Orange County NcArchives Wills.....Aspen, Thomas November 17, 1803 ************************************************ 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: Ben Franklin ben.franklin.ffru@gmail.com May 2024 Source: Will Book Volume D, page 113 Written: November 17, 1803 Recorded: Nov 1803 Assignor: Patsey Atkinson Assignee: Alexander Murphey [Will Book Volume D, page 113] Know ye to whom these presents Shall come that I Patsey At- kinson of the County of Caswell and State of North Carolina of the one part and Alexander Murphey of the County and State aforesaid of the other part witnesseth that whereas it hath ap- peared from an a[d]vertisement published some time past in Joseph Gales Raleigh Register that Robert Atkinson late of Wayne County is dead and that his estate descended to those who were next nearest of Kin to the said Ran- som be it Known therefor that the Said Patsey Atkins- -on sister of the said Ransom Atkinson hath nomin- ated constituted and appointed the aforesaid Alexander Murphey her true and lawful Attorney for Her and in her name to ask demand sue for recover and receive all such Sum or Sums of Money which may be due to her by Virtue of Her Legacy which descend[s] to her agreeable to Law which Legacy was in the Hands of Simp -son Smith or of some other person of whom he would give infor mation as appeared from the aforesaid Advertisement and the aforesaid Patsey Adkinson doth hereby ratify and confirm whatsoever the said Alexander Murphey may do Touching the prem ises as to receiving the aforesaid Legacy and discharges and acquita -ncies to make for the same as fully and amply as she ould do were she personally present in testimony whereof the said Patsey Adkin son hath hereunto set her hand and seal this 17th day of November in the twenty eighth year of American independance AD 1803 Teste Solomon Parks Patsey Atkinson (seal) Additional Comments: Will Book Volume D, page 113 Recorded Nov 1803