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Peter Henderson T. Horton was born about 1816, in Tennessee, the eldest child of Isaac Horton, Jr. and Mary "Polly" Watts.
Peter married Martha "Nancy" (last name unknown), about 1833, in Tennessee.
The 1850 Wayne County, Tennessee census, 8th Civil District, shows Peter H. Horton, 33, a hatter, born in Tennessee; Martha, 33, born in Tennessee; John, 14, born in Tennessee; Isaac, 12, born in Tennessee; James, 11, born in Tennessee; Nancy, 10, born in Tennessee; Peter H., 8, born in Tennessee; Hiram, 6, born in Tennessee; Robert, 4, born in Tennessee; and Sarah, 2, born in Tennessee.
About 1851, Peter Henderson moved his family to Searcy County, Arkansas. Several Horton and related families made the move from Tennessee together.
The 1860 Searcy County, Arkansas census, Campbell Township, shows P. H. Horton, 45, a farmer; Martha, 44; John W., 24, a farm laborer; Isaac E., 23, a farm laborer; Peter, 18, a farm laborer; Hiram, 16, a farm laborer; Robert, 13; Elizabeth, 11; Jesse, 9, born in Tennessee; Zachariah, 7, born in Arkansas; Marion, 3, born in Arkansas; and Martha, 1, born in Arkansas. Living nearby was the family of James Wayne Cypert. Peter Henderson's son Robert married James Cypert's daughter Rachel.
Peter and Nancy both died in 1864, either from cholera or starvation, while taking refuge at Lewisburg, in Conway County, Arkansas, during the Civil War.
Children of Peter Henderson Horton and Nancy
1. John William Horton, b. 1836, Wayne Co, TN; d. in the Regimental Hospital at Lewisburg, Conway Co, AR, on June 6, 1864; a Sgt. in the 3rd Ark. Cavalry
2. Isaac E. Horton, b. 1838, TN; d. in the Regimental Hospital at Lewisburg, Conway Co, AR, on Apr 16, 1864, from measles; a member of Co. K, 3rd Ark. Cavalry
3. James Anderson Horton, b. 1839, TN
4. Nancy Horton, b. 1840, TN; m. ________ Morrison
5. Peter Henderson T. Horton, Jr., b. 1842, TN
6. Hiram Horton, b. 1844, TN
7. Robert Perry Horton, b. 1846, TN; d. May 7, 1885, Searcy Co, AR
8. Sarah Elizabeth Horton, b. 1848, TN
9. Jessie N. Horton, b. 1851, Searcy Co, AR; m. Mary ______, Jan 1870, Searcy Co.
10. Zachariah Horton, b. 1853, Searcy Co, AR
11. Marion Horton, b. 1855, Searcy Co, AR
12. Martha "Polly" Horton, b. 1859, Searcy Co, AR
13. Taylor Horton, b. 1861, Searcy Co, AR