bullet Hugh Horton Parents: Freeman (Husband of Emily Horton) and Emily "Cousin Emmie" Horton.

bullet Hugh , Jr. Horton Parents: Cliff Horton and Emmie Archibald.

bullet Isabelle Horton Parents: Charles Horton and Belle Jones.

She was married to Husband Private.

bullet James W. Horton was born on 5 Dec 1841. He died on 21 Sep 1861 in Manessas, Virginia. Parents: William Horton and Marcia Ford.

bullet Jane Horton was born between 1794 and 1820. She died between 1825 and 1903. Parents: Jesse Horton and Sarah "Sallie" Elizabeth Chamblee.

She was married to J.W. Scarborough between 1825 and 1860.

bullet Jesse Horton was born on 18 Nov 1845. He died on 11 Oct 1846. Parents: William Horton and Marcia Ford.

bullet Jesse Horton was born between 1869 and 1898. He died between 1875 and 1977. Parents: Henry Horton and Fannie Norris.

bullet Jesse Horton was born on 7 Jan 1773 in Hanging Rock, S.C.. He died on 2 Aug 1850 in Greene County, Alabama.

Jesse Horton moved to North Carolina and married Sarah Chamblee. Had 12 children, 3 sons and 9 daughters, all born in North Carolina except four. Two of the sons, John D. (Jack) and William, moved to Alabama and settled at Blount Springs, and later moved to Greene County. First settler of county - entered a section of land from Government. Plenty of Indians in Greene County at that time.
Burried in Horton Cemetary, Greene County, Alabama.

Jessee bought 79 acrew on sough side of Buffelow Creek adjoining Amos Horton and the road for "80 silver dollars" on 2 Feb, 1795. (22 years old). Witness: Robert Temple and Benjamin Temple.


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Jesse Horton moved to North Carolina and married Sarah Chamblee. Had 12 children, 3 sons and 9 daughters, all born in North Carolina except four. Two of the sons, John D. (Jack) and William, moved to Alabama and settled at Blount Springs, and later moved to Greene County. First settler of county - entered a section of land from Government. Plenty of Indians in Greene County at that time.
Burried in Horton Cemetary, Greene County, Alabama.

Jessee bought 79 acrew on sough side of Buffelow Creek adjoining Amos Horton and the road for "80 silver dollars" on 2 Feb, 1795. (22 years old). Witness: Robert Temple and Benjamin Temple.


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Jesse Horton moved to North Carolina and married Sarah Chamblee. Had 12 children, 3 sons and 9 daughters, all born in North Carolina except four. Two of the sons, John D. (Jack) and William, moved to Alabama and settled at Blount Springs, and later moved to Greene County. First settler of county - entered a section of land from Government. Plenty of Indians in Greene County at that time.
Burried in Horton Cemetary, Greene County, Alabama.

Jessee bought 79 acrew on sough side of Buffelow Creek adjoining Amos Horton and the road for "80 silver dollars" on 2 Feb, 1795. (22 years old). Witness: Robert Temple and Benjamin Temple.


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Jesse Horton moved to North Carolina and married Sarah Chamblee. Had 12 children, 3 sons and 9 daughters, all born in North Carolina except four. Two of the sons, John D. (Jack) and William, moved to Alabama and settled at Blount Springs, and later moved to Greene County. First settler of county - entered a section of land from Government. Plenty of Indians in Greene County at that time.
Burried in Horton Cemetary, Greene County, Alabama.

Jessee bought 79 acrew on sough side of Buffelow Creek adjoining Amos Horton and the road for "80 silver dollars" on 2 Feb, 1795. (22 years old). Witness: Robert Temple and Benjamin Temple.

Parents: Amos , Jr. Horton and Virginia (Ginney) Sawrey.

He was married to Betsy Fowler on 13 Jan 1797 in Wake County, North Carolina.

He was married to Sarah "Sallie" Elizabeth Chamblee in 1799. Children were: Bettik Horton, Candace Horton, Eliza Horton, Elizabeth Horton, Jane Horton, Rebecca Horton, Therza Horton, Mosley Horton, Maria Horton, William Horton, "Jack" John D. Horton , Jessie , Jr. Horton.

bullet Jesse Horton was born on 9 Feb 1742/43. He died between 1744 and 1833. Parents: Amos , Sr. Horton and Sarah PEEBLES.

bullet Jessie Horton Parents: Freeman (Husband of Emily Horton) and Emily "Cousin Emmie" Horton.

bullet Jessie , Jr. Horton was born on 22 Sep 1819. He died on 25 Jul 1883. Parents: Jesse Horton and Sarah "Sallie" Elizabeth Chamblee.

bullet John Horton was born on 5 Jul 1864. He died on 6 Jul 1926. Parents: William Horton and Mary Kirkland Tillman.

bullet John Horton was born about 1745. He died between 1746 and 1835. Parents: Amos , Sr. Horton and Sarah PEEBLES.

bullet John A. Horton was born on 22 Feb 1852 in Pleasant Ridge, Greene County, Alabama. He died between 1883 and 1942 in Burried in Pickens County. Parents: "Jack" John D. Horton and Julia Holley .

