I would love to hear from anyone descended from or researching this family. Gene in Gotha VAN HORN Family of Burke Co., Three Generations Researched by Gene Ballentine Rooks [email protected] First Generation 1. Isaac1 VAN HORN, son of Isaac Barentsen VAN HORN and Elsje SLEGHT was born in Bucks Co., PA 20 JAN 1749. Isaac died 1819 in Burke Co., NC, at 70 years of age. He married twice. He married Alice NEVIUS in Bucks Co., PA, 16 DEC 1772. Their marriage license, recorded in Pennsylvania Vital Records, Vol. II, p. 235 & 238, states Isaac of Solebury Twp., carpenter, and Alice Neafus of same. Surety, Joseph Van Horn, of Middletown twp., blacksmith. This is the latest mention of this couple in Bucks Co. records that I have been able to find, no baptisms at the church, etc. I believe they moved to Rowan/Lincoln Co., NC, not long after their marriage. Alice was born in Bucks Co., PA, EST 1752. Alice was the daughter of Cornelius NEVIUS and Sarah SLEGHT. Alice died EST 1790. He married Maria Christina ASCHENBRENNER in Lincoln Co., NC, 7 APR 1797. Christina was born in York Co., PA 27 AUG 1743. She was baptized Sept. 18, 1743 at Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church, York Co., PA. Christina was the daughter of Urban ASCHENBRENNER and Anna Maria BALDY The VAN HORN line in North Carolina is proven from Isaac in Burke Co. on down. The lineage I have on the Isaac from Bucks Co. PA on back to New Amsterdam is also very well documented. I must point out that I have not 'proven' that Isaac of Burke Co. is the same Isaac from Bucks Co. PA, although I am convinced he is. In addition to my findings, I secured the fine services of Betsy Pittman, of Burke Co., NC, who scoured all available records of the Van Horn family in North Carolina. From facts she provided me and deductions I have made, I have pieced out a family for Isaac in North Carolina, son John's family is well proven. It is important to note that this is the only family of that surname in this part of North Carolina for well into the 19th century. I have the Pennsylvania/New Amsterdam pedigree of Isaac Van Horn upon request. We don't know what prompted Isaac to move to North Carolina, possibly the area in Bucks Co. was filling up, and land was plentiful and cheap down south, and he did not inherit land. During the Revolution, he served as a Lt. under Col. Charles McDowell. This is mentioned in The Annals of Lincoln County by Sherrill, where it is misprinted Vanhom, and confirmed in The State Records of North Carolina, Vol. XXII by Clark, page 158. In 1779, the signature of Isaac Van Horn appears with many others, including neighbors John Borland, John Sigman, Henry Witner, Daniel Whitner, and Philip Whitener, to petition for the portion of Burke Co. they lived in be to be annexed to Lincoln County. The following information is from the Heritage of Burke County,, Article 689. Isaac Van Horn was given a land grant for 350 acres in Burke Co. in 1780, on Peter Mull's Mill Creek. He sold some of this land in 1795 and 1797. He is the only Van Horn in NC in the 1790 census for Lincoln Co., Third Co., Morgan Dist., where he is shown with one adult male, himself, 4 boys at home, and 4 females at home. His first wife may have died soon after, as Isaac married again in 1797 to Christina Aschenbrenner Stamey Borland who had been twice widowed. She is an ancestor also on the Stamey line. Oddly, the 1800 census for Burke Co., NC, page 801, shows an Isaac Van Horn in a household with only one male over 45, himself, and two females, one 10-16, and 1 16-26. Christena appears separately in Lincoln Co., with no men in the household, herself and one female 10-16, one 16-26. I have heard that she separated from him not long after their marriage. However, they still signed as husband and wife for sale of a lot in 1804 in Lincolnton. In 1808, Isaac bought 320 acres along Camp Creek, bounded by Thomas Smith and Hildebrand. John Van Horn witnessed it, and shortly after Isaac deeded 150 acores of it to him. In the 1810 census, an Isaac and John both appear in the Burke