Guilford County NcArchives Court.....Rae - Deceased, William 1789 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/nc/ncfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Connie Ardrey n/a February 28, 2009, 7:40 pm Source: Colonial Records Written: 1789 Acts of the North Carolina General Assembly, 1789 November 02, 1789 - December 22, 1789 Volume 25, Pages 1 - 63 CHAPTER XLIV. An Act to authorize James Billingsby to execute a Deed or Deeds of Conveyance, agreeable to a Power of Attorney and the Last Will and Testament of William Rea, late of Guilford County, deceased. Whereas, William Rea, late of Guilford county, deceased, did in his lifetime execute a power of attorney, bearing date the third day of February one thousand seven hundred and eighty-nine, unto James Billingsby, empowering him to execute a deed or deeds of conveyance to every person or persons to whom he the said William Rea sold lands on the waters of Cumberland river, or in Guilford county, in this state; which power of attorney he the said William Rea recognized by his last will and testament: I. Be it therefore enacted by the General Assembly of the State of North Carolina, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That James Billingsby is hereby authorized and empowered to execute a deed or deeds of conveyance, agreeably to the power of attorney aforesaid and the last will and testament of the said William Rea, deceased; which deed or deeds so executed as aforesaid, shall be as good and valid in law as if the said William Rea, deceased, had in his lifetime executed the same; any law, usage, or custom to the contrary notwithstanding. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/guilford/court/raedecea920wl.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/ncfiles/ File size: 2.0 Kb