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James Anderson Henderson HORTON
Surname: Horton
Given Name: James Anderson Henderson
Sex: M
Birth: Feb 1839 in Wayne Co. Tn
Death: 3 Mar 1901 in Landis,Searcy Co.Ar
Burial: Landis Cem
Note: ! Co.'K' 3rd Ark Cav in CSA
Father: Peter HORTON b: ABT 1817 in Anderson Co.Tn
Mother: Martha CYPERT b: 1817 in Wayne Co. Tn
Marriage 1 Mary Ann MORRISON b: Feb 1844 in Box,Searcy Co.Ar
Married: 11 Apr 1858 in Searcy Co.Ar
Children
Thomas A. Henderson HORTON b: 19 Dec 1859 in Searcy Co.Ar
John William HORTON b: 5 Jan 1866 in Searcy Co.Ar
James Marion HORTON b: 27 Mar 1869 in Searcy Co.Ar
Francis Newton HORTON b: 22 Feb 1872 in Searcy Co.Ar
Andrew Jackson HORTON b: Aug 1874 in Searcy Co.Ar
Green Berry HORTON b: 10 Apr 1877 in Marshall,Searcy Co.Ar
Myrtle HORTON b: 1878 in Searcy Co.Ar
Elmer Anderson HORTON b: 10 Jan 1881 in Searcy Co.Ar
Mary HORTON b: 1885
Sarah A. HORTON b: 10 Sep 1886
==========================
He served as a Corporal in Company E of the 45th Arkansas Militia, CSA. Then enlisted in Company F of the 27th Arkansas Infantry, CSA at Locust Grove on May 21st, 1862. Listed as AWOL on February 28th, 1863. Lastly served in Company K of the 3rd Union Arkansas Cavalry.
- Travis Holt
Added: May. 23, 2015
==========================
# Note:
James migrated with his parents to Arkansas between 1850 and 1852.
He served first as a corporal in Company E, 45th Regiment Arkansas Militia. The 45th Regiment Arkansas Militia was part of the old prewar State militia organization. It was the militia regiment of Searcy and present-day Stone counties. It is also the only militia regiment known to have been called up during the war for a specific mission. Confederate and State authorities became increasingly concerned about a shadowy organization in north-central Arkansas known as the Peace Society. Although there is much debate about whether or not the Peace Society actually existed as a formal organization, and whether or not it was subversive in any way, the authorities were convinced that its members were Union sympathizers at best, or active anti-Confederate subversives at worst. In any event, the decision was made at Little Rock to round up suspected Peace Society members in Searcy and Van Buren counties, and the Searcy County militia—the 45th Regiment—was called up to to do it.
The regiment mustered on November 26, 1861, at Burrowville (now Marshall), and spent the next few weeks identifying and apprehending suspected Peace Society members throughout the mountains of north-central Arkansas. Finally, in mid-December, the regiment "escorted" their prisoners to Little Rock, where most of them were forced into Confederate service. Companies I and K of Marmaduke's 18th Arkansas (later 3rd Confederate) regiment were composed primarily of men rounded up by the 45th Militia. Their mission completed, the regiment returned to Searcy County and mustered out on December 20, 1861.
Later, James served in Company K, 3rd Arkansas Cavalry (Union). It was organized at Little Rock, Ark., February, 1864. Attached to Post of Little Rock, Ark., 7th Army Corps, Dept. Arkansas, to May, 1864. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 7th Army Corps, to September, 1864. 4th Brigade, Cavalry Division, 7th Army Corps, to February, 1865. Post of Lewisburg, Ark., 7th Army Corps, to August, 1865. Following is his enlistment information: HORTON, JAMES A. Pvt - Enl 1 Feb 1864 at Wileys Cove, AR. Ht 5' 10 1/2", eyes blk, hair blk, complx drk, farmer, age 25, born in Wayne Co, TN. Discharged 22 May 1865.
