MCHORSE, JOHN W.
John W. McHorse, a citizen of the Republic of Texas, was born in 1819 in either Tennessee, Alabama, or South Carolina. He immigrated to Texas at the age of 17, probably by way of Alabama.
McHorse enlisted in Captain Hayden Arnold's Company in Colonel Sidney Sherman's regiment of the Texas Army on March 10, 1836.
On April 21, 1836, McHorse participated in the triumph of Texas independence in the Battle of San Jacinto where he suffered a gunshot wound to his left hand. He was discharged from the Texas Army in Victoria, Texas on June 1, 1836.
After leaving the Army, McHorse lived with Jesse Walling for two months in Rush County, Texas. Walling was elected to the legislature and later provided confirmation of McHorse's service to prove his eligibility for a pension.
In 1837, McHorse returned to Alabama and on October 26, of that year and enlisted as a corporal in Captain Bryson's Company of the North Alabama Mounted Volunteers in the Seminole Indians Wars in Florida.
He served for months and was discharged on April 13, 1838, at Fort Mitchell, Alabama. This ended his military career.
In 1842, McHorse married Elizabeth Wilson.
During the Civil War, McHorse was appointed a commissioner for the relief of families of Confederate soldiers in 1863.
Between 1866 and 1870, McHorse and his family moved back to Texas where they settled in Milam County. In 1871, McHorse joined a Masonic Lodge in Falls County, Texas, an organization he remained active in until his death.
In 1874, he helped establish Macedonia, Williamson County, Texas and a Masonic lodge for the community. McHorse died at his home in Leander, Texas on January 19, 1897 and was buried in the Texas State Cemetery on January 20, 1897.
John Wilson McHorse was married three times. His first wife is
Elizabeth Wilson
Birth 1822 in Kentucky, USA
Death 16 Dec 1860 in Sevier, Arkansas, USA
John and Elizabeth had the following children:
Martha Ann McHorse 1840 – 1850
Sara Jane McHorse 1841 – 1850
Rebecca McHorse 1844 – 1860
Delithea McHorse 1846 – 1896
James M McHorse 1849 – 1860
Roda McHorse 1851 – 1873
KC McHorse 1851 –
William Martin McHorse 1853 – 1934
Isaac Wilson McHorse 1854 – 1924
John Calvin McHorse 1855 – 1912
Thomas Mason McHorse 1860 – 1923
His second wife is
Ruthie Jane Wofford
Birth 29 October 1836 in Mississippi
Death 16 April 1897 in Texas, USA
Their children are
Ellen Mchorse 1864 – 1932
Elonzo David McHorse 1866 – 1880
Leony Dais Mchorse 1867 –
∼Listed on page 15 of the San Jacinto rolls printed in 1836 as J.W. McHorse, a member of Captain Hayden Arnold's Nacogdoches Company. The records of the Texas Veterans Association, of which he was a member, show that he was born in Alabama in 1819 but they do not show when he came to Texas.
There are incidents concerning Mr. McHorse's life that are not understood by the compiler. Certain persons claiming that Mr. McHorse had died before May 5, 1846 applied for the land due him as a headright and for his services in the army and seem to have received his bounty land, but no other. Mr. McHorse did not die until January 9, 1897 but he did not receive a headright or the land due him for having participated in the Battle of San Jacinto. Neither did he apply for a Veterans Pension or for Veterans Donation land. Bounty Certificate No. 27 for 320 acres of land was issued in Mr. McHorse's name 1846, due him for having served in the army from March 6 to June 6, 1836. In the Bounty Book in the General Land Office it is shown that the certificate was applied for by C.H. Randolph and was sold to C.B. Stewart.
In File No. 1127 of the Court of Claims Papers it is shown that in 1858 C. H. Randolph, representing the heirs, whose names were not shown of John W. McHorse, deceased, applied for, but was denied the headright due Mr. McHorse. The following affidavit in the file was made by Jesse Walling February 6, 1858 by Jesse Walling before William J. Hotchkiss, Chief Clerk of the Commissioner of Claims:
"Jesse Walling a respectable witness of Rusk County, Texas, being duly sworn, says that he was acquainted with said McHorse: that he first became acquainted him as early as the first day of March 1836, that said McHorse was a member of Capt. Hayden Arnold's Company and participated in the Battle of San Jacinto, and continued in Service until discharged. He states these facts from personal knowledge having served in the same company with the said McHorse. After he was discharged he came to affiants home after the Battle of San Jacinto and remained about two months, and affiant is informed that said McHorse again joined the army. Since which time affiant has not known him."