He was married to Amelia B. McCaa between 1883 and 1917 in Pickens County, Alabama.

bullet Laura Horton was born on 22 Oct 1846 in Pleasant Ridge, Greene County, Alabama. She died on 13 Dec 1924 in Greene County, Alabama.

Burried 15, Dec. in Pleasant Hill Cemetary, Greene County, Alabama.
"Memorial Record of Alabama" states Laura is the widow of W.H. Eatman of Clinton. Marriage records show Walter Eatman married Annie C. Horton in 1884. Possible name was Annie Laura.
(Speculation of my cousin, William Amos Horton.)
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Burried 15, Dec. in Pleasant Hill Cemetary, Greene County, Alabama.
"Memorial Record of Alabama" states Laura is the widow of W.H. Eatman of Clinton. Marriage records show Walter Eatman married Annie C. Horton in 1884. Possible name was Annie Laura.
(Speculation of my cousin, William Amos Horton.)
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Burried 15, Dec. in Pleasant Hill Cemetary, Greene County, Alabama.
"Memorial Record of Alabama" states Laura is the widow of W.H. Eatman of Clinton. Marriage records show Walter Eatman married Annie C. Horton in 1884. Possible name was Annie Laura.
(Speculation of my cousin, William Amos Horton.)
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Burried 15, Dec. in Pleasant Hill Cemetary, Greene County, Alabama.
"Memorial Record of Alabama" states Laura is the widow of W.H. Eatman of Clinton. Marriage records show Walter Eatman married Annie C. Horton in 1884. Possible name was Annie Laura.
(Speculation of my cousin, William Amos Horton.) Parents: "Jack" John D. Horton and Julia Holley .

She was married to W. Eatman between 1874 and 1907.

bullet Lillie Horton was born between 1835 and 1856 in Pleasant Ridge, Greene County, Alabama. She died between 1840 and 1942. Parents: "Jack" John D. Horton and Julia Holley.

bullet Malcolm "Mose" Bettus Horton was born on 5 Apr 1903 in Pleasant Ridge, Alabama. He died on 16 Dec 1955 in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Parents: Moses Bettus Horton and Civille Harkness.

bulletMarcia Ford Horton was born between 1868 and 1897. She died between 1899 and 1978. Parents: Amos Horton and Carrie Foster.

She was married to Paul Speir between 1899 and 1935.

bullet Margie Horton was born between 1869 and 1898. She died between 1874 and 1980. Parents: Henry Horton and Fannie Norris.

bullet Maria Horton was born in 1812. She died between 1840 and 1906. Parents: Jesse Horton and Sarah "Sallie" Elizabeth Chamblee.

She was married to Henry Edwards between 1840 and 1874.

bullet Marian Horton Parents: Stuart Horton and Nell Horton.

bullet Marie Nell HORTON was born on 28 May 1932.

Children were: Gerald Blondell Jr. MORRISON, Gary Hugh MORRISON , Phillip Daniel MORRISON, Gregory Lynn MORRISON.

bulletMartha Horton was born between 1670 and 1694. She died between 1716 and 1782.

She was married to Daniel Horton between 1716 and 1750. Children were: Amos , Sr. Horton.

bullet Martha "Sis Matt" Jane Horton was born on 13 Feb 1850. She died on 29 Mar 1915. Parents: William Horton and Marcia Ford.

She was married to Snedicor between 1878 and 1907.

bullet Martha Jane Horton was born on 13 Feb 1850. She died on 29 Mar 1915.

She was married to Snedicor (Husband of Martha Jane Horton) between 1878 and 1907.

bullet Mary Kirkland Horton was born on 15 Aug 1896 in Pleasant Ridge, Alabama. She died on 4 Nov 1987 in Alexandria, Virginia. Parents: Moses Bettus Horton and Civille Harkness.

