Power of attorney: John Morgan to John Grant Rencher

John Morgan appointed John Grant Rencher to manage his plantation and mentioned unnamed children.

Kind of paper

Power of attorney

Made by

John Morgan (printed JOHN MORGAN)

Dated

3 March 1791

Proved

February 1791 court

A second reading

As the abstract prints them, the will was proved before it was dated, so one of the dates is wrong. Check the will book to settle it.

To

John Grant Rencher (trusty friend)

Witnesses

Henry (x) Sears; Jacob Flowers (Jr.); Mark Morgan

Reading note: Questioned writing date follows probate term.

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 B, page 117.
• 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).