SULLIVAN COUNTY, TN - DEEDS - John Tipton to Thomas McCaury and Nathan Shipley
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Sullivan Co., TN, DB 6, p. 438:  John Tipton to Thomas McCaury and Nathan Shipley
Transcribed by Robert Keyes
Feb 16, 2005
Source: LDS FHL film #972707

Know all men by these presents that I John Tipton of the Town of Blountville and
County of Sullivan and State of Tennessee was on the ninth day of September
one thousand Eight hundred and Ten constituted and appointed by George and Joseph
Greenway attorney duly authorised and empowered to sell transfer and dispose of 
in their names two entries of Land made by John Webb Dec'd their Father in law in 
his name in his life time in John Armstrongs office of two thousand five hundred acres
each one entry of No 2546 the other of No 2548 both entries purporting to have been
made the 25th day of May 1784 likewise authorizing me to Draw warrants warrants
thereon or do whatsoever else as I the said John Tipton might think proper in selling
and disposing of said warrants as reference to said  power will fully appear and
whereas the said John Tipton did afterward make application to the Legislature
of the State of Tennessee for an act to authorise the drawing said warrants and
which was granted and the Commissioners authorised to Issue Duplicates therefor
since which I sold to Thomas Hopkins of the County of Sullivan and State aforesaid
three thousand three Hundred acres of good and valid Land warrants in consid=
eration of which he paid me one Thousand six hundred and thirty Dollars and
being desirous of transfering and putting him in possession of the warrants and it being
at this time inconvenient to me to attend in person at the Commissioners Office
where the greater part of the warrants are at this time I do hereby constitute Impow
=er and appoint my friend Thomas McCaury of the Town of Knoxville & Nathan
Shipley of the County of Washington or either of them to make free use of my
name in transfering and subscribing my name as attorney in fact for George
and Joseph Greenways in persurance to their power in me vested to each and
every duplicate warrant in their name issued by the Commissioners of East
Tennessee remaining in Commissioners Office at Knoxville from the before recitted
two warrants of two thousand five hundred acres each to the before mentioned Thomas
Hopkins then deliver the same to him for me & in my name the whole amount
remaining in the Commissioners Office which I am advised is about two thousand
seven hundred and thirty three acres contained in twenty seven warrants the before
named Thomas McCaury or Nathan Shipley is hereby requested and fully authori
=ized to transfer over to him the aforesaid Thomas Hopkins all the right title interest
claim and demand of them the said George & Joseph Greenway and subscribe my name
as before mentioned to the same which shall be as good & valid to all intents &
purposes as if done with my own hand.  In Witness whereof I do hereunto set
my hand and affix my seal this 19th day of August 1814
The word "remaining in Commissioners office  }
at Knoxville two remaining as before men=    }     John Tipton  (seal)
tioned to the same Interlined before signed  }
   Test
John Anderson  James P Hu???

     State of Tennessee Sullivan County August Session 1814  The Execution
of teh above power of attorney from John Tipton to Thomas McCoury and
Nathan Shipley was acknowledged in open Court by the said John Tipton
party thereto let it be Registered
                                    Matthew Rhea Clerk of Sullivan County
     (19th Aug 1814 )               by Matthew Rhea his Deputy

[Note: See also George & Joseph Greenway to John Tipton DB 6-439 date 9 Sep 1813
and NOT 1810 as noted in this power of attorney]

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