Horton Cemetery Work Day

On the 3rd Friday and Saturday of June, 2006 we worked clearing brush to uncover 4-5 acres of overgrown cemetery. We worked with decedents, and volunteers. More Horton Cemetey work days to come. Many thanks to all the hard work and dedication of our Horton decendents and volunteers. Many more hours have been completed to get the cemetery to look as good a the after picture, but many more hours are still left to go.

The Horton Cemetery is covered in thorney vines and can return to the before picture status within 1 month. This is an exceptionally challenging cemetery. Often times this cemetery claims some of our equipement. We plan on having at least two work day in 2008.

Our next big plan is to place a monument bronze plaque with a list of all know burials to preserve the history and names so no one will every be forgotten. This will also serve as source for genealogist.

After clearing a hug amount of brush we found the Woodsman of the World headstone for James Horton (Peter's Colony Settler) 08/04/1816 to Abt 1879. After digging about 4 feet down we returned to clearing more brush. Since this is an ongoing project we will reerect this stone later this Winter.

The Horton Cemetery was established in 1848. The Horton family set aside 4 acres for family burial. The cemetery was part of the original 320 acres James Horton received as a single man as part of the Peter's Colony. A history of the Horton family can be found in the USGENWEB archives. Many Horton family members and other early settlers are buried here. The Cemetery was divided into 3 section; a family section, a friends section, and a black section according to Susanna Clark-Smith. The above left picture is the state in which we found this Historic Cemetery and the above right is our progress to date. The following is a list of known persons interred here as provided by USGENWEB:

Enoch Horton (original Peter's Colony Settler) 03/22/1786 to 03/21/1851

Martha Stinson Horton 1788 to 04/07/1850

Rachel Horton 1832 to 1850

Martha Horton Horton (original Peter's Colony Settler) Abt.1829 to before 1848

John Horton  (Peter's Colony Settler) 1816 to 1870

Elizabeth Margaret Hopkins Horton 1828 to 1853

John Hopkins  (Peter's Colony Settler) 02/13/1799 to 01/15/1840

Margaret Fox Hopkins 1804 to 07/23/1881

Orlena Alice Horton Bast 01/31/1852 to 01/05/1879

John T. Horton 09/24/1862 to 10/13/1913

Andrew Young Horton 10/22/1866 to 04/12/1867

Enoch I. Horton 09/15/1870 to 01/09/1872

Jane "Jennie" Horton Bradshaw 1809 to 1881

James Horton (Peter's Colony Settler) 08/04/1816 to Abt 1879

Jane C. Phillips Horton Abt. 1830 to 1870

Alexander Horton 10/01/1852 to 04/16/1853

Luticia Horton 01/01/1855 to 04/16/1853

Infant son Horton  born and died 06/05/1862

Ada Horton 05/06/1866 to 11/1868

John Horton 1867 to 1870

Nimrod Timothy Phillips abt. 1806 to 01/29/1869

Mary "Mollie" Morton King Horton 1841 to unknown

Kaiser Horton abt 1872 to 1872

Shulia M. Bowen King 1871 to 1907

James Edward Horton 08/13/1856 to 09/21/1911

Lucy Laura Carter Horton 04/1858 to unknown

Lucy Laura Horton Gerloff 05/1893 to 1913

James Horton, Jr. 02/1886 to 1907

Mary Horton 08-1890 to unknown

Enock Horton 04/1880 to unknown

Enock "Nuck" Ellis Horton 07/02/1858 to 11/06/1906

Susan Crissa Jane Wright Horton 07/23/1858 to 07/07/1956 (last burial in this cemetery)

James Edward Horton 11/03/1880 to 02/27/1881

Alzadie Estelle Horton Craddock 08/04/1880 to 08/02/1904

Clyde Horton 1886 to 1890

Osa Cleveland Horton 1888 to 1890

Fracis "Fanny" Horton Scripture 10/31/1860 to unknown

Charles Reginald Montgomery Scripture 01/06/1850 to unknown

Reginald Scripture, Jr.

Francis Scripture

Other's buried include unknown relations

Henry "Harry" D. Brannon 11/24/1840 to 05/27/1869 and James Brannon 1811 to 12/18/1866

Friends and Neighbors (West section)

William Stone "John" Haskell 1850 to 1936

Lillian Elizabeth Wittaker Haskell 1873 to 1951

Mr. Butcher, Mrs. Davis, L.H. Roberts, Will Ransom (all dates unknown)

Thomas J. Ransom 05/24/1864 to 11/21/1918

Mary J. Archer 08/20/1851 to 11/25/1909

K. B. Archer 11/07/1845 to 07/13/1915

Clarence Archer, Lillie May Hutchins, Edna Newton, Ernest Newton, Lula Newton, Eddie Dickshot, Willie McNelly, Oscar L. Daniels, John Coverston, Lucille Huggins, Clovis Huggins, J. Parrish, Charles C. Layton, Wlla V. Cook, and Bess McCoy.

Black Section - East Side of Cemetery

 Alma McCoy 1859 to 1948, Charles Hight 1880 to 1956, Loubirta Hight 1887 to 1960, Lillie White 1877 to 1920, Monie Bougess dies 1933, A. Gillespie 1874 to 1932, and Ruben Cook 1870 to 1941