HORNER Zelph

Notes:

Added by DianeHaymond on 27 Jun 2008
Isaac Horner claimed to have been a drummer and blacksmith in the State of New Jersey under Captain Peter or Phillip Snook(s) and served a total of 18 months during the years 1777-1778. He also supposedly was in the Battles of Monmouth & Princeton as claimed in the declaraton for a pension No. R.5,233 in 1847. He also stated that he & his father, prior to his entering the service, had a brigade of horses and received a certificate for service but was unable to find it when he applied. In 1849, Jacob Horner on behalf of his mother, Zilpha, aged 92, as widow applied for his pension and was still trying to make claim as late as Oct 1854 but was rejected as they failed to furnish proof of Isaac's services in the Revolution.
I researched the National Archives and could find no service or muster records for Isaac Horner. I could not find any record of a Captain Peter or Phillip Snook(s) either.

Transcript of Revoluationary War Pension Request
Applied for by Zilpha Horner August 13, 1849

Before James Wise a Justice of the Peace in for the above
county and state. Personally appeared Zilpha Horner aged
92 who being duly sworn ? to law declared an oath that she makes
the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of
the provisions of the Acts of Congress passed June 17th 1832.

Husbands account up to his death February 4th (aged 94) 1849.
Act of February 2 1848 granting pensions to widows of persons
who served during the Revolutionary War that she is the widow
of Isaac Horner who served as a Drummer and Blacksmith in the
State of New Jersey. That he resided new New Market, N.J. that
she said Isaac Horner served as a Militia Man under Capt Phillip
Snooks. A term of 18 months at two different times. That he was
in several skirmishes and at the Battles of Monmouth and Princeton
that she has no documentary evidence to substantiate her claims or
any other evidence than her own knowledge and traditions together
with what her husband has told her & others that knew him in the
service. That she was married to the said Isaac Horner at Pennytown (sp),
N.J. in April 1786 that she has had by her husband Isaac Horner 11
eleven children 9 now living. ?, Nathan, Charles, Jacob, John,
Euria (sp), Zilpha, William and Joseeph.

Eldest aged 62, the youngest 40 that she lived with her husband
about 63 years that she resides near the line of Monongahela and Wetzel
in Wetzel that she is not able to attend court on account of the
distance 30 miles in Marthisville (sp) that is more convenient
for her to have the business done in Monongahela County that she
is carried in a chair 1/4 miles over the line to meet the Justice
that she ? her name to be entered on the pension roles that she
has resided where she now resides about 39 years and near the
Battles of Dunkard (NOTE: This doesn't look right but can't
fully make it out).

Isaac married HORNER Zilpha --LNU-- on 2 Apr 1780 in Pennytown, Mercer, New Jersey. Zilpha was born on 24 Dec 1765 in New Hanover, Burlington, New Jersey; died after Oct 1854 in Wetzel, WV. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1850, Wetzel, WV

Notes:

Transcript of Revoluationary War Pension Request
Applied for by Zilpha Horner August 13, 1849

Before James Wise a Justice of the Peace in for the above
county and state. Personally appeared Zilpha Horner aged
92 who being duly sworn ? to law declared an oath that she makes
the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of
the provisions of the Acts of Congress passed June 17th 1832.

Husbands account up to his death February 4th (aged 94) 1849.
Act of February 2 1848 granting pensions to widows of persons
who served during the Revolutionary War that she is the widow
of Isaac Horner who served as a Drummer and Blacksmith in the
State of New Jersey. That he resided new New Market, N.J. that
she said Isaac Horner served as a Militia Man under Capt Phillip
Snooks. A term of 18 months at two different times. That he was
in several skirmishes and at the Battles of Monmouth and Princeton
that she has no documentary evidence to substantiate her claims or
any other evidence than her own knowledge and traditions together
with what her husband has told her & others that knew him in the
service. That she was married to the said Isaac Horner at Pennytown (sp),
N.J. in April 1786 that she has had by her husband Isaac Horner 11
eleven children 9 now living. ?, Nathan, Charles, Jacob, John,
Euria (sp), Zilpha, William and Joseeph.

Eldest aged 62, the youngest 40 that she lived with her husband
about 63 years that she resides near the line of Monongahela and Wetzel
in Wetzel that she is not able to attend court on account of the
distance 30 miles in Marthisville (sp) that is more convenient
for her to have the business done in Monongahela County that she
is carried in a chair 1/4 miles over the line to meet the Justice
that she ? her name to be entered on the pension roles that she
has resided where she now resides about 39 years and near the
Battles of Dunkard (NOTE: This doesn't look right but can't
fully make it out).

Census:
Name: Zilpha Horner Age: 84 Birth Year: abt 1766 Birthplace: New Jersey Home in 1850: District 64, Wetzel, Virginia Gender: Female Family Number: 247 Household Members:
NameAge          
Joseph Horner 44          
Martha Horner 45          
Elizabeth Horner 18          
Theophilus Horner 17          
Samuel Horner 14          
Asbery Horner 11          
Malinda Horner 9          
Christina Horner 7          
Zilpha Horner 84          
John Horner 54          

Notes:

Married:
Name: Isaac Horner
Gender: Male
Birth Place: St (rest was missing)
Birth Year: 1755
Spouse Name: Zilpha Spouse
Birth Year: 1760
Marriage Year: 1780
Marriage State: NJ
Number Pages: 1

Issac married POTTS Mary on 16 Nov 1757 in Trenton, Mercer, New Jersey. Mary was born on 15 Mar 1736 in Mansfield, Burlington, New Jersey; died on 31 May 1776 in Kingwood, Hunterdon, New Jersey, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:
Isaac Horner Jr
in the U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935
Name: Isaac Horner Jr
Marriage Date: 16 Nov 1757 Marriage Date on Image: 16 Eleventh 1757
Marriage Place: Burlington, New Jersey
Spouse: Mary Potts
Event Type: Marriage Monthly Meeting: Chesterfield Monthly Meeting Historical Meeting Data: Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Title: Intentions of Marriage and Certificates of Removal, 1685-1756 Meeting State: New Jersey Meeting County: Burlington

Issac married SYKES Elizabeth on 19 Mar 1708 in New Jersey. Elizabeth was born in 1694 in Chesterfield, Burlington, New Jersey; died in Bordentown, Burlington, New Jersey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Isaac Horner in the U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935
Name: Isaac Horner Death Place: Burlington, New Jersey Spouse: Elizabeth Horner Event Type: Death Monthly Meeting: Chesterfield Monthly Meeting Historical Meeting Data: Search for this monthly meeting in the 'Quaker Monthly Meetings Index' Yearly Meeting: Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Title: Minutes, 1682-1847 Meeting State: New Jersey Meeting County: Burlington