Peter Hornbarger (1769 - 1856)

Born 1769 in Virginia

Husband of Elizabeth (Smith) Hornbarger — married 26 Oct 1788 in ,Montgomery, Virginia, USA

Descendants

Died 1856 at about age 87 in Montgomery, Virginia, USA

Biography

"Peter Hornbarger was a powerful man, seldom met his match physically. Montgomery County records show that he took prominent part in brawls at the county seat in Christiansburg. He ran a large farm and drove wagons with supplies to Lynchburg, Bristol and the Cumberland Gap. He was a bitter enemy of his son in-law , 'old man ' Sammy Gilmore, and in his will, left the home farm to his daughter, Catherine , wife of Sammy, with the provision that Sammy was to have nothing to do with it, and after her death, the place was to be sold at auction. Whether Sammy bought the place at auction , or had another place , at any rate, according to family records, Peter and Betsy are buried on 'Samuel Gilmore's place'. Linkous, author of "Twelve Stones for Belmont" , says the home place later belonged to Jack Charlton ; later still to a family of Elliotts.

Peter and Betsy had six children, of whom we have records -- five daughters and one son: 1. Peggy married William Vickers ; 2 . Nancy married William Simpson; J. Elizabeth married Jacob Harless ; 4. Mary (Polly) married Henry Harmon; 5 , Catherine married Samuel Gilmore ; 6. Ianiel married Nancy Walters. ^[1] The original from which this article is drawn is 31 pages and is in the collection of the Virginia Room of the central Roanoke City Library.

Peter Hornbarger received Holy Communion 22 Oct 1841 page 54 in original; Linkous page 29

Elizabeth Hornbarger received Holy Communion 9 Oct 1831 original page 83; Linkous page 40

Elizabeth Hornbarger received Holy Communion May (year blank) original page 88, Linkous page 43 ^[2]

Peter Hornbarger is found in the 1850 Census for Montgomery County, Virginia as Peter Hornbargar, age 81 (b 1769) married to Elizabeth Hornbargar age 79 b Virginia.^[3]

Birth: 1761 according to the Lynch-Tree.ged

Marriage: 1788 Virginia

Therese A. Fisher lists the following daughters of Jacob Smith, who were married in Montgomery Co., VA around the time of Rosina and Boston: Ann Smith m. William Bean or Been (recall that Jacob Bain gave surety at Boston's marriage) m. 24 Aug 1801; Elizabeth Smith m. Peter Hornbarger 26 Oct 1788; Nancy Smith m. Mark Lykins 4 Dec 1794

Sources

1. ↑ Martha Dudley Bland, "Hornbarger Family History," p. 72 in "Virginia Appalachian Notes," May 1988, Southwestern Virginia Genealogical Society, Roanoke, Virginia. http://www.virginiaroom.org/digital/files/original/50/4928/VANv12n2.pdf
2. ↑ The Church Record of St. Michael's Lutheran Church of Montgomery County, Virginia, 1796-1885 copied by Clovis E Linkous. http://archive.st-michael-lutheran-church.org/docs/history/St-Michael-Church-History.pdf
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8DX-51K : 12 April 2016), Peter Hornbargar, Montgomery county, part of, Montgomery, Virginia, United States; citing family 248, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

<Therese A. Fisher: Marriages in the New River Valley, Virginia. Heritage Press>.

This person was created on 06 August 2010 through the import of Lynch-Tree.ged.