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Orange County Indexed

Power of attorney: Samuel Turrentine to John Taylor and others

Will Book D, pages 4–4 · dated 27 January 1814 · proved February 1814

Samuel Turrentine appointed John Taylor and Thomas Clancy attorneys.

Kind of paper
Power of attorney
Made by
Samuel Turrentine (printed SAMUEL TURRENTINE), of the town of Hillsborough
Dated
27 January 1814
Proved
February 1814 court
To
JOHN TAYLOR; THOMAS CLANCY (ESQ.)
Witness
Wm. Norwood

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, pages 4–4.
  • Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 59.
  • 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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