James Brissell Horton Sr. (1755 - 1782)

Born 27 Mar 1755 in Stokes Co., North Carolina

Ancestors

Husband of Margaret (Beals) Huff — married 17 Jan 1778 in Toms Creek, McDowell, North Carolina

Descendants

Died Feb 1782 at age 26 in Chillicothe, Ross, Ohio

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James was a Friend (Quaker)

Biography

From his mother's profile, Margaret Beals

Margaret BEALS was first md to James Horton on 17 Jan 1778 in Guilford Co., North Carolina according to Ancestry.com Quaker records, unspecified link by creator Kyndahl Carlson.

Margaret's father, Thomas Beals moved through MD, Winchester, VA and into NC where he stopped at Cane Creek MM in Alamance Co., NC and continued deeper into NC. He moved to Yadkin CO., New Garden, NC which was frontier territory. He was joined by other families land in 1753 went into the ministry. He eventually served at Westfield, Surry Co., NC and developed a large meeting and was there for about thirty years. Thomas Beals then took the call to the Northwest Territory frontier to establish Quakerism there and left his historical footprint.

Margaret married (1) James Horton and had several children including one James HORTON, Jr.

On 5 May 1803 in NC Mrs. Margaret (BEALS) HORTON (12 Oct 1757 - 18 Nov 1833 Richland, IN), dau of Quaker Minister Thomas and Sarah BEALS, and widow of James HORTON married (2) Huff-1762|Daniel Huff]].

"Margaret Beals, daughter of Thomas and Sarah Beals, was just twenty years of age when a proposal of marriage was accepted by her from James Horton. Her father was away on a trip but her mother gave her consent. James and Margaret were married at their Meeting House on January 17th, 1778. He was then twenty years old." -- Bolt American by Nina Leona Bolt Martin, as quoted in Grigg & Fuhriman

"James Horton, son of Abraham, Surry Co., m. Margaret Beales, dt. Thomas, same place, 17-1-1778 at Tom's Creek. Wit: John Hiatt, Thos. Beales, John Beales, Samuel Bond, John Horton, John Burris, Ruth Beales, Mary Jessop, Sarah Beales, Hannah Sumner, Rachel Beales, Ann Hiatt." -- Marriages from the New Garden Monthly Meeting, North Carolina

James Jr. was mentioned in Daniel HUFF's 1815 will in Highland Co, OH. When she and Daniel md, she was considered a widow because James HORTON had gone on a trip and never returned. His horse, a mare, returned with a colt some months later; and she was found standing at the meeting house hitching post where she had stood many times before. James HORTON was assumed to have met with an accident or was killed by Indians.

"James Horton, was taken prisoner by the Indians and, from most reliable information that can be obtained, was carried to Old Chillicothe, near Frankfort, Ohio, and there put to death". --THOMAS BEALS: First Friends Minister in Ohio By Harlow Lindley, Reprinted from Vol. LIII #1 Jan/Mar 1944, Pg. 55-60 The Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Quarterly

"James Horton and a dozen men from NC establish camp on Bluestone River in Kentucky. Horton and 6 men captured. 5 men killed. Horton and John Branson captured and taken to Chillocothe, Ross Co., Ohio and tortured and burned at the stake". --From the research of Joanne Todd^[1]

Sources

From research of Dr. Granville Hough, entered by Breece-42

• New Garden MM [1] pg 548

1. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #105893725