The mass discharge of personnel on 22May1865 was the result of a petition by those personnel stating that their recruiting officers had misrepresented their period of enlistment as being one year instead of the three year enlistment and that their period of enlistment had expired. They were ordered discharged and the US Congress passed authorization to pay the bounty etc on the one year enlistment the same as if it were a three enlistment. This misrepresentation probably also contributed to the high rate of desertions.
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HIS FATHER:
# Peter Henderson T. HORTON
# Sex: M
# Birth: 1817 in Wayne Co., TN
# Death: 1864 in Lewisburg, Conway Co., AR
# Note:
Source: WFT Vol. 22, Ed. 1, Tree #1656
Records indicate he and his wife died either from colera or starvation, in 1864, while taking refuge at Lewisburg, Conway Co, AR during the Civil War. Several of their younger children must have died about the same time as there are no records of some of them after the 1860 Census.
1850 TN Census, Wayne Co., District 8, Image 133
Peter H. Horton, 33, Farmer, b. TN
Martha, 33, b. TN
John, 14, b. TN
Isaac, 12, b. TN
James, 11, b. TN
Nancy, 10, b. TN
Peter H., 8, b. TN
Hiram, 6, b. TN
Robert, 4, b. TN
Sarah, 2, b. TN
Father: Isaac HORTON , Jr. b: 1 DEC 1788 in New York
Mother: Mary H. "Polly" WATTS b: 27 NOV 1795 in North Carolina
Marriage 1 Martha Nancy CYPERT b: ABT 1816 in Warren Co., TN
Married: 1833 in Wayne, TN
Children
1. Has No Children John William HORTON b: 1836 in Wayne Co., TN
2. Has No Children Nancy Jane HORTON b: JAN 1837 in Wayne Co., TN
3. Has No Children Isaac E. C. HORTON b: 1838 in Wayne Co., TN
4. Has Children James (Jim) Anderson HORTON b: FEB 1839 in Wayne Co., Tennesee
5. Has Children Peter Henderson T. HORTON b: 12 MAY 1842 in Wayne Co., TN
6. Has No Children Hiram HORTON b: 1844 in Wayne Co., TN
7. Has Children Robert Perry HORTON b: 1846 in Wayne Co., TN
8. Has No Children Sarah Elizabeth HORTON b: 1848 in Wayne Co., TN
9. Has Children Jesse Nathaniel HORTON b: 1851 in Wayne Co., TN
10. Has Children Zachariah Taylor "Zac" HORTON b: DEC 1852 in Searcy Co., AR
11. Has No Children Marion HORTON b: 1857 in Searcy Co., AR
12. Has No Children Martha E. "Mollie" HORTON b: 1859 in Searcy Co., AR
===============================
HIS MOTHER:
