Horton and Bryan Family History

Susanna Brown was born in 1784 or 1785 in Woodford County, Kentucky, the daughter of John Brown (1753-1822) and Paulina Talbott (1755-1805). Her parents had married in 1778 in their native Amherst County, Virginia. They migrated to Woodford County, Kentucky, where they settled on Glenns Creek. Susanna married Roderick Perry II (1776-1821) on 11 December…

Roderick Perry II was born in Westmoreland County, Virginia on 5 October 1776, just three months after the American colonies declared independence on 4 July 1776. His parents were Roderick Perry I (1738-1808) and Jane Randolph (1750-1816). They migrated to Shelby County, Kentucky, when he was a small boy. He married Susanna Brown (1785-1853) in…

Emily Stamper was born in Kentucky on 2 January1826 to Joel Stamper II (1781-1851) and Mary Polly Deaton (1785-1850), natives of Wilkes County, North Carolina who had moved to Kentucky prior to 1819. They were among the first families of British descent to settle in the region. Their farm was in what then was Estill County.…

James Henry Cockerham was born 2 January 1822, in Wilkes County, North Carolina, when his father, William John, or John William, Cockerham (c1794-1852), was about 27 and his mother, Elizabeth Hill (1796-1881) was about 25. James Henry was the eldest of their six known sons. He married Emily Stamper (1826-1900) on 9 June 1842. She…

Mahala E. Perry was born on 22 February 1804, in Woodford County, Kentucky, the eldest child of Roderick Perry II (1776-1821) and Susanna Brown (1785-1853). With her three younger brothers and two younger sisters, Mahala grew up in a large home overlooking Glenns Creek, near the home of Elijah Pepper. She married Elijah’s son, Samuel…

Samuel Pepper was born in Woodford County, Kentucky, on 10 October 1802, the son of Elijah Pepper (1769-1831) and Sarah Neville O’Bannon (1770-1848). On 5 February 1824, Samuel married Mahala E. Perry (1804-1865), the daughter of Roderick Perry (1776-1821) and Susanna Brown Perry (1776-1853). Mahala and Samuel had grown up on adjoining farms and knew…

Esther was born on 3 February 1792, in Mercer County, Kentucky. She was the sixth of eight children of Joseph Eccles (1740-c1801), and Jane Carr (1753-1830), both born in Virginia to parents who likely were newly arrived Ulster Scots Presbyterians. Esther married Joseph McCoun (1784-1829) on 19 June 1816. They had six children in 13…

Joseph McCoun was born in Kentucky on 18 October 1784. He was the fifth of ten children of John McCoun (1754-1826) and Elizabeth Tilford McCoun (1757-1842). On 19 June 1816, 31-year old Joseph married 24-year-old Esther Eccles. In their 13 years of marriage, they had six children, four of whom survived to adulthood: Arethusa B.…

Manervia was born in 1839 in Floyd County, Kentucky, in the eastern corner of the state. She was the ninth of the 13 children of Morgan R. Puckett (1801-1890) and Susan Whitaker (1800-1877). When she was a young girl, she moved with her parents and siblings to Breathitt County. In 1866 she married James Kash…