COURT: Downing, Power of Attorney, 1792 - Mercer County, Kentucky ------------------------------------------------- Submitted to the USGW Kentucky Archives by: Carmen Finley finleyc@sonoma.edu ------------------------------------------------- Rachel Downing gives Power of Attorney to Andrew Downing to convey 600 acres on Elkhorn River, from Robert Sawyers of Montgomery County, VA, 29 August 1792, Mercer County KY, Book 1:416-417. Mercer County to wit To all whom these presents Shall come Greeting Know ye that for divers causes me hereunto moving I do Ordain constitute and appoint my trusty friend Andrew Downing of Lincoln County and State aforesaid my Lawful attorney investing him with my full power and authority to ask and Demand in my name a Deed of Conveyance for Six Hundred acres of land to be chosen out of a thousand lying near the forks of Elkhorn in the State aforesaid of Robert Sawyers of Montgomery County Virginia and in case of refusal or non compliance to sue or take such steps for the obtaining said land of said Sawyers as I myself might legally take were I personally present and by these presents I do confirm ratify and acknowledge all that my said attorney Shall legally do in my name in and about the Premisses given under my hand this 29 of August 1792 her Rachel x Downing (seal) mark Teste William Gains John Tomplin Mercer Sct August Court 1792 This Power of Attorney was acknowledged by Rachel Downing a party thereto to be her act and Deed and ordered to be Recorded Teste Tho. Allin CPJ c:\docs\kentucky\downky4.txt aaa0326 ============================================================================= USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free genealogical information on the Internet, data may be freely used for personal research and by non-commercial entities as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may not be reproduced in any format or presentation by other organizations or persons.Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for profit or any form of presentation, must obtain the written consent of the file submitter, or his legal representative and then contact the listed USGENWEB archivist with proof of this consent.