William Horner was born 30 October 1746 in York County, Pennsylvania, and died 12 October 1824 in Jefferson County (now Hamblen County), Tennessee. He came to Orange County, North Carolina with his father in the 1750s. He married Elizabeth Allrerd on 17 August 1767 in Randolph County, North Carolina. She is the daughter of John Allred, was born 17 August 1747, and died 11 March 1823 in Whitesburg, Jefferson County, Tennessee. William and Elizabeth lived in Randolph County, North Carolina during the American Revolutionary War. William provided supplies to the Continental Army for which he was paid in 1783 in Orange County, North Carolina. Family tradition states that he hauled a four-horse wagon load of beef, that he butchered in North Carolina, to General George Washington at Valley Forge during the winter of 1777/1778. There he met John Coltharp. This may indeed be true as he was recognized for his patriotic public (non-military) service to the North Carolina, Virginia and South Carolina Militias. John Coltharp and his brother Eli Strange Coltharp married two of William's daughters. He was awarded grants in what became Tennessee. They settled about 1783 on Bent Creek on the Holston River near Whitesburg in Jefferson County, Tennessee. He was a surveyor, farmer and charter member and Deacon of the Bent Creek Primitive Baptist Church. An unknown traveler died in William's home and was buried on his property. In 1810 William deeded one acre of land, including this burial plot, to the Bent Creek Church as a burial ground. He, Elizabeth and many of his descendants are buried in Bent Creek Cemetery. His grave has a Revolutionary marker placed in front of his original stone. Elizabeth's stone is next to her husband's.
Children of William Horner and Elizabeth Allred are: Miriam Horner, Capt. John Horner, George Horner, Col. William Horner, Mary 'Polly' Horner, Nancy Ann Horner, Esther Horner, Catherine Horner, Thomas Nelson Horner, Cavalier H. Horner, Lavania Horner, Susannah Horner, Elizabeth Horner, Isaac Horner,
William Horner [1746-1824] served as a Patriot, furnished sundries and cash for the Militia of NC, SC, and VA. DAR # 462142. [Lists thirteen children of William and wife Elizabeth Allred (listed as Aldridge).]
William Horner [1746-1824] and wife Elizabeth Allred are buried in Bent Creek Cemetery near Whitesburg, Tennessee.
1783: Revolutionary Army Accounts, Volume C P130
Wm. Horner [1746-1824] is listed as a patriot for Public Service: For Sundries furnished and cash paid the Militia of North Carolina, Virginia, and South Carolina as allow's by the auditors of Hillsboro District as per report No 84, entry No. 4354 Voucher No. 6070, amount 4 pounds, 6 shillings, 4 pence, specie.
William Horner and Elizabeth Allred. Were the parents of Thomas (Spouse Sarah Lane), George (spouse Jemima Russell) and John Horner (spouse Elizabeth RUSSELL) William Horner was a Deacon of the Bent Creek Baptist Church. He was a surveyor and came to Greene County, Tennessee in 1782. - Washington Co. Tn. Deeds List William Horner on,
Nov. 10, 1784, NC Grant 513 & 556 to William Horner 100 acrs on Sinking Creek next to his former survey which was formerly John Edmons. Adj: Elijah Witt (Williams daughter, Miriam HORNER Marriage 1 . Caleb, Rev. WITT -Married - 2 Jul 1788, in Jefferson Co. TN ) 200 acres on Sinking Creek including the plantation formerly John Drakes. Cons: 50 shillings per hundred acres. Sig: Alex Martain, by J. Glasgow. Nov. 10, 1784: NC Grant # 650 to Solomon Murphy, 150 acres on Sinking Creek, adj. formerly John Edmonds now the property of William Horner..... William Horner donated the land which became the Bent Creek Cemetery in 1810, near Whitesburg, Jefferson County, Tennessee." "The earliest records in Tennessee show William and Elizabeth’s residence in Washington County, Tennessee, on lands in the 'Holstein' on Sinking Creek."
1810 - Jefferson County, TN Deed Book J, Entry 136, William Horner Senior deed to the Commissioners of the Baptist Congegration on Bent Creek "__" Jun 1810 - 1 May 1810: 1 Acre - For and in consideration of my love and good will to said Baptist Sosiety. On the waters of Bent Creek and to contain the graveyard. Caleb Witt, Samuel Riggs, Jacob Coffman Commissioners. N. B. I, WIlliam Horner dpth oblidge myself, my heirs, my Executors, Administrators, to keep a passage to said burying ground through my land that joins said burying ground, Wit: A. (Aquilla) Lane, Wm Horner Jr. Acknowledged /s/ William Horner June Sessions 1810. Then was the within deed proven in open court and recorded. Let it be registered. /s/ Jos. Hamilton Clk., by Wily Martin, D. C., John Cude-1803-1805 Granger Co. Tenn.
William Horner and Elizabeth Allred. Were the parents of Thomas (Spouse Sarah Lane), George (spouse Jemima Russell) and John Horner (spouse Elizabeth RUSSELL) William was a Deacon of the Bent Creek Baptist Church. He was a surveyor and came to Greene County, Tennessee in 1782. --Washington Co. Tn. Deeds List William Horner on, Nov. 10, 1784, NC Grant 513 & 556 to William Horner 100 acrs on Sinking Creek next to his former survey which was formerly John Edmons. Adj: Elijah Witt (Miriam HORNER Marriage 1 . Caleb, Rev. WITT -Married: 2 Jul 1788 in Jefferson Co. TN ) 200 acres on Sinking Creek including the plantation formerly John Drakes. Cons: 50 shillings per hundred acres. Sig: Alex Martain, by J. Glasgow. Nov. 10, 1784: NC Grant # 650 to Solomon Murphy, 150 acres on Sinking Creek, adj. formerly John Edmonds now the property of William Horner.....
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