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Power of attorney: Jacob Albright to Thomas Powell

Will Book D, page 375 · dated 27 April 1812 · proved August 1812

Jacob Albright authorized Thomas Powell to collect from the executors of his father Ludwick Albright’s estate.

Kind of paper
Power of attorney
Made by
Jacob Albright (printed JACOB ALBRIGHT), of Madison County Georgia
Dated
27 April 1812
Proved
August 1812 court
In the court minutes
Family named
LUDOWICK ALBRIGHT (my father)
To
THOMAS POWELL (of Orange Co., N.C.)
Witnesses
Jas. Patterson; Thomas Kirk

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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