# Martha Nancy CYPERT
# Sex: F
# Birth: ABT 1816 in Warren Co., TN
# Death: 1864 in Lewisburg, Conway Co., AR
Marriage 1 Peter Henderson T. HORTON b: 1817 in Wayne Co., TN
Married: 1833 in Wayne, TN
Children
1. Has No Children John William HORTON b: 1836 in Wayne Co., TN
2. Has No Children Nancy Jane HORTON b: JAN 1837 in Wayne Co., TN
3. Has No Children Isaac E. C. HORTON b: 1838 in Wayne Co., TN
4. Has Children James (Jim) Anderson HORTON b: FEB 1839 in Wayne Co., Tennesee
5. Has Children Peter Henderson T. HORTON b: 12 MAY 1842 in Wayne Co., TN
6. Has No Children Hiram HORTON b: 1844 in Wayne Co., TN
7. Has Children Robert Perry HORTON b: 1846 in Wayne Co., TN
8. Has No Children Sarah Elizabeth HORTON b: 1848 in Wayne Co., TN
9. Has Children Jesse Nathaniel HORTON b: 1851 in Wayne Co., TN
10. Has Children Zachariah Taylor "Zac" HORTON b: DEC 1852 in Searcy Co., AR
11. Has No Children Marion HORTON b: 1857 in Searcy Co., AR
12. Has No Children Martha E. "Mollie" HORTON b: 1859 in Searcy Co. AR.
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James Anderson Henderson HORTON
Surname: Horton
Given Name: James Anderson Henderson
Sex: M
Birth: Feb 1839 in Wayne Co. Tn
Death: 3 Mar 1901 in Landis,Searcy Co.Ar
Burial: Landis Cem
Note: ! Co.'K' 3rd Ark Cav in CSA
Father: Peter HORTON b: ABT 1817 in Anderson Co.Tn
Mother: Martha CYPERT b: 1817 in Wayne Co. Tn
Marriage 1 Mary Ann MORRISON b: Feb 1844 in Box,Searcy Co.Ar
Married: 11 Apr 1858 in Searcy Co.Ar
Children
Thomas A. Henderson HORTON b: 19 Dec 1859 in Searcy Co.Ar
John William HORTON b: 5 Jan 1866 in Searcy Co.Ar
James Marion HORTON b: 27 Mar 1869 in Searcy Co.Ar
Francis Newton HORTON b: 22 Feb 1872 in Searcy Co.Ar
Andrew Jackson HORTON b: Aug 1874 in Searcy Co.Ar
Green Berry HORTON b: 10 Apr 1877 in Marshall,Searcy Co.Ar
Myrtle HORTON b: 1878 in Searcy Co.Ar
Elmer Anderson HORTON b: 10 Jan 1881 in Searcy Co.Ar
Mary HORTON b: 1885
Sarah A. HORTON b: 10 Sep 1886
==========================
He served as a Corporal in Company E of the 45th Arkansas Militia, CSA. Then enlisted in Company F of the 27th Arkansas Infantry, CSA at Locust Grove on May 21st, 1862. Listed as AWOL on February 28th, 1863. Lastly served in Company K of the 3rd Union Arkansas Cavalry.
- Travis Holt
Added: May. 23, 2015
==========================
# Note:
James migrated with his parents to Arkansas between 1850 and 1852.
He served first as a corporal in Company E, 45th Regiment Arkansas Militia. The 45th Regiment Arkansas Militia was part of the old prewar State militia organization. It was the militia regiment of Searcy and present-day Stone counties. It is also the only militia regiment known to have been called up during the war for a specific mission. Confederate and State authorities became increasingly concerned about a shadowy organization in north-central Arkansas known as the Peace Society. Although there is much debate about whether or not the Peace Society actually existed as a formal organization, and whether or not it was subversive in any way, the authorities were convinced that its members were Union sympathizers at best, or active anti-Confederate subversives at worst. In any event, the decision was made at Little Rock to round up suspected Peace Society members in Searcy and Van Buren counties, and the Searcy County militia—the 45th Regiment—was called up to to do it.
The regiment mustered on November 26, 1861, at Burrowville (now Marshall), and spent the next few weeks identifying and apprehending suspected Peace Society members throughout the mountains of north-central Arkansas. Finally, in mid-December, the regiment "escorted" their prisoners to Little Rock, where most of them were forced into Confederate service. Companies I and K of Marmaduke's 18th Arkansas (later 3rd Confederate) regiment were composed primarily of men rounded up by the 45th Militia. Their mission completed, the regiment returned to Searcy County and mustered out on December 20, 1861.
Later, James served in Company K, 3rd Arkansas Cavalry (Union). It was organized at Little Rock, Ark., February, 1864. Attached to Post of Little Rock, Ark., 7th Army Corps, Dept. Arkansas, to May, 1864. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 7th Army Corps, to September, 1864. 4th Brigade, Cavalry Division, 7th Army Corps, to February, 1865. Post of Lewisburg, Ark., 7th Army Corps, to August, 1865. Following is his enlistment information: HORTON, JAMES A. Pvt - Enl 1 Feb 1864 at Wileys Cove, AR. Ht 5' 10 1/2", eyes blk, hair blk, complx drk, farmer, age 25, born in Wayne Co, TN. Discharged 22 May 1865.