She was married to Thomas J. Burke on 2 Nov 1922 in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Children were: Marian Burke .

bullet Mary L. Horton was born on 3 Sep 1871 in Pleasant Ridge, Alabama. She died on 30 Sep 1955 in Pleasant Ridge, Alabama. Parents: William Horton and Mary Kirkland Tillman.

bullet Moses Bettus Horton was born on 18 Jul 1859 in Pleasant Ridge, Alabama. He died on 18 Jun 1928 in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Parents: William Horton and Mary Kirkland Tillman.

He was married to Civille Harkness on 26 Dec 1892 in Clinton, Alabama. Children were: Bessie Harkness Horton , Mary Kirkland Horton, Anne Baskin Horton, Sara Lee Horton, Malcolm "Mose" Bettus Horton, Robert Harkness Horton.

bullet Mosley Horton was born in 1808. He died between 1839 and 1898. Parents: Jesse Horton and Sarah "Sallie" Elizabeth Chamblee.

He was married to Berry King between 1839 and 1873.

bullet Mutie Jane Horton

Children were: Elizabeth J. Brannon , Elafair L. Brannon, George Washington Brannon, John Brannon, Joseph S. Brannon, Joshua Ellis Brannon, Rosier A. Brannon, Martha J. Brannon.

bulletNancy HORTON was born between 1768 and 1789. She died between 1811 and 1878.

She was married to Elijah NUNN in 1806 in Jackson, Georgia.

bullet Nell Horton was born between 1871 and 1906 in North Carolina. She died between 1905 and 1987.

She was married to Stuart Horton between 1905 and 1941. Children were: Marian Horton .

bullet Ophelia Horton was born on 4 Mar 1846 in Pleasant Ridge, Greene County, Alabama. She died on 8 Apr 1901 in Pickens County, Alabama.

Burried April 10, 1901 in Old Bethany Cemetary, Pickens County, Alabama
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Burried April 10, 1901 in Old Bethany Cemetary, Pickens County, Alabama Parents: "Jack" John D. Horton and Julia Holley.

She was married to Buntin between 1874 and 1897.

bullet Ophelia Horton was born on 4 Mar 1846 in Pleasant Ridge, Greene County, Alabama. She died on 8 Apr 1901 in Pickens County, Alabama. [The Hulion Family Tree]

Burried April 10, 1901 in Old Bethany Cemetary, Pickens County, Alabama
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Burried April 10, 1901 in Old Bethany Cemetary, Pickens County, Alabama Parents: "Jack" John D. Horton and Julia Holley.

She was married to Buntin (Husband of Ophelia Horton) between 1874 and 1897.

bullet Rebecca Horton was born between 1794 and 1820. She died between 1825 and 1903. Parents: Jesse Horton and Sarah "Sallie" Elizabeth Chamblee.

She was married to R. Brewer between 1825 and 1860.

bullet Rebecca Horton was born between 1757 and 1782. She died between 1762 and 1865. Parents: Amos , Jr. Horton and Virginia (Ginney) Sawrey.

bullet Rebecca Horton was born on 1 Jan 1760. She died between 1761 and 1854. Parents: Amos , Sr. Horton and Sarah PEEBLES.

bullet Robert Harkness Horton was born on 3 Jun 1909 in Birmingham, Alabama. He died on 27 Sep 1909 in Pleasant Ridge, Alabama. Parents: Moses Bettus Horton and Civille Harkness.

bullet Robert L. "Bob" Horton was born on 17 Aug 1856. He died on 6 Oct 1889. Parents: William Horton and Mary Kirkland Tillman.

bullet Rufus Horton was born on 24 Oct 1854. He died on 12 Mar 1897. Parents: William Horton and Mary Kirkland Tillman.

bullet Sallie Horton Parents: Charles Horton and Belle Jones.

She was married to Bishop Lay Private. Children were: One Child.

bullet Samuel Horton was born about 1780 in Wake County, North Carolina. He died between 1781 and 1870. Parents: Amos , Jr. Horton and Virginia (Ginney) Sawrey.

bullet Sara Lee Horton was born on 19 Jan 1901 in Pleasant Ridge, Alabama. She died on 15 Mar 1995 in Orlando, Florida.

Family Facts from Horton Members

Most of the material related here was given me by Aunt Mary, my father's only sister; some was gleaned from conversations of my father. Most of the dates were copied by me from tombs in the Horton family cemetery and Pleasant Ridge cemetery, both in Greene County, Alabama.

