Orange County Indexed
Power of attorney: James Sheppard to William Francis Strudwick
Will Book C, page 115 · dated 31 October 1797 · proved May 1798
James Sheppard appointed William Francis Strudwick to receive an unnamed enslaved person from Andrew Murdock.
- Kind of paper
- Power of attorney
- Made by
- James Sheppard (printed JAMES SHEPPARD), of Washington Co., Ga.
- Dated
- 31 October 1797
- Proved
- May 1798 court
- In the court minutes
- To
- William Francis Strudwick (of Orange Co., N.C.)
- Witnesses
- Jarret Groce; H. Shepard
- Enslaved people not named
- An enslaved person
- Also named
- Andrew Murdock (transferor; of Orange 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 C, page 115.
- 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 80002, “Record of Wills, 1794–1822, Vols. C, D” (State Archives film).
