General William Horton married Mildred Amelia Dula (a second cousin to Tom Dula about  whom the song “Hang Down Your Head Tom Dooley” was written).  He and “Milley” moved from New River to the Yadkin Valley near the mouth of Elk Creek in Elkville, Ashe County (now Wilkes County) where he acquired large acreage and up to 75 slaves.  William was a Brigadier General of the Ninth Brigade, North Carolina Militia and as a “prominent citizen” he represented, successively,  Ashe, Wilkes and Watuaga Counties in the State Legislature for fourteen years.

GENERAL WILLIAM7 HORTON  (NATHAN6, NATHAN5, CALEB4, BARNABAS3, CALEB2, BARNABAS1)1 was born August 15, 1786 in New River, Wilkes County, Nc2,3, and died November 29, 18453   He married Mildred Amelia Dula4 Abt. 1814, daughter of William Dula and Theodosia Beasley.  She was born January 08, 1792 in Wilkes County, Nc5, and died September 12, 18695 Both are buried in the Horton Cemetery, Wilkes County, Nc5.

Children of WILLIAM HORTON and Mildred Dula are: 

i. JAMES C.8 HORTON6,7, b. March 19, 1817; d. July 31, 1876, "Clover Hill", Elkville, Nc8; m. SARAH L. DICKSON8,9, Abt.       1841, Elkville, Wilkes County, Nc.

ii. WILLIAM LEANDER HORTON9,10, b. April 12, 1818; d. March 09, 1902; m. FATIMA CORPENING.

iii. ELIZA HORTON11, b. Abt. 1820; m. ANDREW JACKSON CORPENING.

iv. NATHAN HORTON12, b. October 11, 1823; d. February 10, 1907; m. AMANDA DULA.

v. THEODOCIA ELVIRA HORTON12, b. August 22, 1825, Yadkin River, Wilkes County, Nc; m. GEORGE HEGE HAMILTON,       January 23, 1845.

vi. PHINEAS HAMPTON HORTON12, b. February 12, 182613; d. December 16, 188613, buried in the Horton Cemetery, Wilkes       County, Nc13.

vii. REBECCA HORTON14,15, b. 182716; m. DAVID E. BOWER16; b. 1814.  buried in the Horton Cemetery, Wilkes       County, Nc13.

viii. "SALLIE" SARAH DULA HORTON18, b. December 20, 182719; d. June 17, 189019 buried in the Horton Cemetery, Wilkes       County, Nc13.

ix. LEMIRA LOUISA HORTON20, b. Abt. 1830; m. WILEY PERKINS THOMAS, April 13, 1853.

x. CAPTAIN ALEXANDER HAMILTON HORTON21,22, b. December 30, 1831, Yadkin River, Wilkes County, Nc23; d. December       15, 189023 ; buried in the Horton Cemetery, Wilkes County, Nc27; m. MARY JANE VOGLER24,25, 1861, Elkville, Wilkes County, Nc; b. April 02, 183826; d. April 26, 1921, buried in God's Acre, Old Salem, Winston-Salem, NC

xi. RUFUS DULA HORTON28,29, b. June 04, 183530; d. March 02, 191530 Burial: Horton Cemetery, Wilkes County, Nc33; m. (1)       MATTIE  HORTON31, Maria Chapel on the Yadkin32; m. (2) RUTH LUNSFORD.

To generation Eight

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Endnotes

1.  The Heritage of Watauga County North Carolina, Volume I, 1984, pg. 256.
2.  Department of the Interior, Revolutionary War Records Section, Pension Bureau, Widow Pension #7779 for Elizabeth Eagles Horton.
3.  Cemetery Records Wilkes County Area NC, Volume I; published by The Wilkes County Genealogical Society, Inc., pg. 105.
4.  The Heritage of Watauga County North Carolina, Volume I, 1984, pg. 256.
5.  Cemetery Records Wilkes County Area NC, Volume I; published by The Wilkes County Genealogical Society, Inc., pg. 105.
6.  Hickerson, Thomas Felix; Happy Valley: History and Genealogy, pg. 39.
7.  Isbell, Robert L., D.D.; The World Of My Childhood; complied by Nancy (Mrs. W. E.) Alexander, pg. 38.
8.  Hickerson, Thomas Felix; Happy Valley: History and Genealogy, pg. 39.
9.  Isbell, Robert L., D.D.; The World Of My Childhood; complied by Nancy (Mrs. W. E.) Alexander, pg. 38.
10.  The Heritage of Watauga County North Carolina, Volume II, 1987, pg. 106.
11.  The Heritage of Watauga County North Carolina, Volume II, 1987, pg. 105.
12.  The Heritage of Watauga County North Carolina, Volume II, 1987, pg. 106.
13.  Cemetery Records Wilkes County Area NC, Volume I; published by The Wilkes County Genealogical Society, Inc., pg. 105.
14.  Hickerson, Thomas Felix; Happy Valley: History and Genealogy, pg. 39.
15.  The Heritage of Watauga County North Carolina, Volume II, 1987, pg. 106.
16.  Hickerson, Thomas Felix; Happy Valley: History and Genealogy, pg. 39.
17.  Cemetery Records Wilkes County Area NC, Volume I; published by The Wilkes County Genealogical Society, Inc., pg. 105.
18.  The Heritage of Watauga County North Carolina, Volume II, 1987, pg. 106.
19.  Cemetery Records Wilkes County Area NC, Volume I; published by The Wilkes County Genealogical Society, Inc., pg. 105.
20.  The Heritage of Watauga County North Carolina, Volume II, 1987, pg. 106.
21.  Hickerson, Thomas Felix; Happy Valley: History and Genealogy, pg. 40.
22.  The Heritage of Watauga County North Carolina, Volume II, 1987, pg. 106.
23.  Cemetery Records Wilkes County Area NC, Volume I; published by The Wilkes County Genealogical Society, Inc., pg. 105.
24.  Fries, Adelaide I., 1874-1949: Index to memoirs filed in Salem Moravian Archives from 1719, Winston-Salem/indexed by Adelaide L. fries, copies   and presented by General
            Joseph Winston Chapter, D.A.R.. Winston-Salem, NC: The D.A.R. (1938?) (4), 79 leaves. Lists names with birth and  death dates.  Typewritten ms, 2 microfiches LH 127;
            OCLC no. 07993369
25.  Hickerson, Thomas Felix; Happy Valley: History and Genealogy, pg. 40.
26.  Fries, Adelaide I., 1874-1949: Index to memoirs filed in Salem Moravian Archives.
27.  Cemetery Records Wilkes County Area NC, Volume I; published by The Wilkes County Genealogical Society, Inc., pg. 105.
28.  Isbell, Robert L., D.D.; The World Of My Childhood; complied by Nancy (Mrs. W. E.) Alexander, pg. 39.
29.  The Heritage of Watauga County North Carolina, Volume II, 1987, pg. 106.
30.  Cemetery Records Wilkes County Area NC, Volume I; published by The Wilkes County Genealogical Society, Inc., pg. 106.
31.  Isbell, Robert L., D.D.; The World Of My Childhood; complied by Nancy (Mrs. W. E.) Alexander, pg. 39.
32.  Lenior News-Topic, Lenoir, NC; Newspaper Abstract.
33.  Cemetery Records Wilkes County Area NC, Volume I; published by The Wilkes County Genealogical Society, Inc., pg. 106.