The mass discharge of personnel on 22May1865 was the result of a petition by those personnel stating that their recruiting officers had misrepresented their period of enlistment as being one year instead of the three year enlistment and that their period of enlistment had expired. They were ordered discharged and the US Congress passed authorization to pay the bounty etc on the one year enlistment the same as if it were a three enlistment. This misrepresentation probably also contributed to the high rate of desertions.
===============================
HIS FATHER:
# Peter Henderson T. HORTON
# Sex: M
# Birth: 1817 in Wayne Co., TN
# Death: 1864 in Lewisburg, Conway Co., AR
# Note:
Source: WFT Vol. 22, Ed. 1, Tree #1656
Records indicate he and his wife died either from colera or starvation, in 1864, while taking refuge at Lewisburg, Conway Co, AR during the Civil War. Several of their younger children must have died about the same time as there are no records of some of them after the 1860 Census.
1850 TN Census, Wayne Co., District 8, Image 133
Peter H. Horton, 33, Farmer, b. TN
Martha, 33, b. TN
John, 14, b. TN
Isaac, 12, b. TN
James, 11, b. TN
Nancy, 10, b. TN
Peter H., 8, b. TN
Hiram, 6, b. TN
Robert, 4, b. TN
Sarah, 2, b. TN
Father: Isaac HORTON , Jr. b: 1 DEC 1788 in New York
Mother: Mary H. "Polly" WATTS b: 27 NOV 1795 in North Carolina
Marriage 1 Martha Nancy CYPERT b: ABT 1816 in Warren Co., TN
Married: 1833 in Wayne, TN
Children
1. Has No Children John William HORTON b: 1836 in Wayne Co., TN
2. Has No Children Nancy Jane HORTON b: JAN 1837 in Wayne Co., TN
3. Has No Children Isaac E. C. HORTON b: 1838 in Wayne Co., TN
4. Has Children James (Jim) Anderson HORTON b: FEB 1839 in Wayne Co., Tennesee
5. Has Children Peter Henderson T. HORTON b: 12 MAY 1842 in Wayne Co., TN
6. Has No Children Hiram HORTON b: 1844 in Wayne Co., TN
7. Has Children Robert Perry HORTON b: 1846 in Wayne Co., TN
8. Has No Children Sarah Elizabeth HORTON b: 1848 in Wayne Co., TN
9. Has Children Jesse Nathaniel HORTON b: 1851 in Wayne Co., TN
10. Has Children Zachariah Taylor "Zac" HORTON b: DEC 1852 in Searcy Co., AR
11. Has No Children Marion HORTON b: 1857 in Searcy Co., AR
12. Has No Children Martha E. "Mollie" HORTON b: 1859 in Searcy Co., AR
===============================
HIS MOTHER:
