Power of attorney: Samuel Thompson to John Boyle Junior

Samuel Thompson authorized John Boyle Junior to sell 400 Virginia acres entered at Samuel Findley’s instance.

Kind of paper

Power of attorney

Made by

Samuel Thompson (printed SAMUEL THOMPSON), weaver, of Orange County N.C.

Dated

26 November 1803

Proved

November 1803 court

To

John Boyle Junior (of Orange County)

Witnesses

James Davis; James Palson ?

Land

400 acres in Beautort Co., Va.

Also named

Samuel Findley (of the County of Beautfort)

Reading note: Beautort / Beautfort place spelling indistinct; James Palson ? uncertain as printed.

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 113.
• 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).