John Thomas Horne: Examining a Murder Legend

This entry is part of the 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks series.  This week’s prompt is Legend.  To see other posts in this series, view my 52 Ancestors in 2019 index


A legend is a traditional story regarded as historical but is unauthenticated. I have a family legend I’d love to prove — the supposed murder of my great-grandfather John Thomas Horne by his step-father William Silas Johnston.

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