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Power of attorney: D. Witherspoon to William Nash

Will Book B, page 246 · dated 22 October 1792 · proved November 1793

D. Witherspoon appointed William Nash to sell land on Flat River.

Kind of paper
Power of attorney
Made by
D. Witherspoon (printed D. WITHERSPOON)
Dated
22 October 1792
Proved
November 1793 court
To
William Nash (Esq.)
Witness
Wm. Courtney
Land
land on Flat River in Orange County, N.C.
Places
Flat River; Orange County, 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 B, page 246.
  • 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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