The records of the Texas Veterans Association show that Mr. McHorse was living in Milan County in 1874. He and his wife were living in Milam County in 1874. He and his wife were living at Leander, Williamson County as early as the year 1881 and that was their home in 1895 when they attended the Texas Veterans Association in Houston in 1895. On that occasion they visited the San Jacinto Battlefield.
Mr. McHorse died January 9, 1897. The State of Texas had a monument erected at his grave in the State Cemetery in 1936. His address July 2, 1883 was Circleville, Williamson County, Texas.
Written by Louis W. Kemp, between 1930 and 1952. Please note that typographical and factual errors have not been corrected from the original sketches. The biographies have been scanned from the original typescripts, a process that sometimes allows for mistakes in the new text. Researchers should verify the accuracy of the texts' contents through other sources before quoting in publications. Additional information on the veteran may be available in the Herzstein Library.
John W. McHorse, a citizen of the Republic of Texas, was born in 1819 in either Tennessee, Alabama, or South Carolina. He immigrated to Texas at the age of 17, probably by way of Alabama.
McHorse enlisted in Captain Hayden Arnold's Company in Colonel Sidney Sherman's regiment of the Texas Army on March 10, 1836.
On April 21, 1836, McHorse participated in the triumph of Texas independence in the Battle of San Jacinto where he suffered a gunshot wound to his left hand. He was discharged from the Texas Army in Victoria, Texas on June 1, 1836.
After leaving the Army, McHorse lived with Jesse Walling for two months in Rush County, Texas. Walling was elected to the legislature and later provided confirmation of McHorse's service to prove his eligibility for a pension.
In 1837, McHorse returned to Alabama and on October 26, of that year and enlisted as a corporal in Captain Bryson's Company of the North Alabama Mounted Volunteers in the Seminole Indians Wars in Florida.
He served for months and was discharged on April 13, 1838, at Fort Mitchell, Alabama. This ended his military career.
In 1842, McHorse married Elizabeth Wilson.
During the Civil War, McHorse was appointed a commissioner for the relief of families of Confederate soldiers in 1863.
Between 1866 and 1870, McHorse and his family moved back to Texas where they settled in Milam County. In 1871, McHorse joined a Masonic Lodge in Falls County, Texas, an organization he remained active in until his death.
In 1874, he helped establish Macedonia, Williamson County, Texas and a Masonic lodge for the community. McHorse died at his home in Leander, Texas on January 19, 1897 and was buried in the Texas State Cemetery on January 20, 1897.
John Wilson McHorse was married three times. His first wife is
Elizabeth Wilson
Birth 1822 in Kentucky, USA
Death 16 Dec 1860 in Sevier, Arkansas, USA
John and Elizabeth had the following children:
Martha Ann McHorse 1840 – 1850
Sara Jane McHorse 1841 – 1850
Rebecca McHorse 1844 – 1860
Delithea McHorse 1846 – 1896
James M McHorse 1849 – 1860
Roda McHorse 1851 – 1873
KC McHorse 1851 –
William Martin McHorse 1853 – 1934
Isaac Wilson McHorse 1854 – 1924
John Calvin McHorse 1855 – 1912
Thomas Mason McHorse 1860 – 1923
His second wife is
Ruthie Jane Wofford
Birth 29 October 1836 in Mississippi
Death 16 April 1897 in Texas, USA
Their children are
Ellen Mchorse 1864 – 1932
Elonzo David McHorse 1866 – 1880
Leony Dais Mchorse 1867 –
∼Listed on page 15 of the San Jacinto rolls printed in 1836 as J.W. McHorse, a member of Captain Hayden Arnold's Nacogdoches Company. The records of the Texas Veterans Association, of which he was a member, show that he was born in Alabama in 1819 but they do not show when he came to Texas.