Amos Horton, our great, great grandfather was a captain in the Revolutionary War under General Marion. However, some family tradition said he had charge of the First Militia of South Carolina during the war. One note I have said his name might have been Jesse or William. The Hortons are supposed to have settled in Virginia prior to residence in South Carolina. I have a number of references, documented by courthouse and parish records of Hortons in Virginia prior to South Carolina dates. It is interesting that the names William, Jesse and Amos, frequently used in our family, occur in them.
Jesse Horton, our great grandfather was born in Hanging Rock, South Carolina. He moved to North Carolina where he married Sarah ("Sallie") Chamblee. They had three sons and nine daughters. Aunt Mary could recall only eight of their names. Two of them were married to Berry King, and after one of the weddings, he took his bride home on horseback in front of him! Jesse moved to Alabama about 1820 or 1822, perhaps as early as 1816 or 1818, and settled near Blount Springs, Blount County, Alabama. Two of the sons, William (my grandfather) and "Jack" moved to Greene County, Alabama, when quite young. They were the first white settlers of the county and entered a section of land from the Government. At that time, there were many Indians in the County. William became a very wealthy planter, owning 100 slaves. During our childhood there were still a number of negroes named Horton living around Pleasant Ridge.
William Horton, our grandfather, was born near Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina. He was married twice - first to Marcia Ford, then to Mary Emily Kirkland Tillman (our grandmother) who was a widow with one
daughter, Ophelia. From his first marriage, there were six children and seven from the second. All the children received a good education at the Archibald Academy in Pleasant Ridge, a well known institution in that region with many boarding students coming from the surrounding country. Three pursued further study. William became a dentist, Mary graduated from the Tuscaloosa Female College in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, and Clarence, after attending the University of Alabama, completed his study of medicine at
Heidelberg University, in Heidelberg, Germany. Our father, Moses, "read law" (the procedure of studying law then) in a judge's office in Eutaw, but never took the state bar to become a licensed practicing attorney.
Since many years have elapsed, perhaps I can relate with impunity a couple of "family skeletons" which I've heard from Papa and Aunt Mary. Their half-sister, Martha Jane, affectionately called "Sis Matt," was married to Dr. Snedicor. When her father died, she inherited quite a bit of money, but as women in that day were not allowed to own anything in their own names, it was all in Dr. Snedicor's name. One day she asked him for a check for $50, as I recall the amount, which she proceeded to raise to $500 or $5000, thus retrieving some of her own money back. With this, she bought a dilapidated piece of property in Birmingham, improved and sold it for a profit. Repeating this idea many times made her a very wealthy woman. Somewhere along the line, she divorced Dr. Snedicor - an unheard of act in those days! Aunt Mary and my father spoke with great admiration of "Sis Matt's" astuteness,
but on other occasions Papa would say "Sis Matt is the devil." When I was a teenager, he remarked sometimes that I was like "Sis Matt" then to tease him I'd ask, "Smart or the devil?" I have a small daguerreotype of her given me
by Aunt Mary because of my resemblance to her. Money often creates controversy in families - ours is no exception. At the time of my Grandfather's death, there being no banks then, money was kept in a big iron safe at home. Uncle Amos was executor of the estate to which, at that time, he was heavily indebted. Finally, our grandmother had him legally removed as executor, but he emerged owing the estate nothing and being a very wealthy man! He was a pompous individual, living the life of a Southern gentleman with fine saddle horses and a large pack of blooded fox hounds. Aunt Carrie resented the money he paid for them. Once when he paid $75 for one, she was so angry she went out and paid $40 for a hat! When I was 8 or 9, he gave me my very first ready-made dress - a white organdie with tiny tucks, lace and a bertha. I must have been very proud of my "store bought"
dress for a group photograph of us cousins at this time shows me sitting on the first row decked in the white organdie in the dead of winter.
In 1939, Aunt Mary and I visited Pleasant Ridge together. She took me to the old Horton family cemetery I'd never known existed before. Here in the middle of a cotton field, across the highway from where Grandpapa's
home once stood, was an oasis of trees. As we drew nearer, among the brambles and briars, could be seen many old tombs - some still standing, many tumbled and the inscriptions illegible. Hortons of several generations
rest there including our great grandfather Jesse, and his wife, Sarah.


Written by Sara Horton in October 1978.




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(Copied from Memorial Record of Alabama -
Historical and Biographical)


The Horton family is a very ancient one, and its genealogy is as follows, with however, a missing link between the family of Amos Horton and the ancient family of Horton which it is believed possible to supply. Robert
de Horton manumitted a bondman to his manor of Horton, long before the time of Henry Lacy, Earl of Lincoln, who 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 vegetable garden. It has been 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 velt, vaile velt" (what he wills, he wills cordially) expresses a sentiment which can be traced in the present generation of Hortons as one of their chief characteristics. William Horton of Firth House in Barksland, Halifax descended from the above named. Robert de Horton. Barnabas Horton, the ancestor of the Hortons in America, came to America in the ship Swallow between 1633 and 1638 and landed at Hampton,
Massachusetts. William Horton, the father of Amos Horton was born near Raleigh, Wake county, North Carolina 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. Amos Horton 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 General Marion.



