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Orange County Indexed

Power of attorney: Joseph Hart to James Moore

Will Book D, page 29 · dated 16 February 1801 · proved February 1801

Joseph Hart appointed James Moore to collect debts and accounts in Orange and Rockingham Counties.

Kind of paper
Power of attorney
Made by
Joseph Hart (printed JOSEPH HART), of Caswell County, N.C.
Dated
16 February 1801
Proved
February 1801 court
In the court minutes
To
JAMES MOORE (my trusty friend; Capt; of Orange County, N.C.)
Witnesses
H. Brown; John Murray
Places
Orange and Rockingham Counties, N.C.

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 29.
  • Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 2.
  • 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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