Botetourt County, VA Deed Book 19 , pp. 323-324.

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Botetourt County, VA Deed Book 19 , pp. 323-324.

Know all men by these presents that I Benjamin Smith of the County of Kanawha
and Commonwealth of Virginia do Authorise Constitute and appoint and by these
presents have authorised Contributed and appointed my son Aron Smith my true
and lawful agent and attorney in fact to Ask demand sue for and receive from
the Executors or administrators of my mother Hannah Smith and my two Brothers
Aaron & David Smith all three of whom were late last named of the County of
Botetourt in said Commonwealth Decd all my part and right of the several
Estates of the said Hannah Aaron & David to which I am entitled by law and
should have been no will or wills made by the said Decd and no letters of
administration taken Out I do further authorize and empower my said agent and
attorney to take such steps with my Ca[hean] or others in possession of said
Estate or Estates or any part thereof as will be requisite and necessary to
procure my part thereof hereby ratifying and confirming all acts whatever which
my said attorney may lawfully do in the premises and his receipts given for
said part or parts of said Estate or Estates to be binding on me my Heirs
Executors administrators and assigns to all intents and purposes whatever as
fully and compleately as if I ware personally present and acting in the same in
Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal this 6th day of
October 1828

                                                    Benjamin Smith (x his mark)

Kanawha County to wit
     We Daniel Ruffner and John P. Turner Justices of the peace in the County
aforesaid in the state of Virginia do hereby certify that benjamin Smith a
party to the foregoing power of attorney bearing date October the 6th 1828 and
hereunto annexed personally appeared before us in Our County aforesaid and
acknowledged the same to be his Act & Deed and desired us to Certify the said
acknowledgement to the Clerk of the County Court of Botetourt in Order that the
said Power of attorney be recorded  Given under our hands and seals this the
7th day of October 1828.

                                             Daniel Ruffner (seal)
                                             John P. Turner (seal)

I authorise James L. Wood as my attorney to take [       ] steps for which I
might have taken for affecting the Object of the within power 21st February
1829

                                                   Aaron Smith (x his mark)
Teste    E Sweetland

Botetourt County Court Clerks office 7th April 1830 this Instrument of Writing
together with the certificate theron written respecting the acknowledgement
thereof was this day exhibited in said office and admitted to record
                                   Teste H. W. Bowyer DC

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