Power of Attorney for Various Soldiers
Document 1791Power of attorney for various soldiers and officers.
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[undecipherable] and [undecipherable] County [undecipherable] I certify that [undecipherable] Johnson [undecipherable] before the [undecipherable] was acknowledged as a Justice of the peace and of the Court of Common pleas in and for the said county [undecipherable] to be as fully and absolutely and completely to all [undecipherable] County files under my hands and the Publick [undecipherable] of the said County of Cumberland the 15 Day March in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and [undecipherable] on [undecipherable]
[undecipherable: William Lynn Ray?]
[undecipherable] commissioned officers and Privates of the [undecipherable] to be found in Pursuance of the [undecipherable] act Rosters of Groups [undecipherable] are under orders to be made, contain, complete and appoint our truly found John Duncan [undecipherable] and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to have a Power of Attorney for us and in our name to apply for and receive our and each of our [undecipherable] constituting and appointing him our said attorney by these presents all [undecipherable] fulfilling to be as fully and absolutely and completely to all [undecipherable] the same for them and divers all and doing the [undecipherable] and Things that were [undecipherable] as at any time before to be done [undecipherable] and in testimony [undecipherable] we have hereunto [undecipherable]
March 1791
[Left column — names with military rank/unit:]
Harvey De[undecipherable]
James Loch[undecipherable]
[undecipherable] Samuel Camp[undecipherable]
George [undecipherable]
[undecipherable] Anderson [undecipherable]
John [undecipherable]
[undecipherable]
[undecipherable]
James Miltz[undecipherable]
[undecipherable] Miller
[undecipherable] Miller
[undecipherable] Robinson [undecipherable]
[undecipherable] Tagman[undecipherable]
[undecipherable]
Samuel [undecipherable]
John McCalister [undecipherable]
[undecipherable]
James [undecipherable]
[undecipherable]
[undecipherable]
John Mrohen [undecipherable]
[undecipherable]
[Right column:]
Cumberland County [undecipherable]
Before me the Subscriber one of the Justices of the Court of Common pleas in and for said County came Henry De[undecipherable] of [undecipherable] James Loch, Samuel Camp[undecipherable], John McColly, [undecipherable] Sanky, William Miller, John Miller, [undecipherable] Robinson [undecipherable], [undecipherable] Tagman[undecipherable], ward [undecipherable], Samuel [undecipherable], John McCalister, [undecipherable] and acknowledged the [undecipherable] Instrument of writing and power of attorney to be their Act and Deed
Given under my Hand this 2d day of March 1791
[undecipherable: Ep— Stell—?]
Claims for Land presented at the War Office by John Duncan Attorney to the following Soldiers
Henry Despard ... Penn[undecipherable] [undecipherable] Acres ... 100
James Leech ... ... ... [undecipherable] 9851
Samuel Crawford ... ... ... [undecipherable] 9097
George Bartle ... ... ... [undecipherable] 9005
Patrick Ambrose
John McCally
[undecipherable] Sanky ... ... [undecipherable] 10 4[undecipherable]8
[strikethrough: William Fab[undecipherable]ree] ... [undecipherable] 9[undecipherable]0[undecipherable]
John Miltz[undecipherable] ... ... [undecipherable] 9810
Christopher Sige[undecipherable] or Hockman ... 10[undecipherable]
John Kolling
James Berry [undecipherable] 16 July 89 — 8938—
John McCalister ... 100[undecipherable] 10010
James Robinson (Robinson Inf[undecipherable].) ... 100 [undecipherable] 10[undecipherable]50
[undecipherable]
Purnival Butler [undecipherable] ... 200[undecipherable] 703
[undecipherable] Killin ... 100[undecipherable] 10002
Type
Document
Description
Power of attorney for various soldiers and officers.
Date
03/14/1791
Author
Recipient
Document number
1791031490001
Page start
1
Note
Document partially illegible.
Notable persons
Eph. Steel
Henry Despard
James Leech
Samuel Crawford
George Bartle
George Barth
Patrick Ambrose
John McCarthy
John McCally
Ezekiel Sanky
William Ferrell
John Mittz
Percival Butler
Christopher Fagerman
John Kelling
Edward McKellen
James Berry
James Barry
John McCalister
John McCraken
James Robinson
justice of the peace
William Lyon
Congress
Ephriam Steel
John Duncan
attorney
Notable locations
Cumberland County
Pennsylvania
Notable items
power of attorney
courts of justice
resolves of Congress
warrants
military bounty
instrument of writing

