1859, Franklin County, Alabama; d. April 11, 1921, Allsboro, Alabama; m. (1) LEWIS SANDY MALONE; m. (2) NATHAN ELIAS REID.

iv. JOHN WALTER HESTER, b. November 17, 1861, Franklin County, Alabama; d. March 26, 1941, Franklin County, Alabama; m. (1) BETTY JOSEPHINE SPARKS, December 30, 1882; m. (2) SUSAN CLAY, December 13, 1913.

v. ALBERT SIDNEY HESTER, b. December 25, 1864, Franklin County, Alabama; m. (1) ORMAN HAMLETT; m. (2) JEAN TAYLOR.

vi. AMOS BENTON HESTER, b. December 15, 1866, Franklin County, Alabama; d. September 8, 1955, Franklin County, Alabama; m. LUCY JANE HENDRIX.

vii. JESSE FRANKLIN HESTER, b. October 1, 1868, Franklin County, Alabama; d. September 19, 1936, Barton, Colbert County, Alabama; m. BIRDIE FRANCES WOODFIN, December 23, 1891.

viii. CHESLEY COLUMBUS HESTER, b. July 18, 1870, Franklin County, Alabama; d. September 19, 1936, Amory, Monroe County, Mississippi; m. EMMA JAMES WOODFIN, December 24, 1893.

ix. ROBERT WILEY HESTER, b. January 8, 1872, Franklin County, Alabama; d. December 30, 1956; m. (1) KATIE SEVIER SPARKS, December 20, 1893; m. (2) LELA LUCILLE GRISSOM, July 19, 1905.

x. MARY LULA HESTER, b. December 11, 1873, Franklin County, Alabama; d. July 13, 1958, Tuscumbia, Alabama; m. (1) CHARLES GASSAWAY, February 22, 1896; m. (2) CHARLES WESLEY FREEMAN, 1906.

xi. LUCINDA MIRANDA HESTER, b. November 1, 1875.

xii. SALLIE JANE HESTER, b. November 2, 1879, Franklin County, Alabama; d. 1916; m. L. FRANK GASSAWAY, November 2, 1898.

19. SIDNEY RANDOLPH6 KING (MOLSEY5 HORTON I, JESSE4, AMOS3, AMOS2, DANIEL1) was born July 22, 1838 in Pleasant Ridge, Greene County, Alabama, and died May 26, 1896 in Russellville, Franklin County, Alabama. He married NANCY LUCRETIA HESTER December 12, 1867 in Frankfort, Franklin County, Alabama. She was born September 26, 1846 in Franklin County, Alabama, and died August 14, 1945 in Franklin County, Alabama.

Children of SIDNEY KING and NANCY HESTER are:

i. ROBERT BERRY7 KING, b. September 18, 1868, Greene County, Alabama; d. April 12, 1907, Franklin County, Alabama; m. ELIZA JOSEPHINE HUGHES, January 2, 1889.

ii. NANCY ELIZABETH KING, b. December 12, 1869, Greene County, Alabama; m. WILLIAM H. RIKARD.

iii. JOHN CHEASLEY ALEXANDER KING, b. September 19, 1878, Franklin County, Alabama; d. November 1897, Franklin County, Alabama.

iv. WILLIAM SIDNEY KING, b. June 11, 1883, Franklin County, Alabama; d. July 24, 1907, Franklin County, Alabama.

v. MOLSEY LUCRETIA KING, b. July 29, 1886, Franklin County, Alabama; d. December 30, 1966, Franklin County, Alabama; m. BOSE PULASKI STRICKLAND, December 18, 1907.

vi. JESSIE MIRANDA KING, b. November 11, 1888, Franklin County, Alabama; d. January 31, 1963, Franklin County, Alabama; m. WILLIAM KENNY DANIEL, January 18, 1911.

20. BERRY SIMPSON6 KING (MOLSEY5 HORTON I, JESSE4, AMOS3, AMOS2, DANIEL1) was born February 14, 1840 in Greene County, Alabama, and died August 27, 1909 in Greene County, Alabama. He married SARAH FRANCES WILLIAMS August 11, 1859 in Pleasant Ridge, Greene County, Alabama, daughter of WHEATON WILLIAMS and AQUELLA COCKRELL. She was born September 22, 1839 in Greene County, Alabama, and died January 26, 1898 in Greene County, Alabama.

