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Suit: Thomas Horn Jr, James B Horn, Horn

29 May 1792 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

A jury upheld Thomas Horn Sr’s will in Thomas Horn Jr’s dispute with James B Horn and another Horn; a new trial followed.

Kind of business
Suit
Court
May 1792 term, 29 May 1792
People
Jurors
James Lapsley; Robinson Mumford; Joseph Baker; Wm Gant; Wm Patterson; Samuel Shaw; Jno Estis; Rob’t Tinnenn; James Carr; James Tate; David Mebane; Edmond Long
Will book
OWB B/183
Elsewhere in the minutes
OCPQS 4/420: May 1792 term →

Reading note: The second defendant’s given name was unreadable.

Names and places are given as the source writes them. This record has not been checked against the original minute book.

Where to find it

  • Minute book 4, page 420
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the May 1792 term
  • Original: State Archives of North Carolina, Orange County court minutes (CR.073.301).
  • Microfilm at the Orange County Public Library, Wall Local History Collection: reel 30002, “County Court Minutes, 1777–1795” (State Archives film).
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