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Orange County Indexed

Power of attorney: Hadawick (x) Davis to John Latta

Will Book A, page 304 · dated 4 July 1782 · proved August 1784

Hadawick Davis authorized John Latta to sell land in Orange and Mecklenburg counties.

Kind of paper
Power of attorney
Made by
Hadawick (x) Davis (printed HADAWICK (x) DAVIS), spinster, of Orange
Dated
4 July 1782
Proved
August 1784 court
To
John Latta (of Orange)
Witnesses
John Davis; Robert Davis
Land
lands in Orange and Mecklenburg counties
Places
Orange; Mecklenburg counties

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 304.
  • 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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