Notes for BERRY SIMPSON KING:

First entered CSA service January 1862 as private at Floyd, LA in Co A 1st Louisana/2nd Arkansas Regiment of Infantry, and continued until 1863 when was transferred to Co B, 36th Alabama Infantry. At the close of the War was discharged at Mobile, Ala April 1865.

Children of BERRY KING and SARAH WILLIAMS are:

i. MARY JANE7 KING, b. June 8, 1861, Greene County, Alabama; d. October 11, 1934, Eutaw, Greene County, Alabama.

47. ii. JOSEPH LEONIDAS KING, b. January 21, 1866, Greene County, Alabama; d. July 26, 1930, Eutaw, Greene County, Alabama.

21. MIRANDA F.6 KING (MOLSEY5 HORTON I, JESSE4, AMOS3, AMOS2, DANIEL1) was born September 18, 1842 in Pleasant Ridge, Greene County, Alabama, and died April 18, 1918 in Hull, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama. She married JAMES ALEXANDER FLANAGAN March 25, 1869 in Greene County, Alabama, son of PHILLIP FLANAGAN and ELIZABETH MEADOR. He was born December 21, 1842 in Pleasant Ridge, Greene County, Alabama, and died January 31, 1924 in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama.

Children of MIRANDA KING and JAMES FLANAGAN are:

i. ANNIE MARY7 FLANAGAN, b. October 6, 1869, Greene County, Alabama; d. June 9, 1879, Greene County, Alabama.

48. ii. MOLSEY ELIZABETH FLANAGAN, b. June 11, 1870, Greene County, Alabama; d. August 6, 1947, Franklin County, Alabama.

iii. MARY LULA FLANAGAN, b. September 9, 1872, Greene County, Alabama; m. THOMAS EDWARD NORRIS, December 28, 1904.

iv. JAMES ALEXANDER FLANAGAN II, b. October 2, 1874, Greene County, Alabama; d. December 2, 1874, Greene County, Alabama.

v. BERRY COLEMAN FLANAGAN, b. September 8, 1876, Greene County, Alabama; d. December 3, 1879, Greene County, Alabama.

vi. ALBERT VESTER FLANAGAN, b. October 11, 1881, Greene County, Alabama; d. October 13, 1881, Greene County, Alabama.

22. JOHN F.6 KING (MOLSEY5 HORTON I, JESSE4, AMOS3, AMOS2, DANIEL1) was born July 26, 1844 in Greene County, Alabama, and died June 9, 1902 in Greene County, Alabama. He married (1) REBECCA L. WILDER January 23, 1866 in Pickens County, Alabama. She was born August 23, 1839 in Greene County, Alabama, and died November 25, 1890 in Greene County, Alabama. He married (2) SALLEY WRENN November 22, 1898 in Pickens County, Alabama. She died Abt. 1904 in Sumter County, Alabama.

Children of JOHN KING and REBECCA WILDER are:

i. ELLA B.7 KING.

ii. JESSE G. KING.

iii. JOHN WALTER KING.

iv. CALLIE KING, b. 1868; d. Jefferson County, Alabama; m. ANTHONY L. MORROW.

v. WILLIAM H. KING, b. November 1869.

vi. NANNIE O. KING, b. September 13, 1871, Greene County, Alabama; d. July 31, 1895, Greene County, Alabama; m. WILLIAM R. JONES.

23. SARAH ELIZABETH6 KING (MOLSEY5 HORTON I, JESSE4, AMOS3, AMOS2, DANIEL1) was born July 17, 1846 in Pleasant Ridge, Greene County, Alabama, and died December 14, 1922 in Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama. She married JOHN HENDERSON GANDY II February 27, 1868 in Greene County, Alabama, son of JOHN HENDERSON GANDY I. He was born 1845 in Greene County, Alabama, and died 1932 in Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama.

Children of SARAH KING and JOHN GANDY are:

i. ELLA7 GANDY.

ii. KATE GANDY.

iii. ROSS GANDY.

iv. HATTIE GANDY, b. 1870.

v. JOHN SIMPSON GANDY, b. January 21, 1870.