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Family Facts from Horton Members

Most of the material related here was given me by Aunt Mary, my father's only sister; some was gleaned from conversations of my father. Most of the dates were copied by me from tombs in the Horton family cemetery and Pleasant Ridge cemetery, both in Greene County, Alabama.

Amos Horton, our great, great grandfather was a captain in the Revolutionary War under General Marion. However, some family tradition said he had charge of the First Militia of South Carolina during the war. One note I have said his name might have been Jesse or William. The Hortons are supposed to have settled in Virginia prior to residence in South Carolina. I have a number of references, documented by courthouse and parish records of Hortons in Virginia prior to South Carolina dates. It is interesting that the names William, Jesse and Amos, frequently used in our family, occur in them.
Jesse Horton, our great grandfather was born in Hanging Rock, South Carolina. He moved to North Carolina where he married Sarah ("Sallie") Chamblee. They had three sons and nine daughters. Aunt Mary could recall only eight of their names. Two of them were married to Berry King, and after one of the weddings, he took his bride home on horseback in front of him! Jesse moved to Alabama about 1820 or 1822, perhaps as early as 1816 or 1818, and settled near Blount Springs, Blount County, Alabama. Two of the sons, William (my grandfather) and "Jack" moved to Greene County, Alabama, when quite young. They were the first white settlers of the county and entered a section of land from the Government. At that time, there were many Indians in the County. William became a very wealthy planter, owning 100 slaves. During our childhood there were still a number of negroes named Horton living around Pleasant Ridge.
William Horton, our grandfather, was born near Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina. He was married twice - first to Marcia Ford, then to Mary Emily Kirkland Tillman (our grandmother) who was a widow with one
daughter, Ophelia. From his first marriage, there were six children and seven from the second. All the children received a good education at the Archibald Academy in Pleasant Ridge, a well known institution in that region with many boarding students coming from the surrounding country. Three pursued further study. William became a dentist, Mary graduated from the Tuscaloosa Female College in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, and Clarence, after attending the University of Alabama, completed his study of medicine at
Heidelberg University, in Heidelberg, Germany. Our father, Moses, "read law" (the procedure of studying law then) in a judge's office in Eutaw, but never took the state bar to become a licensed practicing attorney.
Since many years have elapsed, perhaps I can relate with impunity a couple of "family skeletons" which I've heard from Papa and Aunt Mary. Their half-sister, Martha Jane, affectionately called "Sis Matt," was married to Dr. Snedicor. When her father died, she inherited quite a bit of money, but as women in that day were not allowed to own anything in their own names, it was all in Dr. Snedicor's name. One day she asked him for a check for $50, as I recall the amount, which she proceeded to raise to $500 or $5000, thus retrieving some of her own money back. With this, she bought a dilapidated piece of property in Birmingham, improved and sold it for a profit. Repeating this idea many times made her a very wealthy woman. Somewhere along the line, she divorced Dr. Snedicor - an unheard of act in those days! Aunt Mary and my father spoke with great admiration of "Sis Matt's" astuteness,
but on other occasions Papa would say "Sis Matt is the devil." When I was a teenager, he remarked sometimes that I was like "Sis Matt" then to tease him I'd ask, "Smart or the devil?" I have a small daguerreotype of her given me
by Aunt Mary because of my resemblance to her. Money often creates controversy in families - ours is no exception. At the time of my Grandfather's death, there being no banks then, money was kept in a big iron safe at home. Uncle Amos was executor of the estate to which, at that time, he was heavily indebted. Finally, our grandmother had him legally removed as executor, but he emerged owing the estate nothing and being a very wealthy man! He was a pompous individual, living the life of a Southern gentleman with fine saddle horses and a large pack of blooded fox hounds. Aunt Carrie resented the money he paid for them. Once when he paid $75 for one, she was so angry she went out and paid $40 for a hat! When I was 8 or 9, he gave me my very first ready-made dress - a white organdie with tiny tucks, lace and a bertha. I must have been very proud of my "store bought"
dress for a group photograph of us cousins at this time shows me sitting on the first row decked in the white organdie in the dead of winter.
In 1939, Aunt Mary and I visited Pleasant Ridge together. She took me to the old Horton family cemetery I'd never known existed before. Here in the middle of a cotton field, across the highway from where Grandpapa's
home once stood, was an oasis of trees. As we drew nearer, among the brambles and briars, could be seen many old tombs - some still standing, many tumbled and the inscriptions illegible. Hortons of several generations
rest there including our great grandfather Jesse, and his wife, Sarah.