# Martha Nancy CYPERT
# Sex: F
# Birth: ABT 1816 in Warren Co., TN
# Death: 1864 in Lewisburg, Conway Co., AR
Marriage 1 Peter Henderson T. HORTON b: 1817 in Wayne Co., TN
Married: 1833 in Wayne, TN
Children
1. Has No Children John William HORTON b: 1836 in Wayne Co., TN
2. Has No Children Nancy Jane HORTON b: JAN 1837 in Wayne Co., TN
3. Has No Children Isaac E. C. HORTON b: 1838 in Wayne Co., TN
4. Has Children James (Jim) Anderson HORTON b: FEB 1839 in Wayne Co., Tennesee
5. Has Children Peter Henderson T. HORTON b: 12 MAY 1842 in Wayne Co., TN
6. Has No Children Hiram HORTON b: 1844 in Wayne Co., TN
7. Has Children Robert Perry HORTON b: 1846 in Wayne Co., TN
8. Has No Children Sarah Elizabeth HORTON b: 1848 in Wayne Co., TN
9. Has Children Jesse Nathaniel HORTON b: 1851 in Wayne Co., TN
10. Has Children Zachariah Taylor "Zac" HORTON b: DEC 1852 in Searcy Co., AR
11. Has No Children Marion HORTON b: 1857 in Searcy Co., AR
12. Has No Children Martha E. "Mollie" HORTON b: 1859 in Searcy Co. AR.
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James Anderson Henderson HORTON
Surname: Horton
Given Name: James Anderson Henderson
Sex: M
Birth: Feb 1839 in Wayne Co. Tn
Death: 3 Mar 1901 in Landis,Searcy Co.Ar
Burial: Landis Cem
Note: ! Co.'K' 3rd Ark Cav in CSA
Father: Peter HORTON b: ABT 1817 in Anderson Co.Tn
Mother: Martha CYPERT b: 1817 in Wayne Co. Tn
Marriage 1 Mary Ann MORRISON b: Feb 1844 in Box,Searcy Co.Ar
Married: 11 Apr 1858 in Searcy Co.Ar
Children
Thomas A. Henderson HORTON b: 19 Dec 1859 in Searcy Co.Ar
John William HORTON b: 5 Jan 1866 in Searcy Co.Ar
James Marion HORTON b: 27 Mar 1869 in Searcy Co.Ar
Francis Newton HORTON b: 22 Feb 1872 in Searcy Co.Ar
Andrew Jackson HORTON b: Aug 1874 in Searcy Co.Ar
Green Berry HORTON b: 10 Apr 1877 in Marshall,Searcy Co.Ar
Myrtle HORTON b: 1878 in Searcy Co.Ar
Elmer Anderson HORTON b: 10 Jan 1881 in Searcy Co.Ar
Mary HORTON b: 1885
Sarah A. HORTON b: 10 Sep 1886
==========================
He served as a Corporal in Company E of the 45th Arkansas Militia, CSA. Then enlisted in Company F of the 27th Arkansas Infantry, CSA at Locust Grove on May 21st, 1862. Listed as AWOL on February 28th, 1863. Lastly served in Company K of the 3rd Union Arkansas Cavalry.
- Travis Holt
Added: May. 23, 2015
==========================
# Note:
James migrated with his parents to Arkansas between 1850 and 1852.
He served first as a corporal in Company E, 45th Regiment Arkansas Militia. The 45th Regiment Arkansas Militia was part of the old prewar State militia organization. It was the militia regiment of Searcy and present-day Stone counties. It is also the only militia regiment known to have been called up during the war for a specific mission. Confederate and State authorities became increasingly concerned about a shadowy organization in north-central Arkansas known as the Peace Society. Although there is much debate about whether or not the Peace Society actually existed as a formal organization, and whether or not it was subversive in any way, the authorities were convinced that its members were Union sympathizers at best, or active anti-Confederate subversives at worst. In any event, the decision was made at Little Rock to round up suspected Peace Society members in Searcy and Van Buren counties, and the Searcy County militia—the 45th Regiment—was called up to to do it.
The regiment mustered on November 26, 1861, at Burrowville (now Marshall), and spent the next few weeks identifying and apprehending suspected Peace Society members throughout the mountains of north-central Arkansas. Finally, in mid-December, the regiment "escorted" their prisoners to Little Rock, where most of them were forced into Confederate service. Companies I and K of Marmaduke's 18th Arkansas (later 3rd Confederate) regiment were composed primarily of men rounded up by the 45th Militia. Their mission completed, the regiment returned to Searcy County and mustered out on December 20, 1861.
Later, James served in Company K, 3rd Arkansas Cavalry (Union). It was organized at Little Rock, Ark., February, 1864. Attached to Post of Little Rock, Ark., 7th Army Corps, Dept. Arkansas, to May, 1864. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 7th Army Corps, to September, 1864. 4th Brigade, Cavalry Division, 7th Army Corps, to February, 1865. Post of Lewisburg, Ark., 7th Army Corps, to August, 1865. Following is his enlistment information: HORTON, JAMES A. Pvt - Enl 1 Feb 1864 at Wileys Cove, AR. Ht 5' 10 1/2", eyes blk, hair blk, complx drk, farmer, age 25, born in Wayne Co, TN. Discharged 22 May 1865.
