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Orange County Indexed

Power of attorney: Samuel Strudwick to Henry Shepperd

Will Book B, page 245 · dated 24 November 1793 · proved November 1793

Samuel Strudwick appointed Henry Shepperd to collect sums due from people in Georgia.

Kind of paper
Power of attorney
Made by
Samuel Strudwick (printed SAMUEL STRUDWICK), of the State of N.C., Planter
Dated
24 November 1793
Proved
November 1793 court
To
Henry Shepperd (of the State of N.C.)
Witnesses
Wm. Shepperd; W.F.Strudwick
Places
State of Georgia in America
Also named
Michael Wooley (sums due from); Robert Christmass (sums due from)

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 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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