Power of attorney: John (x) Gee to Hanson Coulter

John Gee authorized Hanson Coulter to collect a legacy from Thomas Odian’s estate.

Kind of paper

Power of attorney

Made by

John (x) Gee (printed JOHN (x) GEE), planter of Rollins Fork of Salt River in Casey County, Kentucky

Dated

9 April 1812

Proved

August 1812 court

To

HANSON COULTER (of Orange Co., N.C.)

Witness

John Pendergrass

Places

Rollins Fork; Salt River; Casey County, Kentucky; Chatham Co., N.C.

Also named

Thomas Odian (?) (estate)

Reading note: Thomas Odian (?) questioned on page.

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 374.
• Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 55.
• Microfilm at the Orange County Public Library, Wall Local History Collection: reel 80002, “Record of Wills, 1794–1822, Vols. C, D” (State Archives film).