24. WILLIAM RILEY6 KING (MOLSEY5 HORTON I, JESSE4, AMOS3, AMOS2, DANIEL1) was born May 12, 1850 in Pleasant Ridge, Greene County, Alabama, and died June 8, 1904 in Greene County, Alabama. He married DELLA ANNE FERGASON December 21, 1873 in Greene County, Alabama. She was born January 18, 1856 in Greene County, Alabama, and died January 7, 1936 in Greene County, Alabama.

Children of WILLIAM KING and DELLA FERGASON are:

i. EDWARD FRANKLIN7 KING.

ii. CHARLES KING, b. 1876, Greene County, Alabama; d. 1951, Greene County, Alabama; m. MARY S. ?.

iii. LONNIE SIMPSON KING, b. September 11, 1879, Greene County, Alabama; d. August 26, 1952, Greene County, Alabama; m. LESLIE R. ?.

iv. ANNIE BELL KING, b. September 4, 1882, Greene County, Alabama; d. February 11, 1956, Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama.

v. JOHN BERRY KING I, b. Abt. 1885, Greene County, Alabama; d. Abt. 1886, Greene County, Alabama.

25. HENRY AMOS6 HORTON (WILLIAM5, JESSE4, AMOS3, AMOS2, DANIEL1) was born March 5, 1843 in Pleasant Ridge, Greene County, Alabama34, and died January 5, 1926 in Clinton, Greene County, Alabama34. He married (1) FANNIE S. NORRIS Abt. 1865. She was born February 16, 1842 in Mississippi, and died December 12, 1883 in Clinton, Greene County, Alabama. He married (2) SALLIE BELLE PIPPEN Abt. 1886 in Greene County, Alabama, daughter of AUGUSTUS PIPPIN and MARTHA DUNLAP. She was born May 30, 1857 in Clinton, Greene County, Alabama34, and died July 6, 1937 in Clinton, Greene County, Alabama34.

Children of HENRY HORTON and FANNIE NORRIS are:

i. GEORGE7 HORTON, b. 1867, Clinton, Greene County, Alabama; d. September 7, 1896, Pleasanton, Texas.

ii. WILLIAM HENRY HORTON II, b. July 9, 1870, Clinton, Greene County, Alabama; d. March 15, 1895, Clinton, Greene County, Alabama.

49. iii. EMILY HORTON, b. July 9, 1870, Clinton, Greene County, Alabama; d. 1948, Pleasant Ridge, Greene County, Alabama.

50. iv. JESSE J. HORTON, b. October 25, 1872, Clinton, Greene County, Alabama; d. October 8, 1937, Clinton, Greene County, Alabama.

v. MARCIA HORTON, b. November 15, 1874, Clinton, Greene County, Alabama; d. May 5, 1960, Clinton, Greene County, Alabama.

Children of HENRY HORTON and SALLIE PIPPEN are:

51. vi. HENRY BOYCE7 HORTON, b. December 27, 1887, Clinton, Greene County, Alabama; d. June 21, 1917.

vii. CHARLES LLOYD HORTON, b. August 20, 1891, Greene County, Alabama35; d. June 11, 191735.

viii. AUGUSTA MAY HORTON, b. July 16, 1894, Clinton, Greene County, Alabama35; d. October 1, 1904, Clinton, Greene County, Alabama35.

ix. EARL AMOS HORTON, b. November 1897, Clinton, Greene County, Alabama; d. February 20, 1963, Eutaw, Greene County, Alabama.

 

26. AMOS6 HORTON VI (WILLIAM5, JESSE4, AMOS3, AMOS2, DANIEL1) was born September 16, 1847 in Pleasant Ridge, Greene County, Alabama, and died August 29, 1918 in Aliceville, Pickens County, Alabama. He married (1) SALLIE ELIZABETH RICHARDSON January 19, 1871 in Clinton, Greene County, Alabama, daughter of GRIEF RICHARDSON and DRUCILLA TAYLOR. She was born December 4, 1841 in Clinton, Greene County, Alabama, and died May 19, 1902 in Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama. He married (2) CARRIE ADELINE FOSTER November 7, 1903 in Milledgeville, Georgia, daughter of K. FOSTER and MELISSA MAYO. She was born 1869 in Chatooga County, Georgia, and died 1944 in Decator, Alabama.

