William Isaac Horton​

(Published in SEEKING 'n SEARCHING ANCESTORS, January 1995)

I have some information on William Issac Horton (on the left) which I researched a few years ago for Imogene Beard Horton of Tuscumbia, Miller County, Missouri. She is the wife of Willard David Horton. Imogene wanted to know if the Horton family donated land for the Dog Creek School. Here is the information I found:

 

William Issac Horton homesteaded some Miller County land on May 25, 1859. It was located in Section 4, Township 39, Range 14. The old Dog Creek school was built on part of this land. 

​​Issac took out several mortgages on this land and borrowed it through the Miller County School fund. The mortgages were dated in 1864, 1873, 1889, and 1890. 

​​Evidently all these deeds of trust were paid off because there were no outstanding debts on the land.

 

​​​William Issac Horton and his family came to Miller County from Virginia in about 1856 and settled in Glaize Township on the land mentioned above. He and his wife, Isabella Benton Horton (called Abby in records) were parents of several children including William H. Horton, Lucy Jane Horton, Joanna Horton, Robert Horton, Michael Horton, James Horton, Catherine Horton, David F. Horton, Mary Horton, Nancy Horton, Rhoda Horton, Hezekiah Horton.

William Issac Horton and his wife, Isabella, are buried at Gott Cemetery north of Brumley, Miller County, Missouri. The entries on the stones are as follows:

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William Issac Horton: January 20, 1828…April 1900
Isabella Horton: July 20, 1824….November, 1898

​​​​​William was a veteran of the Civil War and served in the Union Army as Corporal in company H 6th regiment, Missouri State Cavalry.