Thomas Horton Jr, Charlotte Linsey, Squire Horton
Excerpts From War of 1812 Land Warrant and Pension Records of Thomas Horton, Jr.
1. Family Register (two pages) 5 Apr 1855
2. Widow’s Declaration (two pages) 31 Mar 1855
3. Pensioner Dropped (one page) Jan 1880?
4. Griggs Deposition (four pages) 28 Jun 1871
5. Declaration of a Widow for Pension (one page) 23 May 1871
6. Brief of a Claim for a Widow’s Pension (one page) 14 Feb 1872
7. Certificate of Identity and Oath of Service (one page) 29 Oct 1850
8. Laura Griffen Deposition (two pages) 5 Feb 1872
1. “Family Regester”
Married December 1st 1803
Mr. Thomas Horton - Miss Charlotte Linsey
Mr. Thomas Horton Born Sept 12th 1785 Died January 18th – 1852
Miss Charlotte Horton Born October 22 – 1782
Amanda M. Horton Born Nov 17th 1804 Married June 29th 1826
Squire Horton Born Novem 25th 1806 Married June 20th 1829
Joseph Horton Born March 4th 1807 Died March 18th 1807
Esther C. Horton Born Jan 27th 1811 Married Novem 21 – 1831
David A. Horton Born April 16th 1816
Aucelia Horton Born March 15th 1819
Clerinda L. Horton Born Aug 9th 1821
Nathan T. Horton Born Sept 20th 1824
Phineas E. Horton Born March 17th 1828
. . .
Sworn and Subscribed before me this 5th day of April 1855 and I certify that I know the afiants to be credible witnesses.
B.G. Briggs – Justice of the Peace
2. Widow’s Declaration
State of New York
County of Broome
On this 31st day of March – A.D. 1855, personally within and for the County and State aforesaid, Charlotte Horton aged Sixty-Six years, a resident of Nanticoke in the State of New York who being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the widow of Thomas Horton … She further sates she was married to the said Thomas Horton in Lebanon, Columbia county, NY on the first day of December A.D. 1803 by one Churchill am Minister and that her name, before her said marriage was Charlotte Linsey – that her said husband died at Nanticoke Broome County NY on the Eighteenth day of January A.D. 1852 . . . Thomas Horton did receive a Warrant for Forty Acres under the act of September 28th 1850 . . .
3. Pensioner Dropped
I hereby report that the name of Charlotte Horton widow of Thomas who was a pensioner on the rolls of this agency under Certificate No. 1.726, and who was last paid at $8. to 4. Sept., 1879, has been dropped, because of Statute Limitations
4. Griggs Deposition
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State of New York
Broome County
Frederick S. Griggs of the town of Nanticoke in said county of Broome being sworn says: That since the year 1812 he has well known, as a friend, neighbor & acquaintance, & still so knows, Charlotte Horton, the widow of Thomas Horton, who was in the War of 1812; that from said year 1812 until he died, he also knew, in the same manner, said Thomas Horton; that said Thomas Horton was drafted to serve against the British, in the war of 1812, at New Lebanon, Columbia county, state of New York, on or about the month of July, August, or September, 1814; that he was so drafted to serve three months, & went in obedience to the draft, & served out his time, to wit, said three months; that his Captain’s bane was Haight or Hayden, & deponent cannot now recall which that it may have been under Captain William Butler that said Horton served, also, but deponent thinks it was Captain Hayden, and that Butler was the First Lieutenant; but deponent cannot distinctly recall the matter as to which was really the Captain of the Company; that the
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Colonel’s name deponent cannot recall; that this service was all in the New York State militia: - Deponent’s sources of information as to other facts of the service as follows: Deponent at the time was about eight years old, & well knew Mr. Horton, (Said Thomas), who was an intimate friend of deponent’s father; that deponent’s said father & said Horton attended the place of draft together, & when they came back deponent’s father told that he drew a blank & Horton had drawn a number that required him to go; that soon after said Horton left to join the army at New York and the whole matter was of so great (___) that it has always remained fixed in deponent’s mind: - also deponent had a great fancy to be a drummer, and that was the position said Thomas Horton had in the service, & deponent thought it was a great thing for Mr. Horton to go to war & be a drummer; - Also deponent often afterwards heard said Horton tell about scenes & events which occurred in the service. Deponent further says: - That said
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Thomas Horton died in or about the year 1850, but deponent cannot recall the date; that deponent helped prepare his body for the coffin, & well knows the fact that he died; that he so died in the Said town of Nanticoke.
Deponent further says: - That since the death of said Thomas said Charlotte has remained his widow, & has not again married, as deponent knows as neighbor & acquaintance.
Deponent further says: - That he was born in 1806; that he attended school with children of said Thomas & Charlotte; that their oldest son, whose name was Squire, (now living in Forest Co. Pa.), was a play-mate & school-mate of deponent, & was a half year older than he; that the oldest daughter was two years older than Squire; that said Thomas & Charlotte had eight children in all; that all of said children passed & (______) their neighbors, as legitimate, & born in lawful matrimony; that said Thomas & Charlotte always, from the earliest recollection of deponent, until after death of Thomas Horton in 1850, as aforesaid, wed & cohabitated together as husband & wife & (________)
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That deponent’s family has often spoken in deponent’s presence, about being at the marriage of Said Thomas Horton & Said Charlotte; that the maiden name of Said Charlotte was Charlotte Lindsley; and that Said Thomas Horton and Said Charlotte Lindsley were, as deponent knows from the foregoing sources, & from common report, married to each other in or about December 1803 . . .
Sworn to & subscribed before me this 28th of June 1871 . . .
W.B. Edwards, County Judge of Broome County
5. War of 1812 Declaration of a Widow for Pension
State of New York
County of Broome
. . . 23rd day of May A.D. one thousand eight hundred and seventy one . . . Charlotte Horton . . . declares . . . she was married under the name of Charlotte Lindsey to said Thomas Horton on the 1st day of December A.D. 1803, by Rev. Mr. Churchill at New Lebanon, Columbia Co. N.Y. . . . B.N. Loomis – Justice of the Peace
6. Brief of a Claim for a Widow’s Pension (one page) 14 Feb 1872
Charlotte Horton . . . Admitted February 14th, 1872, to a Pension of eight dollars per month, From February 14, 1871 . . .
7. Certificate of Identity and Oath of Service (one page) 29 Oct 1850
Thomas Horton . . . declared that about the first of March AD 1814 he volunteered as a recruiting drummer in the Company Commanded by Captain Hoyt in a Regiment Commanded by Col Brown at Pittsfield Massachusetts . . . and was honorably discharged at Pittsfield Massachusetts about the 20th of June AD 1814 on account of his desire to return to his family at New Lebanon Columbia Co NY . . . on or about the 24th of June AD 1814 he volunteered for an indefinite term of time as recruiting drummer in Company Commanded by Capt Hardin and continued in actual service two months & was honorably discharged at Greenbush NY
8. Laura Griffen Deposition (two pages) 5 Feb 1872
State of New York Broome County Laura Griffen in Vestal in Said county being duly sworn says that she well knows Charlotte Horton, widow of Thomas Horton, who, Said Thomas, was a soldier in the war of 1812; that she has known Said Charlotte for about seventy years last past, the acquaintance beginning before the month of December, 1803; that she was present at the marriage of Said Charlotte, (whose maiden name was Charlotte Lindsey), to Said Thomas Horton; that said marriage took place at the house of the father of Said Charlotte, in the town of New Lebanon, county of Columbia and state of New York, on or about the first day of December, 1803 . . . 5th day of February 1872 . . . Ambrose Truesdale – Justice of the Peace