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Orange County Indexed

Power of attorney: Martha Strudwick to Henry Shepperd

Will Book B, page 286 · dated 27 October 1794

Martha Strudwick appointed Henry Shepperd to sue for money due from people in Georgia.

Kind of paper
Power of attorney
Made by
Martha Strudwick (printed MARTHA STRUDWICK), of N.C. (sole Executrix of Samuel deceased)
Dated
27 October 1794
Proved
Date not given
In the court minutes
To
Henry Shepperd (of N.C.)
Witnesses
Wm. Shepperd; Morgan Hart (?)
Places
state of Georgia in America
Also named
Samuel (deceased); Michael Watley (money due from); Robert Christmas (money due from)

Reading note: Probate year incomplete; source questions Morgan Hart (?).

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 286.
  • 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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