Power of Attorney - Braxton Sammons to Groves Sammons Submitted for use in USGenWeb Project Archives by Russell L. Lawrence Power of Attorney - Braxton Sammons to Groves Sammons (Deed Book L, page 458, Sussex Co.VA,) Know all men by these presents that I Braxton Sammons of the County of Rowan, State of North Carolina do by these presents authorise and empower my Brother Grove Sammons of the County of Rowan and State aforesaid to sell and dispose of all my right interest and claim to my wife Nancy's part of a tract of land lying in Sussex County in the Commonwealth of Virginia and which descended to her by the death of her father Hardy Pate and to make conveyances in fee simple for the land aforesaid for me and in my name the whole tract of land is supposed to contain three hundred acres and lies in Poplar Swamp,and I do authorize and empower my said Attorney to receive whatever rents may be coming to me from the land aforesaid and to grant acquittances and receipts for the same in the same manner as though I were personally present. In witness whereof I have herewith set my hand and affixed my Seal this 6th day of February A.D. 1815. Braxton(hisxmark)Sammons (Seal) State of North Carolina, Rowan County} Braxton Sammons this day personally appeared before us two of the Justices of the peace for said County and acknowledged the foregoing Power of Attorney to be his act and deed February 6th 1815. L.Beard J.P. Moses A.Socke J.P. State of North Carolina, Rowan County} I John Giles Clerk of the Court of pleas and quarter sesions of Rowan County do hereby certify that L____ Beard and Moses A.Socke Esquires who have certified the acknowledgement of the within Power of Attorney are and have been legal acting Justices of the Peace in and for the County of Rowan duly commissioned and qualified, and that all due faith and credit is due and ought to be paid to their official acts. In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand affixed the seal of said Court at office in Salisbury the 6th day of February 1815. Jno.Giles C.C. State of North Carolina, Rowan County} I John Murphy one of the acting Justices of the Peace for said County do certify that John Giles is Clerk of our Court of pleas and quarter sessions for the County of Rowan, and that all due faith and credit is due and ought to be paid to his offical act.Salisbury 6th February 1815. J.Murphy J.P. (Seal) On the 4th day of May 1815 This Power of Attorney from Braxton Sammons to Groves Sammons was returned with the certificate thereto annexed and recorded in the Clerks office of Sussex County Court. Teste J.C.Bailey Clk. ************************************************************************ USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. ************************************************************************