Written by Sara Horton in October 1978.




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(Copied from Memorial Record of Alabama -
Historical and Biographical)


The Horton family is a very ancient one, and its genealogy is as follows, with however, a missing link between the family of Amos Horton and the ancient family of Horton which it is believed possible to supply. Robert
de Horton manumitted a bondman to his manor of Horton, long before the time of Henry Lacy, Earl of Lincoln, who 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 vegetable garden. It has been 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 velt, vaile velt" (what he wills, he wills cordially) expresses a sentiment which can be traced in the present generation of Hortons as one of their chief characteristics. William Horton of Firth House in Barksland, Halifax descended from the above named. Robert de Horton. Barnabas Horton, the ancestor of the Hortons in America, came to America in the ship Swallow between 1633 and 1638 and landed at Hampton,
Massachusetts. William Horton, the father of Amos Horton was born near Raleigh, Wake county, North Carolina 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. Amos Horton 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 General Marion.



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Family Facts from Horton Members

Most of the material related here was given me by Aunt Mary, my father's only sister; some was gleaned from conversations of my father. Most of the dates were copied by me from tombs in the Horton family cemetery and Pleasant Ridge cemetery, both in Greene County, Alabama.

Amos Horton, our great, great grandfather was a captain in the Revolutionary War under General Marion. However, some family tradition said he had charge of the First Militia of South Carolina during the war. One note I have said his name might have been Jesse or William. The Hortons are supposed to have settled in Virginia prior to residence in South Carolina. I have a number of references, documented by courthouse and parish records of Hortons in Virginia prior to South Carolina dates. It is interesting that the names William, Jesse and Amos, frequently used in our family, occur in them.
Jesse Horton, our great grandfather was born in Hanging Rock, South Carolina. He moved to North Carolina where he married Sarah ("Sallie") Chamblee. They had three sons and nine daughters. Aunt Mary could recall only eight of their names. Two of them were married to Berry King, and after one of the weddings, he took his bride home on horseback in front of him! Jesse moved to Alabama about 1820 or 1822, perhaps as early as 1816 or 1818, and settled near Blount Springs, Blount County, Alabama. Two of the sons, William (my grandfather) and "Jack" moved to Greene County, Alabama, when quite young. They were the first white settlers of the county and entered a section of land from the Government. At that time, there were many Indians in the County. William became a very wealthy planter, owning 100 slaves. During our childhood there were still a number of negroes named Horton living around Pleasant Ridge.
William Horton, our grandfather, was born near Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina. He was married twice - first to Marcia Ford, then to Mary Emily Kirkland Tillman (our grandmother) who was a widow with one
daughter, Ophelia. From his first marriage, there were six children and seven from the second. All the children received a good education at the Archibald Academy in Pleasant Ridge, a well known institution in that region with many boarding students coming from the surrounding country. Three pursued further study. William became a dentist, Mary graduated from the Tuscaloosa Female College in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, and Clarence, after attending the University of Alabama, completed his study of medicine at
Heidelberg University, in Heidelberg, Germany. Our father, Moses, "read law" (the procedure of studying law then) in a judge's office in Eutaw, but never took the state bar to become a licensed practicing attorney.
Since many years have elapsed, perhaps I can relate with impunity a couple of "family skeletons" which I've heard from Papa and Aunt Mary. Their half-sister, Martha Jane, affectionately called "Sis Matt," was married to Dr. Snedicor. When her father died, she inherited quite a bit of money, but as women in that day were not allowed to own anything in their own names, it was all in Dr. Snedicor's name. One day she asked him for a check for $50, as I recall the amount, which she proceeded to raise to $500 or $5000, thus retrieving some of her own money back. With this, she bought a dilapidated piece of property in Birmingham, improved and sold it for a profit. Repeating this idea many times made her a very wealthy woman. Somewhere along the line, she divorced Dr. Snedicor - an unheard of act in those days! Aunt Mary and my father spoke with great admiration of "Sis Matt's" astuteness,
but on other occasions Papa would say "Sis Matt is the devil." When I was a teenager, he remarked sometimes that I was like "Sis Matt" then to tease him I'd ask, "Smart or the devil?" I have a small daguerreotype of her given me
by Aunt Mary because of my resemblance to her. Money often creates controversy in families - ours is no exception. At the time of my Grandfather's death, there being no banks then, money was kept in a big iron safe at home. Uncle Amos was executor of the estate to which, at that time, he was heavily indebted. Finally, our grandmother had him legally removed as executor, but he emerged owing the estate nothing and being a very wealthy man! He was a pompous individual, living the life of a Southern gentleman with fine saddle horses and a large pack of blooded fox hounds. Aunt Carrie resented the money he paid for them. Once when he paid $75 for one, she was so angry she went out and paid $40 for a hat! When I was 8 or 9, he gave me my very first ready-made dress - a white organdie with tiny tucks, lace and a bertha. I must have been very proud of my "store bought"
dress for a group photograph of us cousins at this time shows me sitting on the first row decked in the white organdie in the dead of winter.
In 1939, Aunt Mary and I visited Pleasant Ridge together. She took me to the old Horton family cemetery I'd never known existed before. Here in the middle of a cotton field, across the highway from where Grandpapa's
home once stood, was an oasis of trees. As we drew nearer, among the brambles and briars, could be seen many old tombs - some still standing, many tumbled and the inscriptions illegible. Hortons of several generations
rest there including our great grandfather Jesse, and his wife, Sarah.


