Person:Isaac Horner (8)

Isaac Horner
b.28 Jul 1763 New Jersey
m. 16 Nov 1757
  1. Isaac Horner1763 - 1849
m. May 1786
  1. Jacob HornerAbt 1790 - 1860
  2. Charles Horner1795 - 1850
  3. Eunice HornerAbt 1803 - 1883
  4. Zilpha Horner1806 - 1916
  5. John Horner
Facts and Events
Name Isaac Horner
Gender Male
Birth? 28 Jul 1763 New Jersey[likely as parents married there in 1757]
Marriage May 1786 [Revolutionary Pension File, alt. Spring of 1794]
to Zilpha American Indian
Death? 4 Feb 1849 Monongalia County, Virginia

Military Service

American Revolutionary War Veteran

Revolutionary War Pension Information

Information from “Virginia/West Virginia Genealogical Data from Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Records”, Vol. 2, compiled by Patrick G. Wardell, Lt. Col. U.S. Army Ret. :

Horner, Isaac - entered service 1777 in New Jersey, as drummer & blacksmith; died age 94 1/4/1849; married 5/1786 or Spring of 1794 to Zilpha, Pennytown, New Jersey; widow applied for Pension age 92 "near the line of Monongalia, Virginia" in 1849; Pension Application was rejected, insufficient proof of service; [widow] resided 1854 in District 4, Wetzel County, Virginia; had 11 children; children living in 1849: Nathan, Charles, Jacob, John, Eunice, Isaac, Zilpha, William & Joseph; query letter in file in 1927 from great granddaughter Miss Elizabeth Horner Stafford-Ryan of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. F-R5233, R1328.