Power of attorney: James Allan Morgan to Chesley P. Patterson

James Allan Morgan authorized Chesley P. Patterson to lease, rent or sell his lands before leaving North Carolina.

Kind of paper

Power of attorney

Made by

James Allan Morgan (printed JAMES ALLAN MORGAN)

Dated

19 November 1807

Proved

February 1808 court

To

Chesley P. Patterson

Witnesses

C. Barbee; John Morgan

Land

lands bounded by Lemuel Morgan, Solomon Morgan, Christopher Barbee and Jarratt Yeargin

Places

State of North Carolina

Also named

Lemuel Morgan (boundary owner); Solomon Morgan (boundary owner); Christopher Barbee (boundary owner); Jarratt Yeargin (boundary owner)

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 216.
• Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 35.
• Microfilm at the Orange County Public Library, Wall Local History Collection: reel 80002, “Record of Wills, 1794–1822, Vols. C, D” (State Archives film).