Co. census. Only the name of one son, John, is proven. A daughter Sary, (named for her grandmother?) appears in Marriage Bonds of Tryon & Lincoln Co., where an Isaac Van Horn is bondsman for Sary Van Horn in 1809 who married John Jackson. There appears to be another son, Benjamin, as that name appeared on an 1825 estate sale, and even more revealing are tax records which show Isaac's property reduced by 140 acres, and Benjamin appearing next door with 140 acres in 1814. (During all this time only one other Van Horn family appears in all of NC, that of an Abraham in Tyrrell Co., who shows up in 1810, followed by sons named John & Oliver in later censuses. He is most likely a distant cousin of Isaac's, as the name Abraham appeared often in Bucks Co. Van Horn families.) Isaac VAN HORN and Alice NEVIUS had the following children: 2 i. Nathan VAN HORN. This is a speculative entry. There is a record of a Nathan Van Horn among the pioneers from Lincoln/Burke Co. who relocated in Cape Girardeau Co., Missouri, shortly after 1800. Isaac did have four males in his home in 1790, this could be one of them. 3 ii. Nancy VAN HORN. She is mentioned in her brother John's will, to be cared for until her death. She had lived with John for many years. 4 iii. Sarah VAN HORN. Sary married John JACKSON in Lincoln Co., NC, 18 MAY 1809. Isaac Vanhorn is the bondsman for her marriage to John Jackson. 5 iv. Isaac VAN HORN. Nothing is known of him except he appears in the 1800 Burke Co. census bracket 26-45, he may be Isaac's first born. He has one son under 10, female under 10, one 10-15, one 16-26, and two 26-45. It would appear another woman besides his wife is in the home, and certainly the female 16-26 is not likely his daughter, maybe a sister-in-law and mother-in-law. He is shown as Isaac Winhorn, a common misspelling. + 6 v. John VAN HORN was born 21 FEB 1774. + 7 vi. Benjamin VAN HORN was born EST 1780. Second Generation 6. John2 VAN HORN (Isaac1) was born in Rowan Co., NC 21 FEB 1774. His birth date is recorded on his tombstone at Wilkie's Grove Baptist Church Cemetery in Burke Co., NC. It is also possible he was born in PA before the family came to NC. John died 15 JAN 1848 in Burke Co., NC, at 73 years of age. John and his wife Sarah are buried at Wilkies Grove Church Cemetery, just east of their land on Camp Creek. He married Sarah WINKLER in 1797. Sarah was born in Rowan Co., NC 16 FEB 1775. Her birth and death dates are from her tombstone at Wilkie's Grove. Sarah was probably the daughter of Thomas WINKLER and Anna Mary ????, or his brother CONRAD WINKLER. This is not proven. Sarah died 11 DEC 1851 in Burke Co., NC, at 76 years of age. John Van Horn had two large farms in Burke Co., one at Van Horn Ford on the Henry Fork River, and one on Camp Creek. His estate filed in 1850 indicated he was a wealthy man, and included 24 slaves. There is an interesting indenture filed in 1843 by a Henry Abee naming John Van Horn and his son-in-law, David Baker, among a list of several people Abee owed money to that he was mortgaging his property to. John and his wife had nine children, Elizabeth, Christina, Isaac, Nancy, Sarah, Ann, Mary, Amey, and Jane, all mentioned in his will dated Jan. 25, 1840. John VAN HORN and Sarah WINKLER had the following children: 8 i. Elizabeth VAN HORN. Betsey died 21 MAY 1839 in Burke Co., NC. She married William BRITTAIN in Burke Co., NC, 3 MAR 1818. She was deceased when her father wrote his will, her children to receive one ninth. Estate settlement records show the children of William Brittain and wife Elizabeth, now dead, were Joshua, Nancy, and Wm. Loranze, Jonas, Sally, and Annie Brittain, still under 21 years of age in July of 1848. 9 ii. Christina VAN HORN. Christina died 1842 in Burke Co., NC. She married Peter MULL. Peter was born 16 JUL 1803. Peter was the son of Henry MULL and Susanna Jane ?. Peter died 7 MAY 1885 in Burke Co., NC, at 81 years of age. She was deceased when her father wrote his will, her children to receive one ninth. In July, 1848, the children of Peter Mull and wife Christena now decd still under 21 were listed as Sarah and Jane Mull. 10 iii. Amy VAN HORN. She married Urban ROCKETT. She is mentioned in her father's will to receive one-ninth. 