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Bill of sale: James Barton (or Boston) Horne to Archibald Horne

Will Book D, page 615 · dated 4 May 1817 · proved February 1819

James Barton or Boston Horne sold a gray mare colt to Archibald Horne for one hundred fifty dollars.

Kind of paper
Bill of sale
Made by
James Barton (or Boston) Horne (printed JAMES BARTON (or BOSTON) HORNE)
Dated
4 May 1817
Proved
February 1819 court
To
ARCHIBALD HORNE
Witnesses
Reuben Carden; Jacob Lemmons
Money and goods
a gray mare colt, $150

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 D, page 615.
  • Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 98.
  • Microfilm at the Orange County Public Library, Wall Local History Collection: reel 80002, “Record of Wills, 1794–1822, Vols. C, D” (State Archives film).
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