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Descendants of Thomas Northfleete

111. Abraham⁵ Norfleet (John⁴, John³, John², Thomas¹ Northfleete) was born 1774 in Nansemond County VA, and died 14 September, 1827 in Nansemond County VA. He married (1) Elizabeth Ashburn Abt. 1796 in Nansemond County VA. He married (2) Elizabeth Alston Abt. 1811 in Nansemond County VA.

Child of Abraham Norfleet and Elizabeth Ashburn is:

253

John Abraham⁶ Norfleet, born 1797 in Nansemond County VA; died Aft. 1860 in Nansemond County VA.

Children of Abraham Norfleet and Elizabeth Alston are:

+	254	i.	James Benson⁶ Norfleet, born 13 April, 1812; died 28 July, 1891.
+	255	ii.	Jesse Peters Norfleet, born 13 March, 1814 in Nansemond County VA; died 24 April, 1889 in Holly Springs MS.
+	256	iii.	Wilson Norfleet, born 10 May, 1819 in Nansemond County VA.
+	257	iv.	Abraham Norfleet, born 1821; died 1866.
	258	v.	Mary (Twin) Norfleet.
	259	vi.	Martha (Twin) Norfleet.
	260	vii.	Susanna Norfleet.

118. Sarah⁵ Norfleet (James⁴, John³, John², Thomas¹ Northfleete) was born Abt. 1762 in Nansemond County VA, and died Aft. April 1819 in Greene County GA ??. She married (1) Elias Hilliard Abt. 1780, son of William Hilliard and Anne Newsom. She married (2) William (Colonel William) Horn Abt. 1790 in Northampton County NC, son of Henry Horn and Ann _____.

Notes for William (Colonel William) Horn:

CHRONOLOGY OF THE LIFE OF COLONEL WILLIAM HORN

The following is a chronology of known events in the Life of Colonel William Horn (1738- bef. 1818) and his close relatives. This information has been provided to me by Dr. Bob Horn of Nashville TN.

30 Mar 1738: Born in Nansemond VA, first born child of Henry Horn and Ann Purcell.

02 Aug 1758: Marries Celia Richardson (his first cousin).

09 Apr 1759: Son Nathan born (8 months after marriage).

Dec 1759: Wife Celia Richardson Horn dies.

Jan 1760: Son Nathan dies.

1762: Marries Mary Thomas (age 19-20).

1762-1766: Three children born - Priscilla, Millberry, and Josiah.

1775-78: Mary Thomas Horn dies (in her early thirties). Milberry may have been raised by her uncle, Henry Horn, Jr.

1779: Marries Sarah Granberry. There are no known children of this union.

Note: Regarding the marriage contract between Wm. Horn and Sarah Granberry - near the top of first page, in the text, the year 1779 is clearly inscribed. But at the top of the second page, just above the witnesses, Thos. Rhodes and Lemuel Burkitt, and clearly adjacent to the name of Wm Horn and Sarah Horn, signatories, clearly readable is "of this 25th October 1788". I do not know what significance, if any, this date disparity has.

26 Dec 1780: William Horn of Bertie Co NC to George Wimberley of Edgecombe Co, for 33 pds, a tract of 100 acres on Pig Basket Creek. Witnesses: Joel Horn, Josiah Horn, Milberry Horn. According to Gwen Horn, this 100 acres was a part of Mary Thomas inheritance, and this sale rather well establishes that Josiah and Milberry had an interest in the property, presumably because she was their mother. This is almost incontrovertible indication that Josiah was a son of Col WM and Mary Thomas. [see Nash Co NC Deed Book 1, page 241]

1788: Sarah Granberry Horn dies (or was there a divorce?).

1789: Sarah Norfleet Hilliard petitions the Northampton Co Court for Dower of several tracts of land, her husband Elias having recently died intestate.

1790: Colonel Horn marries Sarah Norfleet Hilliard.

Note - Sarah Norfleet Hilliard Horn was the biological mother of the orphans of Elias Hilliard, i. e., Elizabeth and Mary Ann.

21 Dec 1792: Deed signed transferring 640 Acres on Whites Creek to Joseph Phillips, (husband of Col Wm's daughter, Milberry) . Proven in Davidson County Court on 30 July 1793.

