John W. McHorse Chronology
09/27/1819 Born
in
03/01/1836 Enlisted
in Captain Hayden Arnold's Company of Colonel Sherman's Regiment of Sam
Houston's Revolutionary Army in
04/21/1836 Fought
in the
06/01/1836 Discharged
from the Army (
07/08/1836 Lived
for two months with Jesse Walling who later became a Representative in the 7th Congress of the
10/26/1837 Enlisted
in Captain Bryson's Company of the North Alabama Mounted Volunteers as a
Corporal to fight in the Indian War with the Seminole Indians of Florida (Benefonte, Jackson County, Alabama)
04/13/1838
Discharged from the Army as a Sergeant (
10/25/1838
Married Elizabeth Wilson, daughter of James W. Wilson of
12/14/1840
First child born - Martha Ann (Jackson County, Alabama)
12/09/1841
Second child born - Sara Jane (Jackson County, Alabama)
03/30/1844
Third child born - Rebecca (
10/06/1846
Fourth child born - Delithea (
05/27/1849
Fifth child born - James M. (
1850
Recorded
as resident of
03/16/1851
Sixth child born - Roda (
1852
Joined
05/16/1853
Seventh child born - William Martin (
07/08/1853
Ordained as a minister by
09/05/1853
Bought land in
06/01/1854
Eighth child born - Isaac Wilson (
08/18/1855
Ninth child born - John Calvin (
10/15/1856
Bought land in
05/11/1857
Obtained land in
12/15/1857
Obtained land in
01/02/1858
Sold land in
10/25/1858
Founded the
01/16/1859
Purchased additional land in
11/10/1859
Donated three acres of land to the Pleasant Hill Missionary Baptist Church of
Provo, Arkansas (
1860
Recorded as resident of
04/02/1860
Purchased additional land in
12/16/1860
Tenth child born - Thomas Mason (
12/16/1860
Lost his wife Elizabeth to death during childbirth (
03/20/1861
Married Rutha Jane Wafford
(
06/1861
04/29/1863
Appointed Commissioner of Relief for families of Confederate soldiers (
10/29/1863
Resigned as Commissioner of Relief for families of Confederate soldiers (Servier County,
01/25/1864
Sold land in
02/06/1864
Resigned his membership in the Pleasant Hill Missionary Baptist Church of
Provo, Arkansas (
02/15/1864
Eleventh child born - Mary Ellen (
10/1866
Twelfth child born - Elonzo David (
1870
Recorded
as resident of
1870 Member
of Powers Chapel Masonic Lodge in
1873
Sixth
child Roda (Mrs. Henry C. White) died in
1874
Was
one of the founders of a Masonic Lodge in
1880
Recorded
as resident of
09/17/1880
Twelfth child Elonzo David died
07/09/1881
Purchased land in Leander,
02/12/1886
Separated from Rutha Jane
10/04/1889
Divorced Rutha Jane
1890
Married
Denisa Ann Harrison
11/1892
07/04/1894
Visited the San Jacinto Battleground with five other survivors to confirm
details of the battle before the State of
02/13/1896
Divorced by Denisa Ann
04/20/1897
Attended reunion of the Texas Veterans Association
06/08/1896
Fourth child Delithea died
01/19/1897
Died in Leander,
01/20/1897
Buried in the