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Power of attorney: Thomas Brooks to And’w Brooks

Will Book D, page 24 · dated 26 February 1801

Thomas Brooks revoked the unused power of attorney he had given his son in 1784.

Kind of paper
Power of attorney
Made by
Thomas Brooks (printed THOMAS BROOKS), of the Town of Hillsborough
Dated
26 February 1801
To
And’w Brooks (his son)

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 24.
  • Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958).
  • 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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