Second Generation
3. Mary WEBB
was born about 1785.9 She
died about 1876.9 She was
also known as Mary Horton. She was buried in Webb-Thompson Cm, Snake
Creek, Carroll County, Virginia.
Mary is believed to be buried in an unmarked grave at the Webb-Thompson
Cemetery. Mary WEBB and Joseph HORTON were married in 1801 in Grayson County,
Virginia.10 Joseph
HORTON (son of John HORTON and Anna (HORTON)) was born about 1780 in Grayson
County, Virginia.11 He died
on 22 Dec 1875 in Carroll County, Virginia.12
He died on 22 Dec 1876.12
He was buried in Webb-Thompson Cm, Snake Creek, Carroll County, Virginia.2
Joseph Whorton and Mary Web on marriage register. Parents listed as John
and Anna on the death register. The conflict in death dates must be the two
different registers. Death register lists birth place as Grayson, not North
Carolina.
Joseph Horton was "born a Quaker and went from Westfield, N.C. to Carroll
County, Va., and was the first of the name to go to this county. He fought in
the War of 1812 and his father was killed in the Revolutionary War. All of his
family left to go West and were never heard from again. It was thought that
they were killed by the Indians. I have heard my grandmother say that he had
to build fires around his flock of sheep to keep the wolves away, the country
was so wild and unsettled at that time. He married the daughter of Henry Webb,
the ancestor of the Snake Creek Webb family. I have heard my grandmother recite
the poem in which he asked Henry Webb for the hand of his daughter, Mary....
When he married outside of the Quaker religion, he was dropped from the meeting."
(Tillinghast, Some Things I Learned)
They were dismissed from the Westfield Meeting in November 1801.
It is believed he spent most of his life with his in-laws and that he and
Mary are buried in the Webb-Thompson Cemetery on Snake Creek although there are
no grave markers. (Alderman, The Settlements, p.82)
The first records from the Snake Creek Primitive Baptist Church dated Sat.
Oct. 1848 (the first Saturday of the month) stated that Joseph Horton and his
wife Mary W. Horton were two of the thirty founders of the Snake Creek Primitive
Baptist Church. It is possible that they previously belonged to the Laurel Fork
Primitive Baptist Church. (from Archie Goad).
Joseph's death record says he was born in Grayson County. Most writers
believe he was from North Carolina. Mary WEBB and Joseph HORTON had the following
children:
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