Power of attorney: James Mebane Senior to Alexander Mebane

James Mebane Senior authorized son Alexander Mebane to sell 1,000 Tennessee acres granted for military service.

Kind of paper

Power of attorney

Made by

James Mebane Senior (printed JAMES MEBANE SENIOR), of Orange County, N.C.

Dated

30 November 1803

To

Alexander Mebane (his son; of Orange County, N.C.)

Witness

Archibald Murphey

Land

1000 acres granted by State of North Carolina to me for my military services; in Tennesse (county left blank) on Bartow's (Barton'n ?) Creek

Reading note: Creek alternate reading printed; county blank.

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 D, page 112.
• Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 18.
• Microfilm at the Orange County Public Library, Wall Local History Collection: reel 80002, “Record of Wills, 1794–1822, Vols. C, D” (State Archives film).