Josiah Horne (Shelby Co., TN, sheriff, magistrate, and justice of the peace)
b. 1807?
Shelby County, Tennessee, sheriff, magistrate, and justice of the peace. Georgia native. Married to Susan Horne. Father of Louisa Horne, James Horne, Frances Horne, Susan Horne, Apie Horne, Henry Horne, and Edward Horne. Sheriff in Shelby County, Tennessee, in 1850. Magistrate in Memphis in 1860. Justice of the Peace in Shelby County in 1861.
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- Male
- Race
- White
Bibliography
Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Tennessee, Shelby County, District 5, p. 83B.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis Ward 2, p. 72.
KYR-0001-022-0004.
Citation
Horne, Josiah. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32211834 (November 12, 2026).
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