Life History
about 1762 |
Born in Surry County, North Carolina.1 |
UNKNOWN |
Died |
Notes
- One Horton researcher reports that Joseph Horton was the son of Abraham Horton (1722-1816) and Martha B Williams (1726-1808). But the dates don't match for such a relationship.
"one more bro Joseph b ca 1800"
-- Sheri Horton, email to Orville Boyd Jenkins, 20 October 2010
Joseph who was born in 1800 could not be the son of Abraham & Martha. Martha would have been 74 if he was born in 1800. And other sources report he married in 1801! The Joseph in mind must be a son of John B Horton and Nancy Ann Green, born about 1780. That Joseph moved to Carroll County, Virginia.
Another genealogy by Janice K Smith reports his birth around 1780, but even this was late for Abraham and Martha. Martha would have been 54 in 1780. Smith reports the parents of Joseph Horton as John and Anna. But the same source also says Joseph's father died in the Revolutionary War.
John B Horton was too young for that and signed the 1817 Cherokee Treaty with the U S government, before moving to the west. John is reported to have died in Missouri in 1827. There may be some question, but no documentation of other earlier date has been found.
No further information has been found on Joseph Horton, son of Abraham and Martha.