1772 Joseph Woodmas, Receiver-general, gave notice that he would collect quit rents from the proprieters of lands, named as follows: ...at Horton, the 5th and 6th atht eh house of John Bishop junior... [1]
1815 On "1 Sep. at Horton: John Bishop, Esq., 86; a first settler of Horton" died. [2]
[1] J. J. Stewart, "Early Journalism in Nova Scotia," Collections of the Nova Scotia Historical Society 6 (1888), 113, [GoogleBooks].
[2] Terrance M. Punch, compiler, Nova Scotia Vital Statistics from Newspapers, 1813-1822 (Halifax, Nova Scotia: Genealogical Committee of the Nova Scotia Historical Society, 1978), Item 569, reported in N.S.R.G. [Nova Scotia Royal Gazette], Wed., 13 Sep. 1815.