Written by Sara Horton in October 1978.




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(Copied from Memorial Record of Alabama -
Historical and Biographical)


The Horton family is a very ancient one, and its genealogy is as follows, with however, a missing link between the family of Amos Horton and the ancient family of Horton which it is believed possible to supply. Robert
de Horton manumitted a bondman to his manor of Horton, long before the time of Henry Lacy, Earl of Lincoln, who 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 vegetable garden. It has been 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 velt, vaile velt" (what he wills, he wills cordially) expresses a sentiment which can be traced in the present generation of Hortons as one of their chief characteristics. William Horton of Firth House in Barksland, Halifax descended from the above named. Robert de Horton. Barnabas Horton, the ancestor of the Hortons in America, came to America in the ship Swallow between 1633 and 1638 and landed at Hampton,
Massachusetts. William Horton, the father of Amos Horton was born near Raleigh, Wake county, North Carolina 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. Amos Horton 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 General Marion.



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Family Facts from Horton Members

Most of the material related here was given me by Aunt Mary, my father's only sister; some was gleaned from conversations of my father. Most of the dates were copied by me from tombs in the Horton family cemetery and Pleasant Ridge cemetery, both in Greene County, Alabama.

Amos Horton, our great, great grandfather was a captain in the Revolutionary War under General Marion. However, some family tradition said he had charge of the First Militia of South Carolina during the war. One note I have said his name might have been Jesse or William. The Hortons are supposed to have settled in Virginia prior to residence in South Carolina. I have a number of references, documented by courthouse and parish records of Hortons in Virginia prior to South Carolina dates. It is interesting that the names William, Jesse and Amos, frequently used in our family, occur in them.
Jesse Horton, our great grandfather was born in Hanging Rock, South Carolina. He moved to North Carolina where he married Sarah ("Sallie") Chamblee. They had three sons and nine daughters. Aunt Mary could recall only eight of their names. Two of them were married to Berry King, and after one of the weddings, he took his bride home on horseback in front of him! Jesse moved to Alabama about 1820 or 1822, perhaps as early as 1816 or 1818, and settled near Blount Springs, Blount County, Alabama. Two of the sons, William (my grandfather) and "Jack" moved to Greene County, Alabama, when quite young. They were the first white settlers of the county and entered a section of land from the Government. At that time, there were many Indians in the County. William became a very wealthy planter, owning 100 slaves. During our childhood there were still a number of negroes named Horton living around Pleasant Ridge.
William Horton, our grandfather, was born near Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina. He was married twice - first to Marcia Ford, then to Mary Emily Kirkland Tillman (our grandmother) who was a widow with one
daughter, Ophelia. From his first marriage, there were six children and seven from the second. All the children received a good education at the Archibald Academy in Pleasant Ridge, a well known institution in that region with many boarding students coming from the surrounding country. Three pursued further study. William became a dentist, Mary graduated from the Tuscaloosa Female College in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, and Clarence, after attending the University of Alabama, completed his study of medicine at
Heidelberg University, in Heidelberg, Germany. Our father, Moses, "read law" (the procedure of studying law then) in a judge's office in Eutaw, but never took the state bar to become a licensed practicing attorney.
Since many years have elapsed, perhaps I can relate with impunity a couple of "family skeletons" which I've heard from Papa and Aunt Mary. Their half-sister, Martha Jane, affectionately called "Sis Matt," was married to Dr. Snedicor. When her father died, she inherited quite a bit of money, but as women in that day were not allowed to own anything in their own names, it was all in Dr. Snedicor's name. One day she asked him for a check for $50, as I recall the amount, which she proceeded to raise to $500 or $5000, thus retrieving some of her own money back. With this, she bought a dilapidated piece of property in Birmingham, improved and sold it for a profit. Repeating this idea many times made her a very wealthy woman. Somewhere along the line, she divorced Dr. Snedicor - an unheard of act in those days! Aunt Mary and my father spoke with great admiration of "Sis Matt's" astuteness,
