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Orange County Indexed

Power of attorney: Mark M. Yeargin to Bartlett Yeargin

Will Book D, page 375 · dated 13 September 1812 · proved November 1812

Mark M. Yeargin authorized brother Bartlett Yeargin to sell Wilkes County land.

Kind of paper
Power of attorney
Made by
Mark M. Yeargin (printed MARK M. YEARGIN), of Orange County, N.C.
Dated
13 September 1812
Proved
November 1812 court
To
BARTLETT YEARGIN (his brother)
Witness
James Forsythe
Land
land in Wilkes County, 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 375.
  • 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).
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