Assignment and Power of Attorney
Document 1792Power of attorney for John Williamson, late a soldier in the 1st Pennsylvania Regiment.
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Know all Men by these Presents, That I John Williamson [undecipherable] a [undecipherable] in the fifth [undecipherable] battalion in the first Pennsylvania Regiment [undecipherable] by Colonels [undecipherable] [undecipherable] W [undecipherable] & [undecipherable] [undecipherable]
in hand paid, at, and before the execution hereof by Frederick Adoleneus [undecipherable]
the recipe whereof is hereby acknowledged, Have, and hereby Do grant, bargain, fell, transfer, convey and confirm unto Frederick Adoleneus his [blank] heirs, executors, administrators, and assigns for ever, all the right, title and Interest whatsoever, in law and equity, which I now have, or which [blank] my heirs, executors, or administrators, may hereafter have, to the lands, pay, depreciation, clothing, rations, rewards, bounties, gratuities, prize-monies, and every other advantage, claim and demand whatever due and owing me from and by the United States or any particular state, and I do hereby for myself my heirs, executors and administrators covenant and agree, to and with the said Frederick Adoleneus his heirs, executors, administrators and assigns that I my heirs, executors, and administrators, will, at any time hereafter at the reasonable call and charges of the said Frederick Adoleneus his heirs, executors, administrators or assigns, make, or cause to be made, any future conveyances and assurances in the law, necessary to be done, for the further transferring and confirming, all and singular the premises and claims hereby granted and offered, or intended to be. And do make constitute and appoint [blank] [blank] Adoleneus [undecipherable] true and lawful attorney irrevocable to demand and receive for me, and recover from the United States, or any particular State, or any person or persons, acting by or under their or either of their authority, all and singular the premises, rights, claims, and emoluments herein above recited and sold, and now withheld and detained from me by the United States Marshals of Pennsylvania or any particular state, and with power, also attorney or attorneys for that purpose, to make and substitute, and to do all lawful acts requisite for effecting the premises, hereby ratifying and confirming all that any said attorney or [undecipherable], substitute of substitute, shall do therein by virtue hereof.
In Witness, whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this Nineteenth day of September Anno Domini, 1792.
John J. Williamson [mark]
Signed, Sealed & Delivered
in the presence of
David Alleys
William Muller
[seal]
[City of Philada.:] Before me Reynold Keen Esq. One of the Aldermen for the City of Philadelphia Personally came the above named John Williamson and being duly sworn agreeable to law did declare and say that [undecipherable] acknowledged the above [undecipherable] to be his act and deed, desiring that it might be recorded as fact.
In Testimony whereof I have set my hand and seal hereto the Nineteenth day of September 1792.
Reynold Keen, One of the Aldermen for said City.
These may Certify that the bearer John Williamson was a Soldier in the third Pennsylvania Regiment and ferved to the end of the War with Great Britain. And to the best of my knowledge was honorably discharged.
Witnefs my hand at Philadelphia September 19th 1792
Jos. Harmar
I Peter Lohra, Notary Public for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania do hereby certify that the within foregoing is a true Examined Copy from an Original Assignment and Letter of Attorney and the acknowledgement thereof from John Williamson to Frederick Adoleneus therein named.
In Testimony thereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my Notarial Seal the [undecipherable] day of [undecipherable] 1792.
Peter Lohra, Not Pub
[Docketing notations, written sideways, dated October 27, 1792, largely undecipherable]
Type
Document Signed
Description
Power of attorney for John Williamson, late a soldier in the 1st Pennsylvania Regiment.
Date
09/19/1792
Author
Recipient
Document number
1792091990001
Page start
1
Notable persons
John Williamson
Josiah Harmar
Peter Lohra
Frederick Molineux
Colonel Stewart
Isaac Craig
Colonel Butler
Daniel Hillyer
William Mullen
First Pennsylvania Regiment
Notary Public
Reynold Keen
alderman
David Hillyer
Colonel Craig
Notable locations
Great Britain
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Notable items
Revolutionary War
Letter of Attorney
testimony
notaryial seal

