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Generation No. 1

 

1.  WILLIAM H.1 HORN was born Abt. 1683 in in Nansemond County, VA, and died Abt. October 1753 in Edgecomb Co. NC.  He married MARGRET UNKNOWN.

 

According to Dr. R.G. Horn in his book “William Horn and the Next Six Generations",  William Horn was clearly the patriarch of many Horne generations to following originating in Nansemond County area of Virginia migrating southward to Edgecomb County North Carolina.  Succeeding Horn families continued the southward migration throughout the Carolinas, Georgia, Florida, and westward to Arkansas and Louisiana.

 

William Horn a number of property transactions during the late 1600's and early 1700's in the Nansemond Virginia and surrounding area clearly establish him as settling there for many years before migrating south to Edgecomb County NC. William Horne appears on the tax rolls ( "Virginia Quit Rent Roll of 1704" located on the internet at www.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/va/vafiles.htm) for Nansemond County.  He apparently had 100 acres of property.

 

Dr. Horn further documents and theorizes from the land and property transactions that three Horn families migrated south to North Carolina over the span of several years from 1716 to 1729.  Richard Horne and his wife Sarah in 1716; William Horn and his wife Margaret in 1723; and finally Henry Horne and his wife Elizabeth in 1729.  Perhaps all three men were brothers since they appeared to be around the same ages and lived in proximity of one another.  This remains unproven to date.

 

Dr. Horn records an undocumented source indicating that Margaret name may be Margret (Mae) Neal, b. 1694 in Virginia.   Through various email conversations I have had personally with Beth Thurman, there seems to be a connection between an O'Neal and Horn families connected to William H. Horn.   Perhaps William's wife Margret is that connection.

 

Children of WILLIAM HORN and MARGRET UNKNOWN. are:

                   i.  WILLIAM HORN, b. Abt. 1713, Nansemond Co., Virginia; d. 1795, Edgecomb Co. NC;

                  ii.   HENRY HORN, b. November 21, 1716, Nansemond Co., Virginia; d. 1798, Wayne, NC;

                 iii.   CHARLES HORN, b. Abt. 1718; d. December 02, 1786, Bertie Co., NC;

2.              iv.   MOSES2 HORN, b. Abt. 1720, Edgecomb Co. NC; d. July 27, 1782, Edgecomb Co. NC.

                  v.   THOMAS HORN, b. Abt. 1720; d. Abt. 1782, Nash Co., NC;

                 vi.     MARGARET HORN, b. Abt. 1730.

                vii.    DAVID MICHAEL HORN, b. 1721, Edgecomb Co. NC; d. 1790, Edgecomb Co. NC;

               viii.    JOHN JACOB HORN, b. Abt. 1722; d. Abt. 1744, Craven Co. NC;

 

Generation No. 2

 

2.  MOSES2 HORN  was born Abt. 1720 in Edgecomb Co. NC, and died 1782 in Edgecomb Co. NC.  He married MARY ???.  She was born Abt. 1724 in Chowan, NC, and died February 07, 1785 in Edgecomb Co. NC.

       

Children of MOSES HORN and MARY ??? are:

3.                i.       ABISHA(I)3 HORN, b. Abt. 1743, Edgecomb Co. NC; d. 1795, Edgecomb Co. NC.

                  ii.       MOSES HORN, b. Abt. 1745.

                 iii.       WILLIAM HORN, b. Abt. 1747.

                 iv.       JOAB HORN, b. December 20, 1753, Halifax, NC; d. July 28, 1840 Walton Co., FL

                  v.       JOEL HORN, b. Abt. 1751.; d Abt. 1785, Edgecomb Co., NC

                 vi.       MARY HORN, b. Abt. 1753.

                vii.       KEZIAH HORN, b. Abt. 1755.

               viii.       DRUCILLA HORN, b. Abt. 1757.

                  ix.       JEAN HORN, b. Abt. 1761.

                   x.       SARAH HORN, b. Abt. 1763.

xi.        ELIZABETH HORN, b. Abt. 1759.

 

Little is known about Moses Horn.  I have an email posting on the Rootsweb Genealogy Message Board by Vicki Burgess Roach  on a real property transaction Moses Horn made to James Hodges in 1767.  This is interesting because the Hodges family also turns up in Twiggs County Georgia and again in Louisiana along with the Allen’s.  Could they have known one another for generations?  Old family friends migrated from area to area together was the custom in those days.  The transaction was recorded in Deed Book 10 1767-1770 on page 80 as follows:

1261-(8)

Moses HORN of Halifax Co. to James HODGES of same.

Feb. 19, 1767.

37 pounds 10 shillings Virginia money.

315 acres which had been a Granville Grant to said Moses HORN May 13, 1760, joining Lot HAROLD, Gum Swamp.

