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Power of attorney: Casan Swindle to Christopher Swindle

Will Book D, page 218 · dated 28 October 1805 · proved February 1808

Casan Swindle granted Christopher Swindle power of attorney.

Kind of paper
Power of attorney
Made by
Casan Swindle (printed CASAN SWINDLE), of Orange County, N.C.
Dated
28 October 1805
Proved
February 1808 court
To
Christopher Swindle (of Orange County, N.C.)
Witness
James Mebane, Jr.

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 218.
  • 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).
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