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Orange County Indexed

Power of attorney: Mary (x) Wilson to William Cocke (Cooke ?)

Will Book D, page 48 · dated 17 June 1801 · proved August 1801

Mary Wilson appointed William Cocke attorney.

Kind of paper
Power of attorney
Made by
Mary (x) Wilson (printed MARY (x) WILSON)
Dated
17 June 1801
Proved
August 1801 court
To
William Cocke (Cooke ?) (trusty friend)
Witnesses
John McCanless; Abraham Moore

Reading note: Source questions alternate surname Cooke ?.

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 48.
  • Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 6.
  • 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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