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Orange County Indexed

Power of attorney: John Rutledge to William Blount

Will Book A, page 245 · dated 3 May 1784 · proved May 1784

John Rutledge empowered William Blount to collect money owed by John Cruden.

Kind of paper
Power of attorney
Made by
John Rutledge (printed JOHN RUTLEDGE), Esq, of Charleston, S.C.
Dated
3 May 1784
Proved
May 1784 court
To
William Blount (Col.; of North Carolina)
Witnesses
John Rutledge, Jr.; Samuel Gruben ?
Places
Charleston, S.C.; North Carolina
Also named
John Cruden (Esq. late of North Carolina)

Reading note: Witness Samuel Gruben ? uncertain.

Names and places are given as the abstract writes them, spelling and all. This record has not been checked against the will book.

Where to find it

  • Orange County Will Book A, page 245.
  • Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded 1752 through 1800 in Orange County, North Carolina, Will Books A, B and C (Davie Poplar Chapter NSDAR, revised edition 1966).
  • Microfilm at the Orange County Public Library, Wall Local History Collection: reel 80001, “Record of Wills, 1752–1795, Vols. A, B” (State Archives film).
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