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Power of attorney: James Williams to John Estes and others

Will Book A, page 380 · dated 6 October 1787 · proved August 1788

James Williams appointed John Estes and John Williams as attorneys.

Kind of paper
Power of attorney
Made by
James Williams (printed JAMES WILLIAMS), late of Hillsborough in North Carolina but now in Washington in the County of Wilkes and State of Georgia Esquire
Dated
6 October 1787
Proved
August 1788 court
In the court minutes
To
John Estes (of Hillsborough, Esquire); John Williams (Esq. of Chatham Co., N.C.)
Witness
Thomas Watts
Places
Hillsborough; North Carolina; Washington; County of Wilkes; State of Georgia; Chatham Co., N.C.

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 380.
  • 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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