William Horton (military aide)

William Horton (c.1708*–1749) was the leading military aide to James Oglethorpe, a landowner and builder of the historic Horton House.[1]

William Horton
Bornc. 1708*
Herefordshire, England
Died1749
Savannah, Georgia

Education

Horton was educated at John Roysse's Free School in Abingdon, (now Abingdon School).[2]

Career

He was the leading military aide to General James Oglethorpe and was in charge of troops garrisoned at Fort Frederica on nearby St. Simons Island. Captain (1740), Major (1742).[2] In 1735, Horton was granted Jekyll Island by the trustees of the colony of Georgia and also brewed beer in Georgia's first brewery on his plantation. He built Horton House in 1743, a historic site on Riverview Drive in Jekyll Island, Georgia. It is one of the oldest tabby buildings in Georgia, and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[3]

* (Source - 43 separate family trees on Ancestry all state 1708 birth)

See also

References
  1. "Major William Horton". Glynn County Historical Markers.
  2. Richardson, William H (1905). List of Some Distinguished Persons Educated at Abingdon School 1563-1855. Hughes Market Place (Abingdon). p. 9.
  3. "Horton House". Jekyll Island.
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