Moses HORN

Mary HORN (X)

Witnesses: James HORN

Thos. JOYNER

Joel HORN

July court 1767

CC: Jos. MONTFORT

 

I have another email posting on the Rootsweb Genealogy Message Board  by Vicki Burgess Roach  concerning Mary Horn.  It references “Abstracts of wills of Edgecombe Co., NC 1733-1856” that contains the following:

October 5, 1783, February court 1785.

Son and executor: ABISHA, 1 negro.

Son and executor: MOSES, 1 negro for money I owe him and all my part of crop.

Son: WILLIAM, 1 negro, also 1 other negro if he pay L40 into estate.

Sons: JOAB and JOEL. Residue divided between all children.

Daughters: MARY, KIZIA, DRUSILLA, ELIZABETH, JEAN and SARAH.

Witnesses: HOWARD HARRIS, JESSE GREEN.

 

I have not personally verified this information.

 

Generation No. 3

 

3.  ABISHA(I)3 HORNE was born Abt. 1743 in Edgecomb Co. NC, and died 1795 in Edgecomb Co. NC.  He married MARY RICKS before 1770. I suspect the marriage occurred in the Halifax District of Edgecombe County in North Carolina.

 

A notation written in the margin of the Horne Family Bible says "Mary was a Ricks".  Not sure about the relationship, but Jacob and Susannah Ricks were founding members of the Richland Baptist Church in Twiggs County.   Was Mary Ricks and Jacob Ricks brothers?  Did the Ricks family migrate to Twiggs County with the Horne family sometime in the early 1800’s?  These are questions whose answers could lead to the ancestry of Gideon Allen.

 

The first record of Abisha Horne shows up in the 1790 Federal Census.  His listing documents that his household consisted of a number of children and a few slaves. 

       

The  1790 Census Records from Edgecombe County, NC (Halifax District pg. 540) listing shows:

        2 Free White Males >16yrs of age

        2 Free White Males <16yrs of age

        4 Free White Females

        5 Slaves

 

 

ABISHAI HORN and MARY RICKS produced 8 known children.

      i.  ABISHA HORN, b. 1767; 

     ii.  WILLIE HORN, b. 1769

    iii.  JOSIAH RUTH HORN, b. 1771, Edgecomb Co. NC; d. February 06, 1815

    iv.  JOEL HORN, b. 1773; d. Bef. 1804

4.  v.  JOAB4 HORN, b. September 20, 1775, Edgecomb, NC; d. October 15, 1856. Marion, GA

    vi.  ELIZABETH HORN, b. 1777

   vii.  MORNING HORN, b. 1779

  viii.  NANCY HORN, b. 1781, Edgecomb Co. NC; d. March 22, 1833, Roane Co., Tennessee

 

Mary Ricks died around 1780, perhaps during or shortly after the birth of her 8th child, Nancy.  Shortly after Mary’s death, Abishai married ANN RICKS, daughter of  JAMES RICKS and PHOEBE HORN.  Dr. R.G. Horn cites that Mary and Ann Ricks were first cousins to one another in his book “William Horn and the Next Six Generations". Ann Ricks was born in 1747 in Edgecomb Co. NC, and died in 1792.

 

After Abishai Horn's death, his estate was settled in November 1796. His property consisted primarily of 1496 acres divided into 3 tracts on the Tar River and Buck Swamp. It is said that each of Moses three sons received a tract of land with Abisha Jr. receiving the one containing the dwelling. Which three sons?  Abishai had five sons. Perhaps it was the first three. Or the three sons who still lived in the vicinity.  Regardless, it is unclear whether Joab Horn received an inheritance that may have led to his decision to leave the area to migrate south to Georgia.

 

[Note: Abishai Horne retained the English spelling of his last name. The ‘e’ in Horne was dropped in the spelling of his descendant’s names on many of the documents after 1800. The spelling of Abishai. is recorded with and without the ‘i’.  Abishai himself writes his name with the ‘i’, but in many documents where the name is recorded by an Enumerator or other local official, the ‘i’ is absent.  All records of his son Abisha dropped the ‘i’ from the spelling.]

Generation No. 4

 

4.  JOAB4 HORN was born September 20, 1775, and died October 15, 1856.  He married NANCY DIXON December 29, 1796, daughter of JESSE DIXON and ELIZABETH BELL.  She was born December 20, 1777, and died January 26, 1843.  JOAB2 HORN married for the second time to (2) ISABELLA DAVIDSON on April 11, 1843. 

 

Perhaps the earliest record of the Horns being present in Twiggs County shows up in 1813. Joab Horn is listed in the reconstructed census taken in 1813. The entry reads:

       "1813 Horne, Joab  Guardian of Nancy Green (orphan of John), Twiggs County deed"

 

Joab Horn does not show up in the 1820 Twiggs census, but does in 1830.  However I find him again on October 1st, 1819 through an article in the Georgia Journal (Milledgeville) Newspaper.  Joab Horn was listed as having a letter in the Post Office in Marion Georgia. Also he shows up again the July 22, 1823 issue as having a letter. 