1793: Joel Horn (b 1751), brother of Col Wm, dies in Edgecombe County NC. He is surived by widow, Sarah (Ann) Harris Horn, and several young children. According to Ray Horn Book, after Joel died in 1793, the following persons were appointed guardians of his minor children:

Howell (b 1780) 1793-1798 - Josiah Horn, then in 1798 - Jacob Horn was appointed, possibly because Josiah was leaving for Montgomery County. [in 1798 Howell was 18, however, a guardian was still required per NC law until he reached the age of 21]

Milbrey (b 1786) 1793 - Jacob Horn

Rebecca (b1788) 1793-1803 - Jacob Horn

Matthew (b 1792) 1793-1798) - Benjamin Phillips

Etheldred (b 1793) 1793 -1798 - Benjamin Phillips

Notes regarding the above children and guardians:

1) Possibly this Jacob Horn above is the brother of Col William. A Jacob Horn appears on the 1811 Davidson County Tax List, but I have no other record of Jacob Horn in Tenn. Possibly Jacob came to Tenn with his second wife for a few years and then returned to Edgecomb where his will was probated in 1826/27. Matthew and Etheldred Horn appear on the 1811 Davidson County Tax List. According to the staff of TSLA, this Tax List was a survey or tally of potential taxpayers, collected by the Justice of the Peace for each "precinct", and a number was assigned to each taxpayer. It seems likely that numbers close together probably indictate proximity of residence and property location. In this 1811 Tax List appearing on the same page of the Tally are the following: #801 Joseph Philips. #802 Etheldred Horn. #804 Matthew Horn. A certain Sarah Horn purchased property on Whites Creek, at least in the same general area of the county where Joseph Philips and Milberry Horn owned 640 acres. (I have not located any record which appears to reflect the sale of any property in this part of Davidson County by Sarah Horn, Etheldred Horn, or
Matthew Horn.)

2) In 1813 Etheldred Horn purchased 640 acres on Barton's creek/ Wilson County TN, and the next year he sold 383 acres on Barton's creek to Matthew Horn. These two brothers are frequently cited in various records of Wilson County, apparently as successful and responsible citizens. Barton's Creek is east of Lebanon Tennessee, the county seat, and just west of the extant community of Horn Springs. I have found no record of a Sarah Horn or other Horn's relevant to this query in that area.

3) It is clear that the brothers Etheldred and Matthew Horn came to Tennessee as children, lived in Davidson County as very young men, and were able to purchase substantial property in Wilson County by the time they were age 20 or 21.

4) Who was the Benjamin Philips who was appointed the guardian of E and M Horn in Edgecomb in 1793? Recall that Joseph Philips and Milberry Horn brought their family from Edgecombe County NC to Whites Creek TN in about 1793 where it continued to grow and prosper. Many of their children married well and they left a number of
prominent descendants, listed in the Battle Book (by error, because the
authors thought Milberry was a Battle!!)

5) While the evidence is quite fragmentary, I have found numerous references to a certain Benjamin Philips in Davidson County records in the period of interest. Many of these records implyt strongly that this Benjamin Philips was closely affiliated with and probably related to Joseph Philips, a prominent attorney in Davidson County by this time. Benjamin Philips will, signed 26 December, 1818 and recorded, 5 June
1820, is found in Davidson County Will Book 7, p 397, and there are many other recorded settlement proceedings in the court records for several years thereafter. According to Benjamin Philips will he owned substantial land, many slaves, a distillery, and mills. No wife is mentioned in the will, and I find no reference to a widow in many subsequent court proceedings. His lands are bequeathed to his two sons, but his death was perhaps untimely, since both children were minors at his death, and a guardianship was established to manage this property for the two sons. After about a year the guardian defaulted and the guardianship was assigned to the attorney who was handling the legal affairs of the estate, one Joseph Philips.

6) While Joseph Philips was busily handling substantial unresolved complexities in the estate of Benjamin Philips, I suspect his brother, Joseph himself died, at age 59. Joseph Philips will is dated 1 Jan 1820, and recorded 3 September, 1822. Subsequent to Joseph's death, many of the Philips estate matters seemed to have been handled by William Williams, husband of Joseph's daughter Sallie. According to the Battle
Book, Wm Williams, a 1799 graduate of Harvard, came to Tennessee in 1804, bought 640 acres on Gallatin Pike, "a property which remained in the family until 1929".

7) While this digression is of little specific relevance to our queries regarding the fate of Col William and his fourth wife, Sarah Nofleet Hilliard Horn, I feel the elements of the Philips story, taken as a whole, provide a credible basis for the belief that there is likely to have been some connection between Sarah Horn, the widow of Joel Horn, and her two young sons Etheldred and Matthew with the (?) brothers Joseph and Benjamin Philips which led this Sarah Horn to purchase land near the Joseph Philips property in 1800 and 1803. And, on the other hand, considerable investigations of Davidson county records in this period provide no evidence that Col William and Sarah Horn ever got to Davidson County to see their Cumberland River property,
and furthermore, it seems if they did get here they probably did not stay very long.

1793-1795: Sons, William Norfleet Horn and David Lawrence Horn, born to Col Wm and Sarah Horn

1796: Deed transferring 360 acres in Davidson County from Lemuel Lawrence to Wm and Sarah Horn, signed 29 August 1796, presumably in Nash Co NC, witnessed by Cordall Norfleet, John Cryer, and E. Thompson. This deed was proven in Davidson County court on18 March, 1797, "by the oath of John Cryer".