The mass discharge of personnel on 22May1865 was the result of a petition by those personnel stating that their recruiting officers had misrepresented their period of enlistment as being one year instead of the three year enlistment and that their period of enlistment had expired. They were ordered discharged and the US Congress passed authorization to pay the bounty etc on the one year enlistment the same as if it were a three enlistment. This misrepresentation probably also contributed to the high rate of desertions.
===============================
HIS FATHER:
# Peter Henderson T. HORTON
# Sex: M
# Birth: 1817 in Wayne Co., TN
# Death: 1864 in Lewisburg, Conway Co., AR
# Note:
Source: WFT Vol. 22, Ed. 1, Tree #1656
Records indicate he and his wife died either from colera or starvation, in 1864, while taking refuge at Lewisburg, Conway Co, AR during the Civil War. Several of their younger children must have died about the same time as there are no records of some of them after the 1860 Census.
1850 TN Census, Wayne Co., District 8, Image 133
Peter H. Horton, 33, Farmer, b. TN
Martha, 33, b. TN
John, 14, b. TN
Isaac, 12, b. TN
James, 11, b. TN
Nancy, 10, b. TN
Peter H., 8, b. TN
Hiram, 6, b. TN
Robert, 4, b. TN
Sarah, 2, b. TN
Father: Isaac HORTON , Jr. b: 1 DEC 1788 in New York
Mother: Mary H. "Polly" WATTS b: 27 NOV 1795 in North Carolina
Marriage 1 Martha Nancy CYPERT b: ABT 1816 in Warren Co., TN
Married: 1833 in Wayne, TN
Children
1. Has No Children John William HORTON b: 1836 in Wayne Co., TN
2. Has No Children Nancy Jane HORTON b: JAN 1837 in Wayne Co., TN
3. Has No Children Isaac E. C. HORTON b: 1838 in Wayne Co., TN
4. Has Children James (Jim) Anderson HORTON b: FEB 1839 in Wayne Co., Tennesee
5. Has Children Peter Henderson T. HORTON b: 12 MAY 1842 in Wayne Co., TN
6. Has No Children Hiram HORTON b: 1844 in Wayne Co., TN
7. Has Children Robert Perry HORTON b: 1846 in Wayne Co., TN
8. Has No Children Sarah Elizabeth HORTON b: 1848 in Wayne Co., TN
9. Has Children Jesse Nathaniel HORTON b: 1851 in Wayne Co., TN
10. Has Children Zachariah Taylor "Zac" HORTON b: DEC 1852 in Searcy Co., AR
11. Has No Children Marion HORTON b: 1857 in Searcy Co., AR
12. Has No Children Martha E. "Mollie" HORTON b: 1859 in Searcy Co., AR
===============================
HIS MOTHER:
