Life History

Notes

• Jesse D was one of the children of Abraham and Sarah Williams Horton.
  
  Children of Isaac Horton and Mary Green are:
  iv.   Jesse D. Horton, born November 16, 1802; died February 13, 1874.
  --  Ancestors of Janet Lee Jinkins, http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/c/u/l/Janet-J-Culp/GENE1-0013.html
  
  Georgia, Compiled Marriages, 1754-1850
  Jesse Whorton
  Spouse Elizebeth Willis
  Marriage 30 Sep 1821 Hall County, Georgia
  Ceremony performed by Joseph Cain, J P
  Hall County Marriage Book page 8, certificate #59
  
  In the 1960 census Jesse and his brother Thomas are living side by side in Gwinnett County, Georgia.
  
  1860 Federal Census, Gwinnett County, Georgia, 11 July, District 550, PO Caines, page 79 (scan 641), Hse/Fam #478
  Jesse Horton 56 M Mechanic $400 Real Estate $60 Personal  born South Carolina [b abt 1804]
  Eliza Horton 59 F born Georgia [b abt 1801]
  Charles Horton 13 M born Georgia [b abt 1847]
  Tandy Horton 12 M born Georgia [b abt 1847]
  Sarah Horton 7 F born Georgia [b abt 1853]
  Rachael Horton 5 F born Georgia [b abt 1855]
  
  1860 Federal Census, Gwinnett County, Georgia, 11 July, District 550, PO Caines, page 79 (scan 641), Hse/Fam #479
  Thomas G Horton 60 M Farmer $800 Real Estate $250 Personal  born South Carolina [b abt 1800]
  Nica Horton 55 F born South Carolina [b abt 1805]
  Harriett Horton 15 F born North Carolina [b abt 1835]
  Daniel Horton 15 M born North Carolina [b abt 1835]
  
  In 1870, it appears to be our Jesse and Elizabeth that we find in Baldwin County, Georgia.
  
  1870 Federal Census, Baldwin County, Georgia, 18 June, Milledgeville, PO Milledgeville, page 18, Hse/Fam #177
  Horton, Jesse 66 M W Farmer $600 Real Estate $150 Personal Estate born SC [b abt 1804]
  Horton, Elizabeth 65 F W Keeping House born SC [b abt 1805]
  Micklejohn, Elizabeth 37 F W Keeping House born GA [b abt 1843]
  
  Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970
  Application for Charles Clifton Horton, age 37, b 1/11/1916 Grayson Co TX
  (1) son of Jot Gunter Horton b 10/20/1885 Sherman, Texas Still Living
  and his wife Minnie Ella Key b 4/20/1891 Sherman, Texas Still Living
  Married 7/8/1912 Sherman, Texas
  (2) grandson of Jesse Richard Horton b 11/16/1802 Milledgeville, Georgia, d 11/13/1916 Sherman, Texas
  and his wife Elizabeth Augusta Butts b 2/17/1859 Chicago IL d 1/25/1950 Sherman, Texas
  Married 9/2/1877 McKinney, Texas
  (3) great-grandson of Jessie Horton b 11/16/1802 Pendleton Dist SC d 2/13/1875 Milledgeville, Georgia
  and his wife Elizabeth Barbour Willis b 3/10/1804 SC d 6/16/1883 Milledgeville, Georgia
  Married 9/30/1821
  (4) 2great-grandson of Isaac Horton b 1763 Bucks Co PA d 1854 Gwinnet Co GA
  and his wife Mary Ann ---- [Green] b 1762 North Carolina d aft 1850 Gwinnet Co GA
  Married Bef 1796

Sources

• 1. 1860 Federal Census, Gwinnett County, Georgia
  • 11 July, District 550, PO Caines, page 79 (scan 641), Hse/Fam #478
• 2. Genealogy.com Trees
• 3. Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970
• 4. Georgia, Compiled Marriages, 1754-1850