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Orange County Indexed

Will of Thomas Horner, Sr.

Will Book F, pages 203–205 · dated 15 June 1841 · proved May 1844

Thomas Horner named wife Sarah, left small sums to three daughters and land to three sons, and appointed William and Jefferson Horner executors.

Kind of paper
Will
Testator
Thomas Horner, Sr. (printed THOMAS HORNER, SR.)
Dated
15 June 1841
Proved
May 1844 court
Family named
Sarah (wife); William Horner (three sons); John Horner (three sons); Jefferson Horner (three sons); William (son); Mary Parker (daughter); Elizabeth Cabe (daughter); Lucretia Holeman (daughter)
Executors
William (son); Jefferson Horner (son)
Witnesses
Francis Epperson; L.C.Ellis ? (Ellus ?)
Land
land on Flat River joining Nathaniel Harris & Elizabeth King
Money and goods
$1 each
Also named
Nathaniel Harris; Elizabeth King

Reading note: William and Jefferson Horner share surname printed once; witness L.C.Ellis ? (Ellus ?) questioned.

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 F, pages 203–205.
  • Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 205.
  • Microfilm at the Orange County Public Library, Wall Local History Collection: reel 80003, “Record of Wills, 1822–1851, Vols. E, F” (State Archives film).
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