There are incidents concerning Mr. McHorse's life that are not understood by the compiler. Certain persons claiming that Mr. McHorse had died before May 5, 1846 applied for the land due him as a headright and for his services in the army and seem to have received his bounty land, but no other. Mr. McHorse did not die until January 9, 1897 but he did not receive a headright or the land due him for having participated in the Battle of San Jacinto. Neither did he apply for a Veterans Pension or for Veterans Donation land. Bounty Certificate No. 27 for 320 acres of land was issued in Mr. McHorse's name 1846, due him for having served in the army from March 6 to June 6, 1836. In the Bounty Book in the General Land Office it is shown that the certificate was applied for by C.H. Randolph and was sold to C.B. Stewart.
In File No. 1127 of the Court of Claims Papers it is shown that in 1858 C. H. Randolph, representing the heirs, whose names were not shown of John W. McHorse, deceased, applied for, but was denied the headright due Mr. McHorse. The following affidavit in the file was made by Jesse Walling February 6, 1858 by Jesse Walling before William J. Hotchkiss, Chief Clerk of the Commissioner of Claims:
"Jesse Walling a respectable witness of Rusk County, Texas, being duly sworn, says that he was acquainted with said McHorse: that he first became acquainted him as early as the first day of March 1836, that said McHorse was a member of Capt. Hayden Arnold's Company and participated in the Battle of San Jacinto, and continued in Service until discharged. He states these facts from personal knowledge having served in the same company with the said McHorse. After he was discharged he came to affiants home after the Battle of San Jacinto and remained about two months, and affiant is informed that said McHorse again joined the army. Since which time affiant has not known him."
The records of the Texas Veterans Association show that Mr. McHorse was living in Milan County in 1874. He and his wife were living in Milam County in 1874. He and his wife were living at Leander, Williamson County as early as the year 1881 and that was their home in 1895 when they attended the Texas Veterans Association in Houston in 1895. On that occasion they visited the San Jacinto Battlefield.
Mr. McHorse died January 9, 1897. The State of Texas had a monument erected at his grave in the State Cemetery in 1936. His address July 2, 1883 was Circleville, Williamson County, Texas.
Written by Louis W. Kemp, between 1930 and 1952. Please note that typographical and factual errors have not been corrected from the original sketches. The biographies have been scanned from the original typescripts, a process that sometimes allows for mistakes in the new text. Researchers should verify the accuracy of the texts' contents through other sources before quoting in publications. Additional information on the veteran may be available in the Herzstein Library.
MCHORSE, JOHN W.
John W. McHorse, a citizen of the Republic of Texas, was born in 1819 in either Tennessee, Alabama, or South Carolina. He immigrated to Texas at the age of 17, probably by way of Alabama.
McHorse enlisted in Captain Hayden Arnold's Company in Colonel Sidney Sherman's regiment of the Texas Army on March 10, 1836.
On April 21, 1836, McHorse participated in the triumph of Texas independence in the Battle of San Jacinto where he suffered a gunshot wound to his left hand. He was discharged from the Texas Army in Victoria, Texas on June 1, 1836.
After leaving the Army, McHorse lived with Jesse Walling for two months in Rush County, Texas. Walling was elected to the legislature and later provided confirmation of McHorse's service to prove his eligibility for a pension.
In 1837, McHorse returned to Alabama and on October 26, of that year and enlisted as a corporal in Captain Bryson's Company of the North Alabama Mounted Volunteers in the Seminole Indians Wars in Florida.
He served for months and was discharged on April 13, 1838, at Fort Mitchell, Alabama. This ended his military career.
In 1842, McHorse married Elizabeth Wilson.
During the Civil War, McHorse was appointed a commissioner for the relief of families of Confederate soldiers in 1863.
Between 1866 and 1870, McHorse and his family moved back to Texas where they settled in Milam County. In 1871, McHorse joined a Masonic Lodge in Falls County, Texas, an organization he remained active in until his death.
In 1874, he helped establish Macedonia, Williamson County, Texas and a Masonic lodge for the community. McHorse died at his home in Leander, Texas on January 19, 1897 and was buried in the Texas State Cemetery on January 20, 1897.
