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Orange County Indexed

Power of attorney: Benjamin Peeler to John Grant Rencher

Will Book D, page 124 · dated 2 April 1804

Benjamin Peeler appointed John Grant Rencher of the City of Wake his attorney.

Kind of paper
Power of attorney
Made by
Benjamin Peeler (printed BENJAMIN PEELER)
Dated
2 April 1804
To
John Grant Rencher (of the City of Wake)
Witnesses
Thos. (x) Browning; John (x) May

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 124.
  • Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 20.
  • Microfilm at the Orange County Public Library, Wall Local History Collection: reel 80002, “Record of Wills, 1794–1822, Vols. C, D” (State Archives film).
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