Notes for AMOS HORTON VI:

From the Memorial Record of Alabama, 1893, Vol 1:

"Amos Horton, an extensive farmer and stock-breeder, living at Pleasant Ridge, was born in Greene County, Ala., September 16, 1847. He is the son of William and Marcia (Ford) Horton. The Horton family is a very ancient one, and its genealogy is as follows, with however, a missing link between the faimly of Amos Horton and the ancient family of Horton, which is is believed possible to supply. Robert De Horton manumitted a bondsman to his manor of Horton, long before the time of Henry Lacy, earl of Lincoln, wh died in 1310. It has also been ascertained that the Hortons had a manor house in Grant Horton, at a remote period. The word Horton, in Anglo-Saxon, means a vegetable garden. It is said to be derived from "ort" and "tan", "ort" meaning "plant" and "tun", "enclosed" or "an enclosure." It is known in England ever since the conquest by Julius Caesar. The Horton coat of arms in England is as follows: A stag's head, embossed in silver and gold. The motto, "Quod cult, caile cult" (What he wills, he wills cordially), expresses a sentiment which can be traced in the present generation of Hortons, as one of their chief characterists. William Horotn, of Frith House in Barksland, Halifax, sescended from the above-named Robert De Horton. Barnabus Horton, the ancestor of the Hortons in America, came to America, in the ship "Swallow," between the year 1633 and 1638, and landed at Hampton, Mass. William Horton, the father of Amos Horton, was born near Raleigh, Wake County, (NC) in 1812. He was a wealthy planter and large slave-holder owning 100 slaves. He emigrated to Alabama at an early age and settled in Blount County. Miss Marcia Ford, whom he married, was born in Alabama, and spent her life in Greene County. There maried about 1836,a nd became the parents of six children, three only of whom are ilving, viz: Henry A. Horton, a farmer in Greene County; Amos Horton, and Mattie Snedicor, widow of J. W. Snedicor, of Birmingham, Ala. His first wife having died, Mr. William Horton married Mrs. Mary Tillman, by whom he has had eight children--seven sons and one daughter--as follows: Rufus K. Horton, a wealthy and progressive planter, living near Pleasant Ridge; Robert L. Horton, a resident of Meridian, Miss.; Moses B. Horton, unmarried, and living near Pleasant Ridge, on a farm; William Manassas Horton, born on the day of the first battle of Manassas, hence his name; he is a dentist at Tuscaloosa, Ala.; John R. Horton, a farmer of Greene County; Clarence S. (?) Horton, physician in the hospital in New Orleans; Fred Horton, who died in 1878; and Mary E. Horton, unmarried, and living near Pleasant Ridge. with her mother. Amos Hroton is the grandson of Jesse Horton, a native of North Carolina(?), and a great-grandson of Amos Horton, a captain in the Revolutionary War, under Gen. Marion. Amos Horton was married to Miss Sallie Richardson, a native of Greene County, and a daughter of Grief Richardson and Drucilla (Taylor) Richardson; both were born in 1808, the former in Lunenberg, and the latter in Pendleton, S. C. She was a daughter of Samuel Taylor, who was among the first settlers of Greene County. He was a son of Samuel Taylor, who was a colonel in the Revolutionary army, and quite a distinguished soldier,having been the first to fight the British in South Carolina. He lost a leg during the war, and fought with a price offered for his head by the British governor,and consequently could not be properly considered a prisoner of war (assuming he was captured). He received a large Revolutionary bounty, which place his family in affluent circumstances. James Taylor, the father of Col. Samuel Taylor, came over from england as one of the king's officers, and settled upon a farm upon which the city of Philadelphia now stands. The place was known as the Stone House farm. Mrs Horton's parents were married in 1830, and to them were born seven children; four are living, as follows: John T. Richardson, a real estate dealer in Birmingham, Ala.; Leonnora Richardson, wife of C. McAdory, of Bessemer, Ala.; Ida Richardson, wife of J. R. Rockett, of Birmingham, Ala., Sallie Richardson, wife of Amos Horton, of Pleasant Ridge, Ala. Three are dead, as follows: Mary Virginia, wife of B.T. Higginbotham, died in 1853; Dr. William H. Richardson was killed at Spottsylvania Court House, Va., in 1864, while in command of a company on the Eleventh Alabama regiment Confederate States army; infant son, died at an early age. Mrs Horton's maternal great-grandfather was a well known and able minister of the Presbyterian church: Rev Dr. Thomas Reese, born in Pennsylvania in 1742, graduated from Princeton College with great honor, and the degree of D. D.; was licensed to preach in 1773, and was the first Carolinian to be so honored by Princeton. He was a thorough scholar, and was well versed in mental and moral philosophy as well as theology. He was the author of the work entitled "The Influence of Religion on Civil Society," which, if it had been written from the other side of the Atlantic, might have done credit to the pen of a Warburton or a Paley. He died near Pendleton, S.C., in 1799, and was buried near the old stone church. To Amos Horton and his wife have been born six children, of whom three sons are living, viz: William Taylor Horton, bonr December 12,1871, Hugh Clifford Horton, bonr NOvember 7, 1872, graduated from the University of Alabama, in June 1892, having taken a classical course; Charles Richardson Horton, born January 5, 1875. Amos Horton was a cadet furing the late War, subject to state orders,and served a short time in Mobile, Ala. He owns 1,800 acres of land in Greene County, which is in a high state of cultivation, and lies on the Sipsey River. He makes a speciality of raising Jersey cattle. Mrs. Horton is a member of the Presbyterian church, and both Mr. and Mrs. Horton are highly respected citizens."

