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Power of attorney: John Atkinson to Westward A. Jones

Will Book D, page 454 · dated 28 July 1808 · proved February 1816

John Atkinson authorized Westward A. Jones to collect state pay and bounty lands owed for his Continental Line service.

Kind of paper
Power of attorney
Made by
John Atkinson (printed JOHN ATKINSON)
Dated
28 July 1808
Proved
February 1816 court
To
WESTWARD A. JONES
Witnesses
Wm. Leathers; John Darby
Land
bounty lands

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 454.
  • Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 84.
  • 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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