Horace Wilkie (abt. 1804 - bef. 1860)

Born about 1804 in North Carolina, United States

Ancestors

Died before 18 Jul 1860 before about age 56 in Davies County, Indiana, United States [uncertain]

Biography

He and his brother Tobias Wilkie/Wilkey appear to have been living with their widowed mother in Chatham County, North Carolina, United States, at the time of the 1810 United States Census. She may have died by 17 May 1811, when he began an apprenticeship to learn the trade of cooper through Peter Perry; the court document for that says that he was then seven years old.

On 17 May 1811, he signed a receipt for $111.14 which his guardian Simon White had held in trust for him from the legacy which Horace's father Charles Wiley had left him.

By 1831, he was living in Orange County, Indiana, United States. On 19 Mar of that year, he married Elizabeth Yount in that place.

The 1850 United States Census shows him living in Bogard Township, Daviess County, Indiana, United States. His occupation is defined as farmer.

Donald C Wilkey's compiled genealogy of the Wilkey/Wilkie family says that Horace died in 1860. He cannot be found in the United States Census of that year (enumerated on 18 Jul 1860). His wife and children do appear without him in Daviess County; it is thus likely that he died sometime prior to 18 Jul 1860.

Sources

• Wilkey, Cathrine - entry in 1810 U.S. Census for Chatham Co., NC; Roll# 39, p212, Image 00393; FHL# 0337912 - transcription viewed on Ancestry.com.

• Wilkie, Horace - apprenticeship record (17 May 1811; Chatham Co., NC) - fm Apprentice bonds and records, 1716-1921, North Carolina Division of Archives and History - viewed on Ancestry.com.

• Wilkie, Horace - receipt for $111.14 cents received from Simon White (guardian) as legacy from his late father Charles Wilkey; 21 Oct 1825 - shared by txdots [true name unk.] via Laura Daig Dotson(1) family tree on Ancestry.com - viewed and downloaded on 25 Apr 2021.

• 1850 U.S. Census - Bogard Twp., Davies Co., IN - Roll# M432_140; p135B; Image# 106 - viewed on Ancestry.com.

• 1860 U.S. Census - Bogard Twp., Daviess Co., IN - Roll# M653_251; p878; FHL# 803251 - viewed on Ancestry.com.

• Works Progress Administration, comp. Index to Marriage Records Indiana: Indiana Works Progress Administration, 1938-1940.