Written: May 1, 1848
Recorded: November 1848
Orange County
North Carolina
Deed Book 33, Page 183, 184
J A Woods etal to Robert Reding
Know all men by these presents that we Joseph A Woods & Fanny E Woods his wife (formerly Fanny E Ray) and Charles W Ray all of the County of Hardeman & State of Tennessee have made, ordained, constituted & appointed and by the presents do make ordain, constitute & appoint Robert Reding of the County of Orange & State of North Carolina our true & Lawful Attorney for us & in our names to make sale of, and make title to, our undivided Shares & interests in & of a certain tract of Land. Land in said County of Orange belonging to the Estate of Eleanor Ann Ray decd, and which decended to her Lawfull heirs, of which we are two, we hereby authorize our Said Attorney to consult with the other Legal heirs of Said Land, as to the best made of making Sale thereo, whether publicly or privetly, or whether for ready Money or on a Credit, as to them may Seem most beneficial to all concerned, and after a Sale shall be effected & made, to make & Execute to the purchaser a good and Bonafide title in Law to our respective shares as if we were present, and to receive from the purchaser our respective shares thereof in Money, and receipt & grant discharge there
for in Our names, and if Need be to Sue for, recover & receive the Same and hold it Subject to our Orders, and further we hereby authorize our Said Attorney to Settle with & receive from the administrator of Said Estate our respective shares thereof when the same may become due and grant discharges in our names respectively for the Same, and if necessary for the accomplish ment of the above purposes, an Attorney or Attorneys under him to make & revoke at pleasure, Hereby ratifying whatever our Attorney or Attorneys under him may Lawfully do in the prmises.
And further we advise & instruct our Said Attorney that if Upon Consultation with the Other heirs & Legatees of the Said Eleanor Ann Ray decd and they are all Willing, and Legally fairly agree thereto, then & in that case we agree, Consent and direct that Martha Jane, Daughter of Joanna Ray decd, who was a daughter of said Eleanor Ann Ray decd, shall be deemed & taken as a lawful heir standing in the place of her deceased Mother as if she had been living at her Mothers Death (But if, they are not all Willing we are not)
In Witness whereof we hereto set our hands & seals this first day of May 1848
Witness Jos. A Woods (Seal)
Test her
E Polk ) Fanny X E Woods (Seal)
George Wood ) mark
Charles W Ray (Seal)
State of Tennessee)
Hardeman County )
Personally appeared before me R P Neely Clerk of the County Court of Said County Joseph A Woods & Charles W Ray two of the parties to the above Power of Attorney with whom I am personally acquainted and who duly acknowledged the Execution of the same to be their Act & Deed for the purposes therein Expressed and upon the day of its date, and also appeared before me Fanny E Woods the other party to the above, and Wife of J A Woods with whom I am acquainted, and having been examined privetly Seperate & apart from her Said husband acknowledges the Execution of the Same to be her Act & Deed for the purposes therein Expressed understandingly, Knowingly & without restraint, compulsion or Coercion on the part of her said husband, and upon the day of its date.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the Seal of my office this first day of May AD 1848
R P Neely Clk
(seal)
State of Tennessee )
Hardeman County )
I Isiah Teague Chairman & presiding Justice of the County Court of the aforesaid County do hereby certify that R P Neely whose certificate appears to the foregoing is Clk of our Said Court and was at the time of Signing the Same, and that his certificate is in due form and that due faith & Credit
should be given all his Official Acts as Such Given under my hand & private Seal, having no Seal of Office this first May AD 1848.
J Teague Chm (Seal)
State of Tennessee )
Hardeman County )
I R P Neely Clk of the County Court of Said County do hereby – that Josiah Teague Esq whose Certificate appears above, is & was Chairman & presiding Justice of our County Court, duly Elected [etc] and that his certificate is in due form and that due faith & Credit is due his official acts as such In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the Seal of my Office (seal) done at Office this 1st May 1848
R P Neely Clk
Orange County Nov Term 1848
The Within power of Attorney was produced in Open Court & the Certificates thereo annexed appearing to the Court to be in due form
of Law, it is Ordered by the Said Court that the said Power of Attorney with the accompayning certificates be registered
Teste J Allison CCC
Additional Comments:
Joseph E Woods
Fanny E Woods (formerly Fanny E Ray)
Charles W Ray
Eleanor Ann Ray decd
Submitted by Jacqueline Wilkerson, September 5, 2009.
