William Stout Zornes
Birth: Jul., 1780
Monongalia County
West Virginia, USA
Death: Apr. 24, 1848
Carthage
Rush County
Indiana, USA
Veteran of War of 1812. William S. Zornes served as Private, 106th Regiment, 10th Regiment (Boswells) Kentucky Militia, Capt. John Phillip's Company. Served in the Sandusky, Ohio, Lake Erie area, during the Battle of Lake Erie, also Fort Malden, Upper Canada, 1814. He served on Lake Erie with Commodore Perry, when they defeated the British. Noted as superior marksman and sharpshooter (Kentucky militia were used as shipboard marines to shoot officers and gun crews of British ships). Discharged in Seneca. His records are in the National Archives in Washington, D. C.
He owned a lumber mill in Lewis Co., KY.
He was an early landowner in Rush County, Indiana with Patent #2859 signed by Pres. John Quincy Adams.
Patent 7098 for 160 acres September 1826
Patent 7099 for 80 acres September 1826
Family links:
Parents:
Martin A Zornes (1750 - 1838)
Catherine Stout Greer (1753 - 1824)
Spouses:
Christina Gilbert Zornes (1782 - 1826)
Christina Allender Zornes (1798 - 1848)
Children:
Mary Zornes Smith (1802 - 1855)*
John Wesley Zornes (1803 - 1848)*
Dililah Zornes Smith (1804 - 1880)*
Susan Zornes Bates (1810 - 1893)*
Margaret Zornes Lewis (1812 - 1892)*
Abigail Zornes Johns (1813 - 1894)*
Miles C. Zornes (1815 - 1891)*
Sarah F. Zornes Flora (1818 - 1864)*
Lydia D. Zornes Noe (1820 - 1897)*
Sabitha D. Zornes Plank (1829 - 1892)*
Minerva Zornes Shank (1835 - 1910)*
Eliza Jane Zornes Parr (1838 - 1914)*
Sibling:
William Stout Zornes (1780 - 1848)
Andrew Zornes (1786 - 1873)*
Inscription: Grave marker reads, "William S. Zornes, died April 24, 1848, age 67 yrs and 9 mos."
Burial: Franklin Cemetery, Carthage, Rush County, Indiana, USA