John Wilson McHorse was married three times. His first wife is
Elizabeth Wilson
Birth 1822 in Kentucky, USA
Death 16 Dec 1860 in Sevier, Arkansas, USA
John and Elizabeth had the following children:
Martha Ann McHorse 1840 – 1850
Sara Jane McHorse 1841 – 1850
Rebecca McHorse 1844 – 1860
Delithea McHorse 1846 – 1896
James M McHorse 1849 – 1860
Roda McHorse 1851 – 1873
KC McHorse 1851 –
William Martin McHorse 1853 – 1934
Isaac Wilson McHorse 1854 – 1924
John Calvin McHorse 1855 – 1912
Thomas Mason McHorse 1860 – 1923
His second wife is
Ruthie Jane Wofford
Birth 29 October 1836 in Mississippi
Death 16 April 1897 in Texas, USA
Their children are
Ellen Mchorse 1864 – 1932
Elonzo David McHorse 1866 – 1880
Leony Dais Mchorse 1867 –
∼Listed on page 15 of the San Jacinto rolls printed in 1836 as J.W. McHorse, a member of Captain Hayden Arnold's Nacogdoches Company. The records of the Texas Veterans Association, of which he was a member, show that he was born in Alabama in 1819 but they do not show when he came to Texas.
There are incidents concerning Mr. McHorse's life that are not understood by the compiler. Certain persons claiming that Mr. McHorse had died before May 5, 1846 applied for the land due him as a headright and for his services in the army and seem to have received his bounty land, but no other. Mr. McHorse did not die until January 9, 1897 but he did not receive a headright or the land due him for having participated in the Battle of San Jacinto. Neither did he apply for a Veterans Pension or for Veterans Donation land. Bounty Certificate No. 27 for 320 acres of land was issued in Mr. McHorse's name 1846, due him for having served in the army from March 6 to June 6, 1836. In the Bounty Book in the General Land Office it is shown that the certificate was applied for by C.H. Randolph and was sold to C.B. Stewart.
In File No. 1127 of the Court of Claims Papers it is shown that in 1858 C. H. Randolph, representing the heirs, whose names were not shown of John W. McHorse, deceased, applied for, but was denied the headright due Mr. McHorse. The following affidavit in the file was made by Jesse Walling February 6, 1858 by Jesse Walling before William J. Hotchkiss, Chief Clerk of the Commissioner of Claims:
"Jesse Walling a respectable witness of Rusk County, Texas, being duly sworn, says that he was acquainted with said McHorse: that he first became acquainted him as early as the first day of March 1836, that said McHorse was a member of Capt. Hayden Arnold's Company and participated in the Battle of San Jacinto, and continued in Service until discharged. He states these facts from personal knowledge having served in the same company with the said McHorse. After he was discharged he came to affiants home after the Battle of San Jacinto and remained about two months, and affiant is informed that said McHorse again joined the army. Since which time affiant has not known him."
The records of the Texas Veterans Association show that Mr. McHorse was living in Milan County in 1874. He and his wife were living in Milam County in 1874. He and his wife were living at Leander, Williamson County as early as the year 1881 and that was their home in 1895 when they attended the Texas Veterans Association in Houston in 1895. On that occasion they visited the San Jacinto Battlefield.
Mr. McHorse died January 9, 1897. The State of Texas had a monument erected at his grave in the State Cemetery in 1936. His address July 2, 1883 was Circleville, Williamson County, Texas.
Written by Louis W. Kemp, between 1930 and 1952. Please note that typographical and factual errors have not been corrected from the original sketches. The biographies have been scanned from the original typescripts, a process that sometimes allows for mistakes in the new text. Researchers should verify the accuracy of the texts' contents through other sources before quoting in publications. Additional information on the veteran may be available in the Herzstein Library.
John W. McHorse, a citizen of the Republic of Texas, was born in 1819 in either Tennessee, Alabama, or South Carolina. He immigrated to Texas at the age of 17, probably by way of Alabama.
McHorse enlisted in Captain Hayden Arnold's Company in Colonel Sidney Sherman's regiment of the Texas Army on March 10, 1836.
On April 21, 1836, McHorse participated in the triumph of Texas independence in the Battle of San Jacinto where he suffered a gunshot wound to his left hand. He was discharged from the Texas Army in Victoria, Texas on June 1, 1836.
After leaving the Army, McHorse lived with Jesse Walling for two months in Rush County, Texas. Walling was elected to the legislature and later provided confirmation of McHorse's service to prove his eligibility for a pension.
In 1837, McHorse returned to Alabama and on October 26, of that year and enlisted as a corporal in Captain Bryson's Company of the North Alabama Mounted Volunteers in the Seminole Indians Wars in Florida.
He served for months and was discharged on April 13, 1838, at Fort Mitchell, Alabama. This ended his military career.