# Martha Nancy CYPERT
# Sex: F
# Birth: ABT 1816 in Warren Co., TN
# Death: 1864 in Lewisburg, Conway Co., AR
Marriage 1 Peter Henderson T. HORTON b: 1817 in Wayne Co., TN
Married: 1833 in Wayne, TN
Children
1. Has No Children John William HORTON b: 1836 in Wayne Co., TN
2. Has No Children Nancy Jane HORTON b: JAN 1837 in Wayne Co., TN
3. Has No Children Isaac E. C. HORTON b: 1838 in Wayne Co., TN
4. Has Children James (Jim) Anderson HORTON b: FEB 1839 in Wayne Co., Tennesee
5. Has Children Peter Henderson T. HORTON b: 12 MAY 1842 in Wayne Co., TN
6. Has No Children Hiram HORTON b: 1844 in Wayne Co., TN
7. Has Children Robert Perry HORTON b: 1846 in Wayne Co., TN
8. Has No Children Sarah Elizabeth HORTON b: 1848 in Wayne Co., TN
9. Has Children Jesse Nathaniel HORTON b: 1851 in Wayne Co., TN
10. Has Children Zachariah Taylor "Zac" HORTON b: DEC 1852 in Searcy Co., AR
11. Has No Children Marion HORTON b: 1857 in Searcy Co., AR
12. Has No Children Martha E. "Mollie" HORTON b: 1859 in Searcy Co. AR.
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James Anderson Henderson HORTON
Surname: Horton
Given Name: James Anderson Henderson
Sex: M
Birth: Feb 1839 in Wayne Co. Tn
Death: 3 Mar 1901 in Landis,Searcy Co.Ar
Burial: Landis Cem
Note: ! Co.'K' 3rd Ark Cav in CSA
Father: Peter HORTON b: ABT 1817 in Anderson Co.Tn
Mother: Martha CYPERT b: 1817 in Wayne Co. Tn
Marriage 1 Mary Ann MORRISON b: Feb 1844 in Box,Searcy Co.Ar
Married: 11 Apr 1858 in Searcy Co.Ar
Children
Thomas A. Henderson HORTON b: 19 Dec 1859 in Searcy Co.Ar
John William HORTON b: 5 Jan 1866 in Searcy Co.Ar
James Marion HORTON b: 27 Mar 1869 in Searcy Co.Ar
Francis Newton HORTON b: 22 Feb 1872 in Searcy Co.Ar
Andrew Jackson HORTON b: Aug 1874 in Searcy Co.Ar
Green Berry HORTON b: 10 Apr 1877 in Marshall,Searcy Co.Ar
Myrtle HORTON b: 1878 in Searcy Co.Ar
Elmer Anderson HORTON b: 10 Jan 1881 in Searcy Co.Ar
Mary HORTON b: 1885
Sarah A. HORTON b: 10 Sep 1886
==========================
He served as a Corporal in Company E of the 45th Arkansas Militia, CSA. Then enlisted in Company F of the 27th Arkansas Infantry, CSA at Locust Grove on May 21st, 1862. Listed as AWOL on February 28th, 1863. Lastly served in Company K of the 3rd Union Arkansas Cavalry.
- Travis Holt
Added: May. 23, 2015
==========================
# Note:
James migrated with his parents to Arkansas between 1850 and 1852.
He served first as a corporal in Company E, 45th Regiment Arkansas Militia. The 45th Regiment Arkansas Militia was part of the old prewar State militia organization. It was the militia regiment of Searcy and present-day Stone counties. It is also the only militia regiment known to have been called up during the war for a specific mission. Confederate and State authorities became increasingly concerned about a shadowy organization in north-central Arkansas known as the Peace Society. Although there is much debate about whether or not the Peace Society actually existed as a formal organization, and whether or not it was subversive in any way, the authorities were convinced that its members were Union sympathizers at best, or active anti-Confederate subversives at worst. In any event, the decision was made at Little Rock to round up suspected Peace Society members in Searcy and Van Buren counties, and the Searcy County militia—the 45th Regiment—was called up to to do it.
The regiment mustered on November 26, 1861, at Burrowville (now Marshall), and spent the next few weeks identifying and apprehending suspected Peace Society members throughout the mountains of north-central Arkansas. Finally, in mid-December, the regiment "escorted" their prisoners to Little Rock, where most of them were forced into Confederate service. Companies I and K of Marmaduke's 18th Arkansas (later 3rd Confederate) regiment were composed primarily of men rounded up by the 45th Militia. Their mission completed, the regiment returned to Searcy County and mustered out on December 20, 1861.
Later, James served in Company K, 3rd Arkansas Cavalry (Union). It was organized at Little Rock, Ark., February, 1864. Attached to Post of Little Rock, Ark., 7th Army Corps, Dept. Arkansas, to May, 1864. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 7th Army Corps, to September, 1864. 4th Brigade, Cavalry Division, 7th Army Corps, to February, 1865. Post of Lewisburg, Ark., 7th Army Corps, to August, 1865. Following is his enlistment information: HORTON, JAMES A. Pvt - Enl 1 Feb 1864 at Wileys Cove, AR. Ht 5' 10 1/2", eyes blk, hair blk, complx drk, farmer, age 25, born in Wayne Co, TN. Discharged 22 May 1865.
