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Family
Marriage: Children:

  1. Brinkley Hornsby: Birth: 31 Aug 1801 in Wake, NC.

  2. Fanny Hornsby: Birth: 1803 in Wake, NC.

  3. Lemaster V. Hornsby: Birth: 1805 in Wake, NC.

  4. Elizabeth Hornsby: Birth: 1807 in Wake, NC.

  5. Winnifred Hornsby: Birth: 1810 in Roane Co., TN.

  6. Alvin Hornsby: Birth: 1814 in Roane Co., TN.

  7. Crawford Hornsby: Birth: 1816 in Rhea Co., TN.

  8. Lucy Hornsby: Birth: 1818 in Rhea Co., TN.

  9. Sally (Sarah) Hornsby: Birth: 1820 in Rhea Co., TN.

  10. Mary Polly Hornsby: Birth: 1823 in Rhea Co.,TN.


Family
Marriage: Children:

  1. Polly Hornsby: Birth: 1790 in Granville Co., NC.

  2. James W. Hornsby: Birth: 25 Oct 1792 in Wake Co., N.C.. Death: 22 Oct 1863 in Roane Co., TN

  3. Susan B. Hornsby: Birth: 1794 in Wake Co., N.C..

  4. William Hornsby: Birth: 28 Dec 1797 in Wake Co., N.C.. Death: 18 Jan 1880 in Roane Co., TN


Sources
1. Title:   1. State Cencus of North Carolina 1784 - 1787
Author:   Mrs. Alvaretta Kenan Register
2. Title:   History of Tennessee
Author:   James M. Hornsby
3. Title:   Pioneers of Roane County, Tennessee, 1801 - 1830.) (Tax Lists, Muster Roll, election Lists, Petitions, etc.)
Author:   Mable Harvey Thornton
Text:   A List of land liable to taxation in the County of Roane for the year 1826. Names of Persons: Quarter Section Town Range Acres
 Wm. Hornsby NW 23 F2 2w 160
 Wm. Hornsby SE 23 F2 2w 160
  Tax Lists for 1827
  Persons Names: Land WP
 James Hornsby 250 1
 William Hornsby 400 1
 
4. Title:   Rhea County, Tennessee. Deed Books A, B, C, D, E. Abstracted by David Gray and Betty Broyles
Author:   David Gray and Bettye Broyles
Publication:   510 (E-523) (3 Sept. 1829) (Registered 20 Oct. 1830)
Text:   Deed of Conveyance, James Hornsby and Brinkley Hornsby by (Execs of Last Will and Testament of their father, William Hornsby, decd.) to John Holland for $180, 50 acres on Wolf Creek, being the upper part of a tract of 14 1/2 acres sold by Richard G. Waterhouse to Wm. Hornsby and conveyed by deed dated Oct. 1 1818. Witnesses: Richard Waterhouse and Darius Waterhouse.
5. Title:   Rhea County, Tennessee; Wills, Inventories, Estate Settlements, and guardian Reports, 1810-1881
Author:   Betty J. Broyes
Text:   2. Horsnsby, William CC-B: 12 Feb. & WB-A:55 Feb. 1829 Last Will and Testament of William Hornsby produced in open court and duly proven by oaths of Jas. McCanse, Wm. Noblett, and Jas. Swan, subscribing witnesses, who say they saw Wm. Hornsby sign, seal, publish and declare it to be his last will and testament. Exrs named in will, James and Brinkley Hornsby, appeared in court and took oath prescribed by law; wm. Johnson, Henry Collins, and Josiah Fike, his securities, entered into bond of $1000 will...to wife Winny Hornsby during widowhood for maintaining my family, schooling, etc. sons Jas. Wm. and Semastin V. Hornsby, both of Roane and Brinkley Hornsby of Rhea Co. to be exrs that sons Wm and Semastin v. Hornsby, both of Roane County be guardians of my children who are underage at death my wife, Winny, estate to be equally divided between my 13 children: Wm,, Brinkley, Fanny, Jas., Susan (Hussong), Semastin V., Elizabeth, Winny, Alvin, Crawford, Lucy, Sally, and Polly Hornsby. Susan Hussong has had advancements, etc. Test: Jas. McCanse, Wm. (x his mark) Noblet, Jas. Swan, and Moses Ferguson.
 Notes:
 William Hornsby, in his will states that he had thirteen children. Four by his first marriage, name of wife unknown, and nine children by his second marriage to Winnifred Stinison. apparently all his children were alive at the time of his death.
6. Title:   Roane County, Tennessee 1830 and 1840 censuses and 1830 and 1840 Tax Lists
Author:   Compiled by Robert L. Bailey
7. Title:   Cemeteries of Roane County, Tennessee, Kingston, East Roane County, south of the river, Vol. 1
Author:   Roane County Genealogical Society
8. Title:   Watts Bar Reservoir Cemeteries
Author:   James L. Douthat
9. Title:   Marriages of Roane County, Tennessee, 1801 - 1838
Author:   Edythe Rucker Whitley
10. Title:   Abstract of Record of Wills, Inventories, Settlements of Estates, 1802-1812, Wake County, North Carolina. vol 11
Author:   Frances Holloway Wynne
11. Title:   1800 Federal census of Wake County, North Carolina
12. Title:   Marriage Bonds of Wake County, North Carolina

