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William Horton (c.1708*–1749) was the leading military aide to
James Oglethorpe
James Edward Oglethorpe (22 December 1696 – 30 June 1785) was a British soldier, Member of Parliament, and philanthropist, as well as the founder of the colony of Georgia in what was then British America. As a social reformer, he hoped to r ...
, a landowner and builder of the historic Horton House.
Education
Horton was educated atJohn Roysse
John Roysse (1500 or 1501–1571) was an English mercer and benefactor of Abingdon School in Abingdon, Oxfordshire.
Personal life
John Roysse was probably connected with the Roysse family of East Hagbourne but there are few records appertaining ...
's Free School in Abingdon, (now Abingdon School).
Career
He was the leading military aide to General James Oglethorpe and was in charge of troops garrisoned at Fort Frederica on nearby St. Simons Island. Captain (1740), Major (1742). In 1735, Horton was granted Jekyll Island by the trustees of the colony of Georgia and also brewed beer in Georgia's first brewery on his plantation. He built Horton House in 1743, a historic site on Riverview Drive in Jekyll Island, Georgia. It is one of the oldest tabby buildings in Georgia, and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. * (Source - 43 separate family trees on Ancestry all state 1708 birth)See also
* List of Old AbingdoniansReferences
{{DEFAULTSORT:Horton, William 1708 births 1749 deaths People educated at Abingdon School Pre-statehood history of Georgia (U.S. state) People of Georgia (British colony)