08 Jan 1799: Deed signed transferring 50 acres on Whites Creek to Sarah Horn. Proven in Davidson County Court, 1800. (Vide Supra)

10 Jan 1800: Deed signed transferring 230 Acres in Montgomery County TN to Josiah Horn, proven in Court, April 1801, registered 8 July 1801.

20 Jan 1802: Deed signed transferring 14 acres on Whites Creek to Sarah Horn. Proven in Court in April Session 1803. (Vide Supra).

1802-1803: Land sales in Nash Co NC by "Josiah Horn" and "William Horn =
of Johnson Co NC."

1812: A William Horn appears on the 1812 Tax List for Giles County TN (near Madison County AL).

1813: William Horn on the Tax List of Madison County, Mississippi Territory.

Nov 1814: Appearance Docket, Superior Court of Madison County AL (William Horn vs James A. Sturgus, Wm. F. Sturgus, and Abner Tatum).

1814-1815: A William Horn, dies in Giles County, TN survived by wife Nancy and children.

Note: Almost certainly NOT the Colonel, but could he be William Norfleet Horn,
son of the Colonel and Sarah?

23 Oct 1816: In Madison County, AL, a William Horn witnesses a deed
from Jacob Sivley to William and Catherine Fine.

8 Oct 1817: In Madison County, John Davison, David Cannon, and David Carmichael post a $1000 bond with Orphans court, in re Estate of Wm Horn, suggesting that Wm Horn decd left minor child(ren). Orphan Court records are apparently lost.

Jan 1818: Appraisal of personal property (livestock) of Wm Horn, decd.

05 Apr 1819: Sarah Horn, now in Greene County, Georgia, signs
Quit-Claim deed in favor of David L. Horn, re 360 acres in northern Davidson County TN. Joseph Phillips, husband of Milberry Horn (daughter of Col Wm. Horn), handles this transaction as well as the sale of the property in 1820.

1820: David L. Horn of Greene County GA sells the Davidson County property, Joseph Phillips handling the legal proceedings for Horn.

1840: David L. Horn dies in Warren County, MS.

Children of Sarah Norfleet and Elias Hilliard are:

	261	i.		Elizabeth⁶ Hilliard, born Abt. 1781. She married William Green 16 December, 1797 in Franklin County NC.
+	262	ii.		Mary Ann Hilliard, born Abt. 1783.

Children of Sarah Norfleet and William Horn are:

	263	i.		William Norfleet⁶ Horn, born Abt. 1792 in NC; died Bef. 1819 in Greene County GA (?).
	264	ii.		David Lawrence Horn, born Abt. 1794 in NC; died September 1840 in Warren County MS.

Notes for David Lawrence Horn:
The following is a transcript of the will of David Lawrence Horn, dated 6 August 1840, which was proved in Warren County MS during the October Term of the Warren County Probate Court:

"I David L. Horn of the County of Warren & State of Mississippi do make and publish this my last will and testement hereby revoking and making void all former Wills by me at any time heretofore made as to Such Worldly estate as it hath pleased god to entrust me with. I dispose of the Same as follows:

"First I direct that all of my debts to be paid as soon as possible after my decease out of any Moneys coming into the hands of my Executor from any portion of my Estate both real or personal.

"Secondly I hereby give and bequeath after all my debts are paid the sum of Two Thousand dollars to my half Sister Elizabeth Green Wife of William Green of Georgia to Have and to hold the Same Seperate and apart from her husband and not to be Subject to his [sic] and

"Thirdly I give and bequeath unto Thomas H. Christmas and Henry Christmas each the sum of One Thousand Dollars after all of my debts are paid.

"Fourthly The Residue of my whole Estate after if shall have been witnessith [?] by my Executor, I hereby give and bequeath to my affectionate friends and relations Mary E. Christmas and her Son William Hardeman Christmas to be equally divided between them share and share alike.

"Fifthly, I do hereby make and appoint my relative Thomas H. Christmas Executor of This my last Will and Testement and that he Shall go no Security for the performance of the Trust I repose in him as my Executor. And further I do hereby empower my Executor to do and perform any and everything in acting about the Seting up of my Estate which I might or Could have done during my life in person, To Sell at public or private Sale and give a fee Simple, to lease it out and dispose of in any manner which in his discretion may Seem best for the benefit of my Devisees both real & personal property.

"In Testimony whereof I David L. Horn the Testator have hereunto Set my hand and affixed my Seal This Sixth day of August in the year of our Lord One thousand and eight hundred and forty.

/S/ D. L Horn (Seal)

"Signed Sealed and delivered in the presence of us who have Subscribed in presence of one another.

Wm B Norfleet
John Snow
Jas F Young"

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