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Elijah Horton (Carter County)

b. 1811-05-20 d. 1866-03-16

Carter County, Kentucky, farmer. Virginia native. Married to Nancy Cox Horton. Father of Henry Horton, Travis Horton, Rees Horton, William Horton, Phebe Horton, Amanda Horton, and Rebecca E. Horton. Farmer in Carter County in 1860. Owned three enslaved persons in 1860.

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Carter County, District 1, p. 257. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Carter County, Mount Savage, p. 150. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Carter County, p. 4. Find A Grave, “Elijah Sargent Horton (May 20, 1811-March 16, 1866),” Memorial #89643502, http://findagrave.com/memorial/89643502 (accessed February 26, 2018).

Citation

Horton, Elijah. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32206515 (November 12, 2026).

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