Power of attorney: Thomas House or Horne to William Holt

Thomas House or Horne appointed William Holt attorney and revoked John Strowd’s administration of his deceased son’s estate.

Kind of paper

Power of attorney

Made by

Thomas House or Horne (printed THOMAS HOUSE or HORNE), formerly of Orange County, N.C. but now of Chester District in the State of South Carolina

Dated

21 June 1811

Family named

LILLTLEBURY HORNE ? (deceased son)

To

William Holt

Witness

B.A.Rainey

Places

Orange County, N.C.; Chester District; State of South Carolina; North Carolina

Also named

John Strowd (administrator)

Reading note: Maker has alternate surname; son LILLTLEBURY HORNE ? questioned. No probate date supplied.

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 300.
• Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 45.
• Microfilm at the Orange County Public Library, Wall Local History Collection: reel 80002, “Record of Wills, 1794–1822, Vols. C, D” (State Archives film).