Life History

Notes

• "Jonathan's brothers James (killed by indians in Indiana, where hemoved with his wifes family), Issac, Abraham Jr (married Aditha Clark)and Daniel are all Rev War Patriots."
  --  Sheri Horton, email to Orville Boyd Jenkins, 20 October 2010
  
  James HORTON
  Birth 27 Mar 1755 in Stokes or, Surry, North Carolina
  Death Feb 1782 in Chillicothe, what is to become Ross County in, Ohio
  Parents Abraham Horton 1722 - 1816
  Martha Brissell 1725 - 1808
  Margaret BEALS
  Birth 10 Dec 1757 in New Garden, Guilford, North Carolina
  Death 18 Nov 1833 in Richmond, Wayne, Indiana
  --  Ryan Family,http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/5254929/person/-1437970079
  
  James, as several of his brothers, if not all, had the middle name ofBrissell from his mother.
  
  James Brissell Horton
  Birth Mar 27 1755 in Bucks, Pennsylvania
  Death Feb 1782
  Parents Abraham Horton 1722 - 1816
  Martha Brissell 1725 - 1808
  Marriage 17 Jan 1778 to Margaret Beals
  --  Horton, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/6045713/person/-196328381
  
  "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, RuthBeales, Mary Jessop, Sarah Beales, Hannah Sumner, Rachel Beales, AnnHiatt."
  --  Marriages from the New Garden Monthly Meeting, North Carolina,http://www.newrivernotes.com/va/swift/newgarden_marriages.html

Sources

• 1. Ancestry Trees
  • Ryan Family,
• 2. Sheri Horton, email to Orville Boyd Jenkins, 20 October 2010
• 3. Ancestry Trees
  • Horton, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/6045713/person/-196328381
• 4. Bolt American
  • as quoted in Grigg & Fuhriman,
• 5. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900
• 6. Marriages from the New Garden Monthly Meeting, North Carolina
  • Location:http://www.newrivernotes.com/va/swift/newgarden_marriages.html;