Duck Horn was born about 1770 in Wayne County, North Carolina. Last name at birth is the surname of the Slave Holder, Henry Horn.
Henry Horn - 1790 Census, Wayne Co., NC: 5 Enslaved People.
Duck is mentioned with other enslaved persons in Henry Horn's Will: 1798 Will:
"Item I give and bequeath to my Negroes, Will & Jude, their freedom & to them two Cows, two sows and piggs to their only use and benefit.
Item my will & desire respecting my other negroes (To wit) Isaac, Shadrach, Meshack, Duck or Patience, is that if at any time the laws of our Country will admit of their freedom, then they shall be free, but until then, I do hereby deorile (sp?) them in the care of my Executors as Gargians [guardian] over them, and my Executors hereafter named are hereby authorized to direct them in all cases with equal authority as if I had made an absolute legace of them, to them, yet not so as to sell them for gain.
Item I do constitute & appoint my sons Jacob, Thomas, and Jeremiah Horn executors of this my last Will & Testament..."
Henry Horn Horn-452 - pre-1798, Wayne County, North Carolina
Jacob Horn-5947, Thomas Horn-770, and Jeremiah Horn Horn-3919 - 1798 - Wayne County, North Carolina