11 iv. Jane VAN HORN. She married John H. COPELAND. She was mentioned in her father's will to receive one-ninth. + 12 v. Isaac VAN HORN was born 1798. 13 vi. Mary VAN HORN was born in Burke Co., NC 1802. Mary died 1900 at 98 years of age. She married Jacob MULL in Morganton, Burke Co., NC, 1823. Jacob was born 1783. Jacob was the son of Peter MULL and Barbara CLINE. He married Gemima BRITTAIN 1803. Jacob died 19 AUG 1843 in Burke Co., NC, at 60 years of age. She was mentioned in her father's will as Polly Mull to receive one-ninth. After her first husband died, she married Frederich Kaylor. Child by Jacob was Joseph Harrison Mull. + 14 vii. Sarah VAN HORN was born 24 JUL 1804. 15 viii. Anna VAN HORN was born in Burke Co., NC 17 MAY 1812. Anna died 24 AUG 1877 in Vila Rica, Carrol Co., GA, at 65 years of age. She married John HILDEBRAND in Burke Co., NC, 27 JAN 1830. John was born in Burke Co., NC 31 OCT 1798. John was the son of Conrad HILDEBRAND and Elizabeth MULL. John died 9 AUG 1877 in Vila Rica, Carrol Co., GA, at 78 years of age. This information is from The Shoe Cobbler's Kin, Vol. II, p. 840, by Lorena Shell Eaker. She was mentioned in her father's will to receive one-ninth. 16 ix. Nancy VAN HORN was born in Burke Co., NC 11 MAY 1813. Nancy died 7 JUN 1878 in Burke Co., NC, at 65 years of age. She married Alexander DUCKWORTH. Alexander was born 1798. Alexander was the son of John DUCKWORTH and Mary ?. Alexander died 1877 in Burke Co., NC, at 79 years of age. She is mentioned in her father's will to receive one-ninth. 7. Benjamin2 VAN HORN (Isaac1) was born EST 1780. Benjamin VAN HORN had the following child: 17 i. John A. VAN HORN was born 1803. John died BEF 1886. He and his wife Sarah were both deceased by 1886. He married Sarah BURNS. Sarah was the daughter of ? BURNS. Their children were Margaret, Nicholas, Barbara, and Thursey, named in the estate distribution of Philip Burns of Andrew Co., MO in 1886. Third Generation 12. Isaac3 VAN HORN (John2, Isaac1) was born 1798. He married Sarah MULL in Burke Co., NC, 27 FEB 1819. Sarah was born 1796. Her birth year are computed from her age given in the 1850 and 1860 censuses for Burke Co. Sarah was the daughter of Henry MULL and Susanna Jane ?. Their children are Mary, Alexander, David, Elizabeth, and Joseph. Isaac VAN HORN and Sarah MULL had the following child: 18 i. Mary VAN HORN was born 1820. She married Daniel Ethern ABEE 1844. Daniel was born 2 NOV 1821. Daniel was the son of Jacob ABEE and Elizabeth ?. 14. Sarah3 VAN HORN (John2, Isaac1) was born in Burke Co., NC 24 JUL 1804. Sarah died October 24, 1840 in Lincoln Co. (now Catawba), NC, at 36 years of age. She is buried in the old Baker Cemetery, off Hwy.10, on the John Helton Pl, unmarked. She married David BAKER in Lincoln Co. (now Catawba), NC, EST 1824. David was born in Lincoln Co. (now Catawba), NC September 7, 1798. David was the son of John BAKER and Catherine YODER. He married Sarah ABERNETHY in Catawba Co., NC, EST 1845. David died December 27, 1874 in Newton, Catawba Co., NC, at 76 years of age. Sarah VAN HORN and David BAKER had the following children: 19 i. John BAKER. 20 ii. Caroline BAKER. She married John F. ABERNETHY ca. 1850. 21 iii. Eliza BAKER. She married Daniel CLINE. They relocated to Hindsville, AR, in 1871. 22 iv. Adaline BAKER. She married Cephas RODERICK. 23 v. Henry BAKER. He married Harriett LINEBERGER in Lincoln Co., NC, 1852. 24 vi. David Jones BAKER was born in Lincoln Co. (now Catawba), NC January 29, 1839. Jones died April 21, 1922 in Newton, Catawba Co., NC, at 83 years of age. He married Eliza Jane WHITENER in Newton, Catawba Co., NC, October 6, 1870. Jane was born in Newton, Catawba Co., NC November 29, 1845. Jane was the daughter of George D. WHITENER and Margaret DELLINGER. Jane died December 17, 1912 in Newton, Catawba Co., NC, at 67 years of age. She is buried at Bethel Reformed Church. [email protected]