but on other occasions Papa would say "Sis Matt is the devil." When I was a teenager, he remarked sometimes that I was like "Sis Matt" then to tease him I'd ask, "Smart or the devil?" I have a small daguerreotype of her given me
by Aunt Mary because of my resemblance to her. Money often creates controversy in families - ours is no exception. At the time of my Grandfather's death, there being no banks then, money was kept in a big iron safe at home. Uncle Amos was executor of the estate to which, at that time, he was heavily indebted. Finally, our grandmother had him legally removed as executor, but he emerged owing the estate nothing and being a very wealthy man! He was a pompous individual, living the life of a Southern gentleman with fine saddle horses and a large pack of blooded fox hounds. Aunt Carrie resented the money he paid for them. Once when he paid $75 for one, she was so angry she went out and paid $40 for a hat! When I was 8 or 9, he gave me my very first ready-made dress - a white organdie with tiny tucks, lace and a bertha. I must have been very proud of my "store bought"
dress for a group photograph of us cousins at this time shows me sitting on the first row decked in the white organdie in the dead of winter.
In 1939, Aunt Mary and I visited Pleasant Ridge together. She took me to the old Horton family cemetery I'd never known existed before. Here in the middle of a cotton field, across the highway from where Grandpapa's
home once stood, was an oasis of trees. As we drew nearer, among the brambles and briars, could be seen many old tombs - some still standing, many tumbled and the inscriptions illegible. Hortons of several generations
rest there including our great grandfather Jesse, and his wife, Sarah.


Written by Sara Horton in October 1978.




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(Copied from Memorial Record of Alabama -
Historical and Biographical)


The Horton family is a very ancient one, and its genealogy is as follows, with however, a missing link between the family of Amos Horton and the ancient family of Horton which it is believed possible to supply. Robert
de Horton manumitted a bondman to his manor of Horton, long before the time of Henry Lacy, Earl of Lincoln, who 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 vegetable garden. It has been 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 velt, vaile velt" (what he wills, he wills cordially) expresses a sentiment which can be traced in the present generation of Hortons as one of their chief characteristics. William Horton of Firth House in Barksland, Halifax descended from the above named. Robert de Horton. Barnabas Horton, the ancestor of the Hortons in America, came to America in the ship Swallow between 1633 and 1638 and landed at Hampton,
Massachusetts. William Horton, the father of Amos Horton was born near Raleigh, Wake county, North Carolina 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. Amos Horton 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 General Marion.


Parents: Moses Bettus Horton and Civille Harkness.

bullet Sarah Horton was born in 1600. She died in 1642.

She was married to Roger Conant between 1628 and 1640. Children were: Mary Conant.

bullet Sarah Horton was born about 1770 in Sussex County, Virginia. She died between 1794 and 1864. Parents: Amos , Jr. Horton and Virginia (Ginney) Sawrey.

She was married to John Scarbrough on 2 Dec 1788.

bullet Sarah Francis Horton was born on 29 Nov 1838. She died on 22 Sep 1858. Parents: William Horton and Marcia Ford.

bullet Stuart Horton was born between 1872 and 1900. He died between 1905 and 1979. Parents: George Algernon Horton and Anna Stuart.

He was married to Nell Horton between 1905 and 1941. Children were: Marian Horton .

bullet Suber Horton was born between 1872 and 1900. She died between 1903 and 1982. Parents: George Algernon Horton and Anna Stuart.

She was married to Luthor Grantham between 1903 and 1938.

bullet Taylor Horton was born between 1868 and 1897. He died between 1901 and 1976. Parents: Amos Horton and Sallie Richardson.

He was married to Mary Poyner between 1901 and 1938.

bullet Therza Horton was born between 1794 and 1820. She died between 1825 and 1903. Parents: Jesse Horton and Sarah "Sallie" Elizabeth Chamblee.

She was married to John Bridges between 1825 and 1860.

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