Christian Hörquist, from Halland to Skåne?

[Scott Johnson]

OK, this one might be a little more difficult.

Christian Hörquist was a husar representing Råga Hörstad in Asmundtorp socken (Skåne).
In most of the Asmundtorp clerical surveys in which Christian appears, his birth date is listed as 1/3 1784, with birth place "Halland". Just Halland.

However, in his very first appearance in the church books, in 1808-11, a notation in the right-hand column says "Wata[?] 1784. d: 1. Jan:" 

Any thoughts on where this might be? Was he really from Halland?

I do not know Christian's patronymic, sadly.

Here are links to the page with the image:
https://sok.riksarkivet.se/bildvisning/C0063667_00105#?c=&m=&s=&cv=104&xywh=3802%2C3947%2C1887%2C829
https://app.arkivdigital.se/volume/v108260?image=96

[Jörgen Tollesson]

It's not a place.

"Nata" (latin) = born.

[Scott Johnson]

Undoubtedly true. I was thrown off because the Latin word does not appear in other notations on the page, and some of those notations include the place name before the date. Also, that N really does look like a W, though not like the other Ws on the page.

For what it's worth, I later realized that "Nata", being the feminine form, had to refer to Christian's wife on the next line. Checking other pages I found that the birth dates of males were generally noted with "Nat:" (rather than "Natus").

So...back to Halland. Is it the län, or a local place name?

[Lennart Altin]

And to make it even harder to find his birthplace they have written that he is a "Skåning" in "Generalmönsterrullan" = Militairy scroll. This means that he could have been born in any of the parishes of Skåne. Skåne and Halland are both Landscapes/Regions.

https://sok.riksarkivet.se/bildvisning/A0028935_00194#?c=&m=&s=&cv=193&xywh=707%2C206%2C3174%2C2490