Skip to content

Orange County Indexed

Power of attorney: Ezekiel Mace to Edmond Brannock

Will Book C, page 3 · dated 24 May 1794

Ezekiel Mace and John Darris and his wife appointed Edmond Brannock to sell inherited property in Maryland.

Kind of paper
Power of attorney
Made by
Ezekiel Mace
Dated
24 May 1794
In the court minutes
To
Edmond Brannock (of Dorchester Co. Md.)
Witnesses
Hardy Hurdle; Stephen Mareign; Jacob Etterton; Alex. Robbs
Land
Grace Ridings
Places
Dorchester County, Md.; Maryland
Also named
Angel Mace (only surviving children of Josias Mace); Angel Darris (only surviving children of Josias Mace); Josias Mace (father; deceased; heretofore of Dorchester County, Md.); John Brannock (property owner; of Maryland); Lewis Woolford (previous sellers); Mary (previous sellers)

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 3.
  • 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).
Two mice reading back to back against a leaf, with the hand-lettered words Friends of the Orange County Public Library
Illustration by Caldecott Medalist Matthew Cordell, gifted to the Friends 2026