In 1842, McHorse married Elizabeth Wilson.
During the Civil War, McHorse was appointed a commissioner for the relief of families of Confederate soldiers in 1863.
Between 1866 and 1870, McHorse and his family moved back to Texas where they settled in Milam County. In 1871, McHorse joined a Masonic Lodge in Falls County, Texas, an organization he remained active in until his death.
In 1874, he helped establish Macedonia, Williamson County, Texas and a Masonic lodge for the community. McHorse died at his home in Leander, Texas on January 19, 1897 and was buried in the Texas State Cemetery on January 20, 1897.
John Wilson McHorse was married three times. His first wife is
Elizabeth Wilson
Birth 1822 in Kentucky, USA
Death 16 Dec 1860 in Sevier, Arkansas, USA
John and Elizabeth had the following children:
Martha Ann McHorse 1840 – 1850
Sara Jane McHorse 1841 – 1850
Rebecca McHorse 1844 – 1860
Delithea McHorse 1846 – 1896
James M McHorse 1849 – 1860
Roda McHorse 1851 – 1873
KC McHorse 1851 –
William Martin McHorse 1853 – 1934
Isaac Wilson McHorse 1854 – 1924
John Calvin McHorse 1855 – 1912
Thomas Mason McHorse 1860 – 1923
His second wife is
Ruthie Jane Wofford
Birth 29 October 1836 in Mississippi
Death 16 April 1897 in Texas, USA
Their children are
Ellen Mchorse 1864 – 1932
Elonzo David McHorse 1866 – 1880
Leony Dais Mchorse 1867 –
∼Listed on page 15 of the San Jacinto rolls printed in 1836 as J.W. McHorse, a member of Captain Hayden Arnold's Nacogdoches Company. The records of the Texas Veterans Association, of which he was a member, show that he was born in Alabama in 1819 but they do not show when he came to Texas.
There are incidents concerning Mr. McHorse's life that are not understood by the compiler. Certain persons claiming that Mr. McHorse had died before May 5, 1846 applied for the land due him as a headright and for his services in the army and seem to have received his bounty land, but no other. Mr. McHorse did not die until January 9, 1897 but he did not receive a headright or the land due him for having participated in the Battle of San Jacinto. Neither did he apply for a Veterans Pension or for Veterans Donation land. Bounty Certificate No. 27 for 320 acres of land was issued in Mr. McHorse's name 1846, due him for having served in the army from March 6 to June 6, 1836. In the Bounty Book in the General Land Office it is shown that the certificate was applied for by C.H. Randolph and was sold to C.B. Stewart.
In File No. 1127 of the Court of Claims Papers it is shown that in 1858 C. H. Randolph, representing the heirs, whose names were not shown of John W. McHorse, deceased, applied for, but was denied the headright due Mr. McHorse. The following affidavit in the file was made by Jesse Walling February 6, 1858 by Jesse Walling before William J. Hotchkiss, Chief Clerk of the Commissioner of Claims:
"Jesse Walling a respectable witness of Rusk County, Texas, being duly sworn, says that he was acquainted with said McHorse: that he first became acquainted him as early as the first day of March 1836, that said McHorse was a member of Capt. Hayden Arnold's Company and participated in the Battle of San Jacinto, and continued in Service until discharged. He states these facts from personal knowledge having served in the same company with the said McHorse. After he was discharged he came to affiants home after the Battle of San Jacinto and remained about two months, and affiant is informed that said McHorse again joined the army. Since which time affiant has not known him."
The records of the Texas Veterans Association show that Mr. McHorse was living in Milan County in 1874. He and his wife were living in Milam County in 1874. He and his wife were living at Leander, Williamson County as early as the year 1881 and that was their home in 1895 when they attended the Texas Veterans Association in Houston in 1895. On that occasion they visited the San Jacinto Battlefield.
Mr. McHorse died January 9, 1897. The State of Texas had a monument erected at his grave in the State Cemetery in 1936. His address July 2, 1883 was Circleville, Williamson County, Texas.
Written by Louis W. Kemp, between 1930 and 1952. Please note that typographical and factual errors have not been corrected from the original sketches. The biographies have been scanned from the original typescripts, a process that sometimes allows for mistakes in the new text. Researchers should verify the accuracy of the texts' contents through other sources before quoting in publications. Additional information on the veteran may be available in the Herzstein Library.
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