William Stout Zornes

Veteran of War of 1812. William S. Zornes served as Private, 106th Regiment, 10th Regiment (Boswells) Kentucky Militia, Capt. John Phillip's Company. Served in the Sandusky, Ohio, Lake Erie area, during the Battle of Lake Erie, also Fort Malden, Upper Canada, 1814. He served on Lake Erie with Commodore Perry, when they defeated the British. Noted as superior marksman and sharpshooter (Kentucky militia were used as shipboard marines to shoot officers and gun crews of British ships). Discharged in Seneca. His records are in the National Archives in Washington, D. C.

He owned a lumber mill in Lewis Co., KY.

He was an early landowner in Rush County, Indiana with Patent #2859 signed by Pres. John Quincy Adams.

He owned a lumber mill in Lewis Co., KY.

He was an early landowner in Rush County, Indiana with Patent #2859 signed by Pres. John Quincy Adams.

His probate records are located in Rush County, Indiana, and John Zornes was the administrator. Children of both marriages received a portion of his estate. (Donna Tauber)

Patent 7098 for 160 acres September 1826 Patent 7099 for 80 acres September 1826 (John B Sellers, Dec 2015) Inscription: Grave marker reads, "William S. Zornes, died April 24, 1848, age 67 yrs and 9 mos."

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