Notes
a. Continued:   2.cc-b: 12 Feb 1829 & WB-A:55 Feb 1829 - -
 LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF WILLIAM HORNSBY
 Produced in open court and duly proven by oaths of Jas. McCanse, Wm Noblett, and Jas Swan,
 subscribing witnesses, who say they saw Wm Hornsby sign, seal, publish and declare it to be his
 last will and testament. Exrs named in will, James and Brinkley Hornsby, appeared in court and took oath prescribed by law; Wm Johnson, Henry Collins, and Josiah Fike, his securities, entered into bond of $1000. Will....to wife Winny Hornsby during widowhood for maintaining my family, schooling, etc. sons Jas Hornsby of Roane County and Brinkley Hornsby of Rhea County, to be Exrs. That sons Wm and Semastin V. Hornsby, both of Roane County, be guardians of my children who are underage. At death of my wife Winny, estate to be equally divided between my 13 children: Wm, Winny, Fanny, Jas, Susan (Hussong), Semastin, Elizabeth, Winny, Alvin, Crawford, Lucy, Sally, and Polly Hornsby. Susan Hussong has had advancements, etc. Test: Jas McCanse, Wm (x his mark) Noblet, Jas Swan, and Moses Ferguson.
  *Note: WILLIAM (2) HORNSBY, in his will states that he has thirteen children still living. Three by his first marriage, name of wife unknown, and ten children by his second marriage to Winnifred Stinson. Apparently thirteen children were alive at the time of his death. His firstborn daughter (Polly Hornsby) was deceased by the time he wrote his will.
  3. RHEA COUNTY TENNESSEE, DEED BOOKS A, B, C,D, E. Abstracted by David Gray and Bettye Broyles.
 510 (E-523) (3 Sept 1829) (registered 20 Oct 1830)
 Deed of Conveyance, James Hornsby and Brinkley Hornsby by (execs of last will and testament of their father, William Hornsby, deceased) to John Holland for $180, 50 acres on Wolf Creek, being upper part of a tract of 141 ½ acres sold by Richard g. Waterhouse to Wm Hornsby and conveyed by deed dated 1 Oct 1818. Witnesses: Richard Waterhouse and Darius Waterhouse.
  . PIONEERS OF ROANE COUNTY, TENNESSEE, 1801-1830. (Tax Lists, Muster Roll, Election Lists, Petitions, etc.). By Mable Harvey Thornton.
 
 A List of land liable to taxation in the County of Roane for the year 1826.
  Names of Persons: Quarter Section Town Range Acres
 Wm. Hornsby NW 23 F2 2w 160
 Wm. Hornsby SE 23 F2 2w 160
  Tax Lists for 1827
  Persons Names: Land WP
 James Hornsby 250 1
 William Hornsby 400 1
  *NOTE: FROM THIS WE INFER THAT WILLIAM HORNSBY (2) IS NOW DECEASED AND HIS SONS JAMES HORNSBY AND WILLIAM HORNSBY HAVE INHERITED LAND FROM HIS RHEA COUNTY ESTATE..
  .
  **NOTE: SOME RESEARCHERS HAVE WILLIAM HORNSBY B. 28 DEC. 1797, AS THE OLDEST SON OF EBENEZER HORNSBY AND CATHERINE ELLIS , BORN THREE YEARS AND ELEVEN MONTHS BEFORE THEIR MARRIAGE 26 OCT. 1801.
  *Note: SEVERAL SOURCES STATE THAT WILLIAM HORNSBY MOVED TO ROANE COUNTY, TENNESSEE IN 1808. YET, IN THE ABSTRACT OF WAKE COUNTY, N.C., WILL BOOK 10, 1811 - 1812, IN THE AUGUST 1811 TERM OF COURT WILLIAM HORNSBY RECEIVED A COUNTY COURT TICKET FOR SERVICE.
 THE 1810 CENCUS OF TENNESSEE WAS DESTROYED , SO WE CAN'T USE THAT TO VERIFY THAT HE WAS IN TENNESSEE IN 1810. SO THERE IS UNCERTAINTY AS TO WHEN HE MOVED TO TENNESSEE.
  *THE 1810 CENSUS OF WAKE COUNTY, N.C. IS MISSING , SO WE CAN'T USE THAT TO SEE IF HE WAS STILL IN WAKE COUNTY, N.C. IN 1810.

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