 

Several references to Joab Horn business transactions have been discovered from newspaper accounts. On April 1, 1824 a Sheriff Sales was held at the Marion Court House.  Joab Horn sold two negro slaves to satisfy a debt to Robert Radford.  In the Sat, May 30, 1829 issue of the Georgia Journal, a Sheriff Sales at the Marion Courthouse was conducted.  Joab Horn sold 202 ½ acres of land (land lot 92) and a slave named Shade to satisfy a debt to the Bank of Darien.  It’s interesting to note that 202 ½ acres was the parcel size of the land lots awarded to land lottery winners in Georgia.  I have not found any references to any of the Horns being awarded land during the lottery that was held when Twiggs County was formed.

 

Children of JOAB HORN and NANCY DIXON are:

                   i.       WILLIAM4 HORN, b. April 24, 1798; d. September 1798.

                  ii.       JOSIAH HORN, b. September 28, 1799; d. December 11, 1881.

6.               iii.       REV. ABISHA HORN, b. November 29, 1802; d. December 02, 1840.

                  iv.       MORNING HORN, b. December 03, 1804; d. May 29, 1880.

                   v.       JESSE DIXON HORN, b. November 20, 1807; d. January 1808.

4.               vi.       MARY ANN HORN, b. November 20, 1807, Twiggs County, Georgia; d. January 19, 1899, Plain Dealing, Louisana.

5.              vii.       ARTHUR B. HORN, b. April 01, 1810; d. September 24, 1885.

                viii.       ELIZABETH HORN, b. May 24, 1812; d. 1813.

                 ix.       JOEL HORN, b. October 11, 1813; d. October 28, 1858.

                  x.       SARAH HORN, b. June 15, 1816.

                 xi.       ISSAC HORN, b. March 11, 1820.

 

Generation No.5

 

4.  MARY ANN5 HORN was born November 20, 1807 in Twiggs County, Georgia (?), and died January 19, 1899 in Plain Dealing, Louisana.  She married GIDEON A. ALLEN 1828 in Twiggs County, GA.  He was born April 22, 1804 in North Carolina, and died April 24, 1875 in Plain Dealing, Louisana.

 

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Only Known Picture of Gideon Allen and Mary Horn (circa 1850)

  

Mary was baptised by Elder Joseph Hand at Richland Baptist Church Georgia in May 30, 1832 making her church member number 20.  She remained a member until Mary and Gideon Allen left Twiggs County in 1845.  Gideon Allen and Green Allen both received their Letters of Dismissal from the church on November 20, 1844 according to church records.

 

In  February 1845, Mary and Gideon Allen moved from Twiggs County, GA to Bossier Parish, LA. This was during the time when most of the citizens were vacating Marion, the county seat for Twiggs County, after the railroad bypassed the city in favor of Jefferson, GA. Most all of  Marion’s residents, business owners, and land owers moved their families to other regions of the country.  Gideon Allen moved southwestward. According to Mrs Mollie Banks Gray in an article she wrote in The Bossier Banner regarding Gideon Allen’s move to Louisana,  “…he came to Bossier Parish in 1845 to bring Major Hamiter’s slaves; he lived on the Hamiter place until 1855.  He entered land where the house stood near Red Land from the government and bought more at intervals until he owned several thousand acres.  Supposedly, he acquired a good amount of property and money.”

 

Children of MARY HORN and GIDEON ALLEN are:

                   i.       MATILDA ALLEN, b.unknown  m. MARTIN MARTINS, January 17, 1847, Bossier Parish, LA.

                  ii.       JOHN GREEN ALLEN, b. March 06, 1835, Twiggs County, Georgia; d. September 27, 1906, Plain Dealing, LA.

                 iii.       MARY AMANDA ALLEN, b. May 16, 1837; d. July 27, 1888, Grayson Co., Texas  ???;

                 iv.       ELIZABETH ALLEN, b. March 04, 1840, Twiggs County, GA; d. July 21, 1865, Bossier Parish, LA.

                  v.       RUFUS HARRISON ALLEN, b. April 02, 1842; d. February 01, 1927.

                 vi.       WILLIAM P. ALLEN, b. August 22, 1844; d. August 21, 1849.

                vii.       JOSIAH W. ALLEN, b. February 03, 1847; d. July 15, 1888.

               viii.       NANCY E. ALLEN, b. January 20, 1851; d. November 21, 1865.

                      ix.         GEORGIA ANN ALLEN, b. August 18, 1853, Bossier Parish, LA; d. December 25, 1894, Desoto Pariish, LA

 

