Will of Thomas Horn

Thomas Horn named sons and other beneficiaries and left William Horn Senior and John Horn one shilling each.

Kind of paper

Will

Testator

Thomas Horn (printed THOMAS HORN)

Dated

6 April 1792

Proved

May 1792 court

Family named

Thomas Horn (son); James Horn (son)

Also left something

Joshua Horn (Senior); Henry Horn (son of Joshua Horn; young); Nelly Horn (daughter of James Horn); Margery (her mother); William Horn (Senior); John Horn

Witnesses

John Adams; Thomas Holloway

Money and goods

1 shilling each

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 B, page 182.
• 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).
• Also listed in Mark Chilton, “Wills Recorded in Orange County, NC 1756–1893” (Wandering through the NC Piedmont, 2019), an index of the will books with references to the court minutes.
• Microfilm at the Orange County Public Library, Wall Local History Collection: reel 80001, “Record of Wills, 1752–1795, Vols. A, B” (State Archives film).