{"id":2464,"date":"2020-10-14T16:57:18","date_gmt":"2020-10-14T21:57:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/?page_id=2464"},"modified":"2026-01-09T11:25:29","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T17:25:29","slug":"gilbert-horton","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/gilbert-horton\/","title":{"rendered":"Gilbert Horton"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\">\r\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2466 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/horton.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"259\" height=\"356\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/horton.png 361w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/horton-218x300.png 218w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 259px) 100vw, 259px\" \/><\/figure>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Gilbert Horton (Washington County)<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><strong>State House:<\/strong> 1884-1885<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Born:<\/strong> c. 1840 in Mississippi<br \/><strong>Died: <\/strong>July 1894 in Greenville, MS<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Listed on the 1880 census in Greenville with wife Matilda. He served as Justice of the Peace.<\/p>\r\n<figure id=\"attachment_5064\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5064\" style=\"width: 498px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5064\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Screenshot-2023-04-25-6.38.28-PM.png\" alt=\"Signature of Gilbert Horton\" width=\"498\" height=\"81\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Screenshot-2023-04-25-6.38.28-PM.png 609w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Screenshot-2023-04-25-6.38.28-PM-300x49.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5064\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Signature of Gilbert Horton from an 1876 letter to Governor Ames<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n<figure id=\"attachment_1277\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1277\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/william-gray\/gray7\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1277 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/gray7-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/gray7-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/gray7-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1277\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Weekly Mississippi Pilot, Aug 21, 1875<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n<figure id=\"attachment_2647\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2647\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/gilbert-horton\/front\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2647 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/front-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/front-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/front-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2647\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Weekly Democrat-Times, Nov 20, 1875<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n<figure id=\"attachment_5071\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5071\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/gilbert-horton\/hortonletter\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5071\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-5071\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/hortonletter-150x150.png\" alt=\"Letter from Gilbert Horton to Governor Ames, March 1, 1876\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/hortonletter-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/hortonletter-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5071\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Letter to Governor Ames, March 1, 1876<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n<figure id=\"attachment_5862\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5862\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/perry-peyton\/leveemen\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5862\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-5862\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/leveemen-150x150.png\" alt=\"Times-Picayune, January 5, 1884\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/leveemen-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/leveemen-300x298.png 300w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/leveemen-100x100.png 100w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/leveemen.png 572w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5862\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Times-Picayune, January 5, 1884<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n<figure id=\"attachment_2536\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2536\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/l-k-atwood\/daily84\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2536 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/daily84-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/daily84-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/daily84-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2536\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Daily Mississippian, February 4, 1884<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n<figure id=\"attachment_2643\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2643\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/gilbert-horton\/tax\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2643 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/tax-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/tax-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/tax-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2643\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">State Ledger, March 7, 1884<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n<figure id=\"attachment_2645\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2645\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/gilbert-horton\/rr\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2645 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/rr-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/rr-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/rr-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2645\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Weekly Democrat-Times, March 22, 1884<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n<figure id=\"attachment_2587\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2587\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/gilbert-horton\/disen\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2587 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/disen-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/disen-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/disen-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2587\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Vicksburg Herald, November 26, 1884<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n<figure id=\"attachment_2960\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2960\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/john-f-harris\/capture-46\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2960 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Capture-38-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Capture-38-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Capture-38-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2960\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Weekly Democrat-Times, Jan 3, 1885<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n<figure id=\"attachment_3404\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3404\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/james-g-marshall\/capture-151\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3404 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Capture-68-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Capture-68-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Capture-68-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3404\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Weekly Democrat-Times, Oct 10, 1885<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n<figure id=\"attachment_2649\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2649\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/gilbert-horton\/ex\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2649 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/ex-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/ex-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/ex-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2649\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Weekly Democrat-Times, July 17, 1886<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n<figure id=\"attachment_2589\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2589\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/gilbert-horton\/shave\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2589 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/shave-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/shave-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/shave-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2589\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Yazoo Herald, Jul 13, 1888<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n<figure id=\"attachment_2590\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2590\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/gilbert-horton\/gorg\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2590 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/gorg-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/gorg-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/gorg-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2590\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Weekly Democrat-Times, Jan 12, 1889<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n<figure id=\"attachment_2592\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2592\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/gilbert-horton\/pol\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2592 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/pol-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/pol-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/pol-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2592\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Vicksburg Evening Post, October 3, 1892<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n<figure id=\"attachment_2646\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2646\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/gilbert-horton\/symp\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2646 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/symp-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/symp-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/symp-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2646\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Vicksburg Evening Post, July 26, 1894<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n<figure id=\"attachment_2465\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2465\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/gilbert-horton\/clarion2aug1894\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2465 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Clarion2Aug1894-150x110.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"110\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2465\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Clarion Ledger, August 2, 1894<\/figcaption><\/figure>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gilbert Horton (Washington County) State House: 1884-1885 Born: c. 1840 in MississippiDied: July 1894 in Greenville, MS Listed on the 1880 census in Greenville with wife Matilda. 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