Mary Horn died on January 18, 1899. Her  obituary in  the 26 January 1899 issue of the The Bossier Banner reads:

Mrs. Mary Allen, nee Horn, "an estimable and highly esteemed christian [sic] lady,"  died at the residence of her son, J.G. Allen, in Plain Dealing at 5 a.m., 19 January 1899, aged 91 years, 1 month, 29 days.  She was invalid for over 2 years, caused from a fall on 7 July 1896 after which she never walked.  Born in Georgia, 20 November 1807; married to Gideon Allen in 1828: moved from Twiggs County, Georgia, to Louisiana, reaching Bossier Parish 1 February 1845.  Member of Missionary Baptist Church for a little over 63 years.  Baptised by Elder Hand in September, 1835, at Richland church, Georgia, and joined Salem Church, Bossier Parish, by letter in May 1846, where was member at her death.  Mother of 11 children, 3 of whom survive.

 

In the succession papers, no real indication of her relation was documented. Her name simply reads Mrs. Mary Allen.  John G. Allen was named the administrator; no relation was stated.  Heirs at law are not stated, nor husband, nor parents.  Apparently, all her property (real and personal) was sold at auction to pay debts outstanding; all proceeds went to pay debts.

 

5.  ARTHUR B.5 HORN was born April 01, 1810, and died September 24, 1885.  He married MARY H. STANLEY September 23, 1833.  She was born May 24, 1814, and died November 07, 1891.

       

Children of ARTHUR HORN and MARY STANLEY are:

                   i.       HENRY MAJORS DIXON BRYAN6 HORN, b. November 09, 1834.

                  ii.       WILLIAM JOAB WRIGHT HORN, b. January 28, 1836.

                 iii.       MARTHA ANN JULEY DICKSON HORN, b. May 06, 1837.

                 iv.       SIMION ARTHUR HORN, b. July 08, 1838.

                  v.       DARCUS DRUCILLA HORN, b. February 03, 1841.

                 vi.       JOSHUA ABISHA HORN, b. October 1842.

                vii.       ROBERT MALLERY HORN, b. April 04, 1844; d. June 26, 1864, Richmond, VA.

               viii.       ELI CROMM HORN, b. November 18, 1845; m. MOLLY C. REID, November 21, 1881.

                  ix.       SARAH FRANCES HORN, b. November 21, 1847.

                   x.       JESSE CAMPBELL HORN, b. September 06, 1849.

                  xi.       MARY ELLER HORN, b. March 21, 1832; d. May 02, 1852.

                 xii.       MARY EMELY HORN, b. September 23, 1853.

                xiii.       NANCY(?) KIREA(?) HORN, b. December 02, 1856.

 

 

 

6.   ABISHA5 HORN was born November 29, 1802 and  died December 02, 1840. The Southern Recorder in Milledgeville, GA documents “Abisha Horn applies for administration on estate of William Allen, deceased July 26, 1831”.   William Allen is believed to be a brother to Gideon Allen. 

 

Abisha Horn were contemporaries of Gideon and Green Allen during the Twiggs County years. In April of 1832 an election was held at the court house in Marion to draft a troop of calvary to protect surveyors in Northern Georgia against the Indians.  Cherokee County was created by Legislative Act  on December 26, 1832 out of the Cherokee lands of North Georgia.  This land was surveyed six years before the final deportation of the Indians and formed one large county called Cherokee. Gideon Allen and G. Allen (Green Allen??) were listed on the muster roll at #12 and #22 respectively out of 64. 

 

 

References
 

1.  1790 Census Records from Edgecombe County, NC (Halifax District)

2.  Horne Family Bible Records published in  Bess Vaughn Clark's book, “Twiggs County Georgia Records: A Reconstructed Heritage.”

3.  1830 and 1840 Census Records for Twiggs County, GA

4.  Compiled by Jeanette Holland Austin, “Georgia Bible Records”,  (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc.,  Baltimroe, 1985).

5.  Vol. 3  1824-1828  of "Genealological Abstracts from the Georgia Journal (Milledgeville) Newspaper"

6.  Vol. 4  1829-1835 of "Genealological Abstracts from the Georgia Journal (Milledgeville) Newspaper"

7.  Compiled by Kathleen Jones Carswell, “Collections of Twiggs Countians Here and There”

8. Compiled by J. L. Faulk and B.W. Jones, “History of Twiggs County, Georgia”  (Dedication on the title page of  the copy in GA Dept. of Archives & History from Ethleen Horne Howell in memory of Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Turner Horne.)

9. Robert G. Horn M.D., William Horn (1690-1774) and the Next Six Generations,  (Personal Web Site Posting),  http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/h/o/r/Robert-G-Horn/BOOK-0001/0000-0001.html

10. Various Authors, Miscellaneous Horn Connections,  (Various EMAILS collected into a single file located in /genealogy/horn),