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Deed: George Horner to James Horner

Will Book A, page 354 · dated 17 February 1785 · proved May 1785

George Horner conveyed a plantation to son James Horner.

Kind of paper
Deed
Made by
George Horner (printed GEORGE HORNER)
Dated
17 February 1785
Proved
May 1785 court
To
James Horner (son)
Witnesses
Thomas Hunter; George Horner, Jr.
Land
plantation

Names and places are given as the abstract writes them, spelling and all. This record has not been checked against the will book.

Where to find it

  • Orange County Will Book A, page 354.
  • Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded 1752 through 1800 in Orange County, North Carolina, Will Books A, B and C (Davie Poplar Chapter NSDAR, revised edition 1966).
  • Microfilm at the Orange County Public Library, Wall Local History Collection: reel 80001, “Record of Wills, 1752–1795, Vols. A, B” (State Archives film).
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