Children of AMOS HORTON and SALLIE RICHARDSON are:

i. WILLIAM TAYLOR7 HORTON, b. December 12, 1871, Pleasant Ridge, Greene County, Alabama; d. April 20, 1949, Pleasant Ridge, Greene County, Alabama; m. ELIZA MARY POYNER, June 28, 1914, Greene County, Alabama; b. April 25, 1875; d. November 14, 1945, Pleasant Ridge, Greene County,Alabama..

ii. HUGH CLIFFORD HORTON I, b. November 7, 1872, Pleasant Ridge, Greene County, Alabama; d. May 19, 1897, Eutaw, Greene County, Alabama.

52. iii. CHARLES RICHARDSON HORTON I, b. January 5, 1875, Pleasant Ridge, Greene County, Alabama; d. April 16, 1938, Aliceville, Pickens County, Alabama.

iv. INFANT SON HORTON, b. July 3, 1878, Pleasant Ridge, Greene County, Alabama; d. October 7, 1879, Pleasant Ridge, Greene County, Alabama.

v. INFANT TWIN SON I HORTON, b. July 12, 1883, Pleasant Ridge, Greene County, Alabama; d. July 21, 1883, Pleasant Ridge, Greene County, Alabama.

vi. INFANT TWIN SON II HORTON, b. July 12, 1883, Pleasant Ridge, Greene County, Alabama; d. July 14, 1883, Pleasant Ridge, Greene County, Alabama.

Child of AMOS HORTON and CARRIE FOSTER is:

vii. MARCIA FORD7 HORTON, b. 1904; d. Unknown; m. WILLIAM PAUL SPEIR, December 12, 1925; b. Unknown; d. Unknown.

27. MARTHA JANE6 HORTON (WILLIAM5, JESSE4, AMOS3, AMOS2, DANIEL1) was born February 13, 1850 in Pleasant Ridge, Greene County, Alabama, and died March 29, 1915 in Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama. She married ISAAC NEWTON SNEDECOR March 21, 1870 in Pleasant Ridge, Greene County, Alabama, son of JAMES SNEDECOR and SALLIE O'REAR. He was born Abt. 1845 in Greene County, Alabama, and died in Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama.

Children of MARTHA HORTON and ISAAC SNEDECOR are:

i. FRANKLIN FORD7 SNEDECOR.

53. ii. OLA DAYTON SNEDECOR, d. December 1915, Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama.

28. RUFUS KENNETH6 HORTON (WILLIAM5, JESSE4, AMOS3, AMOS2, DANIEL1)36 was born October 24, 1854 in Pleasant Ridge, Greene County, Alabama, and d