The mass discharge of personnel on 22May1865 was the result of a petition by those personnel stating that their recruiting officers had misrepresented their period of enlistment as being one year instead of the three year enlistment and that their period of enlistment had expired. They were ordered discharged and the US Congress passed authorization to pay the bounty etc on the one year enlistment the same as if it were a three enlistment. This misrepresentation probably also contributed to the high rate of desertions.
===============================
HIS FATHER:
# Peter Henderson T. HORTON
# Sex: M
# Birth: 1817 in Wayne Co., TN
# Death: 1864 in Lewisburg, Conway Co., AR
# Note:
Source: WFT Vol. 22, Ed. 1, Tree #1656
Records indicate he and his wife died either from colera or starvation, in 1864, while taking refuge at Lewisburg, Conway Co, AR during the Civil War. Several of their younger children must have died about the same time as there are no records of some of them after the 1860 Census.
1850 TN Census, Wayne Co., District 8, Image 133
Peter H. Horton, 33, Farmer, b. TN
Martha, 33, b. TN
John, 14, b. TN
Isaac, 12, b. TN
James, 11, b. TN
Nancy, 10, b. TN
Peter H., 8, b. TN
Hiram, 6, b. TN
Robert, 4, b. TN
Sarah, 2, b. TN
Father: Isaac HORTON , Jr. b: 1 DEC 1788 in New York
Mother: Mary H. "Polly" WATTS b: 27 NOV 1795 in North Carolina
Marriage 1 Martha Nancy CYPERT b: ABT 1816 in Warren Co., TN
Married: 1833 in Wayne, TN
Children
1. Has No Children John William HORTON b: 1836 in Wayne Co., TN
2. Has No Children Nancy Jane HORTON b: JAN 1837 in Wayne Co., TN
3. Has No Children Isaac E. C. HORTON b: 1838 in Wayne Co., TN
4. Has Children James (Jim) Anderson HORTON b: FEB 1839 in Wayne Co., Tennesee
5. Has Children Peter Henderson T. HORTON b: 12 MAY 1842 in Wayne Co., TN
6. Has No Children Hiram HORTON b: 1844 in Wayne Co., TN
7. Has Children Robert Perry HORTON b: 1846 in Wayne Co., TN
8. Has No Children Sarah Elizabeth HORTON b: 1848 in Wayne Co., TN
9. Has Children Jesse Nathaniel HORTON b: 1851 in Wayne Co., TN
10. Has Children Zachariah Taylor "Zac" HORTON b: DEC 1852 in Searcy Co., AR
11. Has No Children Marion HORTON b: 1857 in Searcy Co., AR
12. Has No Children Martha E. "Mollie" HORTON b: 1859 in Searcy Co., AR
===============================
HIS MOTHER:
# Martha Nancy CYPERT
# Sex: F
# Birth: ABT 1816 in Warren Co., TN
# Death: 1864 in Lewisburg, Conway Co., AR
Marriage 1 Peter Henderson T. HORTON b: 1817 in Wayne Co., TN
Married: 1833 in Wayne, TN
Children
1. Has No Children John William HORTON b: 1836 in Wayne Co., TN
2. Has No Children Nancy Jane HORTON b: JAN 1837 in Wayne Co., TN
3. Has No Children Isaac E. C. HORTON b: 1838 in Wayne Co., TN
4. Has Children James (Jim) Anderson HORTON b: FEB 1839 in Wayne Co., Tennesee
5. Has Children Peter Henderson T. HORTON b: 12 MAY 1842 in Wayne Co., TN
6. Has No Children Hiram HORTON b: 1844 in Wayne Co., TN
7. Has Children Robert Perry HORTON b: 1846 in Wayne Co., TN
8. Has No Children Sarah Elizabeth HORTON b: 1848 in Wayne Co., TN
9. Has Children Jesse Nathaniel HORTON b: 1851 in Wayne Co., TN
10. Has Children Zachariah Taylor "Zac" HORTON b: DEC 1852 in Searcy Co., AR
11. Has No Children Marion HORTON b: 1857 in Searcy Co., AR
12. Has No Children Martha E. "Mollie" HORTON b: 1859 in Searcy Co. AR.
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