1765 - Aft 1854 (88 years)
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Name |
HORNER Zilpha --LNU-- |
Birth |
24 Dec 1765 |
New Hanover, Burlington, New Jersey |
Gender |
Female |
Census |
1850 |
Wetzel, WV |
- 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
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Death |
Aft Oct 1854 |
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).
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Person ID |
I9471 |
Booth Family |
Last Modified |
6 Jul 2015 |
Family |
HORNER Isaac, III, b. 1755, New Hanover, Burlington, New Jersey d. 4 Feb 1849, Fish Creek, Tyler, Charles, VA (Age 94 years) |
Marriage |
2 Apr 1780 |
Pennytown, Mercer, New Jersey |
- 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
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Children |
| 1. HORNER Charles, b. Cal 1782, Monmouth, New Jersey d. Wetzel, WV |
| 2. HORNER Eunice, b. 1784, New Jersey d. 1849 (Age 65 years) |
| 3. HORNER Nathan, b. 1785, New Jersey d. 1850, Wetzel, WV (Age 65 years) |
| 4. HORNER Jacob, b. 1790, Shady Side, Bergen Co, NJ d. 1860, Wadestown, Monongalia Co., VA (Age 70 years) |
| 5. HORNER John, b. 1796, Fishing Creek, Wetzel, West Virginia d. 1870, Burton, Wetzel, West Virginia, (Age 74 years) |
| 6. HORNER Isaac, b. 1800, Monongahela Co., VA d. 1850, Wetzel, WV (Age 50 years) |
| 7. HORNER William, b. 1803, Tyler, Charles, Virginia, d. 3 Feb 1881, Wenksville, Adams, Pennsylvania (Age 78 years) |
| 8. HORNER Zilpha, b. 1806, Fishing Creek, Tyler, Wetzel, West Virginia d. Wetzel, WV |
| 9. HORNER Joseph, b. 1809, Fishing Creek, Wetzel, West Virginia d. 1870, Burton, Wetzel, West Virginia, (Age 61 years) |
| 10. HORNER Zelph, b. 1812, Virginia d. Yes, date unknown |
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Family ID |
F3145 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Last Modified |
3 Feb 2015 |
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