John HORSLEY

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  General Notes:

John Horsley was baptized December 15, 1752, by Rev. Robert Rose. His brother Robert and himself were witnesses to their grandfather Cabell's will, January 3, 1769, and it was proved by his oath June 6, 1774. He was a private in Capt. Nicholas Cabell's company of minute­men in 1775, and a sergeant in 1776; a lieutenant of militia in 1778, and a lieutenant in the army in 1781. He resided on the estate below "Centre Hill," which embraced the present Bolton station, C. & O. R. R., and owned lands there on both sides of James River. By Act of November 10, 1792, the town of Diuguidsville (now Bent Creek) was established on his land. His will dated October 22, 1804, was probated September 19, 1808. He married, about 1780, Miss Fanny Starke, and had issue four:

44. i. Jane. 45. ii. John. iii. Hector, M. D., never married. iv. Elizabeth, died young.

John married Fanny STARKE in 1780.