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Power of attorney: George Charles to Joseph Gibson

Will Book D, page 424 · dated 22 July 1813 · proved February 1815

George Charles authorized Joseph Gibson to collect his share of his father Michael Charles’s estate.

Kind of paper
Power of attorney
Made by
George Charles (printed GEORGE CHARLES), of Russell Co., Va.
Dated
22 July 1813
Proved
February 1815 court
Family named
Michael Charles (my father; lately deceased of Orange County)
To
JOSEPH GIBSON (of Guilford Co., N.C.)
Witnesses
Andrew Gibson; Zachariah Phillips

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 424.
  • Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 62.
  • 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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