*Persons to whom these Presents shall come,* GREETING: KNOW YE, that I, Barney Cox as [Private?] & private in the fifth and fourth Pennsylvania line of New Castle County in the State of Delaware [undecipherable] in the Service of the United States of America, for and in Consideration of the Sum [for valuable consideration] to me in Hand paid, at and before the Enfealing and Delivery of these Presents, by Samuel Maus, The Receipt whereof I do hereby acknowledge, HAVE granted, bargained, sold, remised, released, quit claimed, transferred, and affigned, and by these Presents do grant, bargain, sell, remise, release, quit-claim, transfer, and affign to the said Samuel Maus and his Heirs and Assigns for ever, all the Right, Title, Interest, Property, Claim, and Demand which I now have, and all the Right, Title, Interest, Claim, and Demand which I, my Heirs, Executors, or Administrators, at any time hereafter may have, to all the Land which I am entitled to, and to all the Lands which I, or either of them, may at any time hereafter be entitled to from the Congress of the United States of America: AND ALSO all the Lands which I am entitled to from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania by Virtue of any Act or Acts of the Legislature of the said Commonwealth, for my Services as a private & [Sergeant?] in the [above said Movements?] in the Army of the United States of America, for, and during the War with Great Britain, and to every Part and Parcel thereof: AND ALL such Pay, Sum, or Sums of Money, for Arrearages of Clothing, Rations, Rewards, Gratuities, Prize Monies, Commutations, or otherwise howsoever due to me for my Services, as aforesaid. To HAVE, HOLD, RECEIVE, TAKE, AND ENJOY the said Lands, Monies, and other the Premises hereby granted and assigned unto, and to, and for the only proper Use and Behoof of the said Samuel Maus and his Heirs, Executors, Administrators, and Assigns for ever: AND I, the said Barney Cox DO, for myself, my Heirs, Executors, Administrators, and Assigns, hereby covenant and agree to and with the said Samuel Maus and his Heirs and Assigns, that I, the said Barney Cox my Heirs, Executors, Administrators, or Assigns, shall and will at any time of times hereafter, at the Request, Cost, and Charges of the said Samuel Maus his Heirs or Assigns, make, seal, and execute, or cause to be made, sealed, and executed, all and every such reasonable Act and Acts, Thing and Things, Conveyance and Conveyances, Assurance and Assurances in the Law whatsoever, for the perfect granting, conveying, remitting, releasing, transferring, and assigning, all and singular the Right, Title, Interest, Claim, and Demand, which I, the said Barney Cox have, or which I, the said Barney Cox my Heirs, Executors, and Administrators may at any time hereafter have, of, in, and to the Lands, Pay, Monies, and other the Premises hereby granted and assigned, and of, in, and to every Part and Parcel thereof, unto to the said Samuel Maus and to his Heirs and Assigns, to the only proper Use and Behoof of the said Samuel Maus and his Heirs and Assigns for ever, as by his or their Counsel, learned in the Law, shall be reasonably advised, devised, or required: AND I, the said Barney Cox do hereby appoint the said Samuel Maus my true and lawful Attorney irrevocably, to ask, demand, solicit, and obtain in my Name, or otherwise, but for the sole Use and Behoof of the said Samuel Maus and his Heirs and Assigns for ever, from the United States, and from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania respectively, a Grant or Grants, Patent or Patents, for the Lands aforesaid, in his own name or names; AND ALSO, to demand and receive all such Pay, Sum or Sums of Money, for Arrearages of Clothing, Rations, Rewards, Gratuities, Prize-monies, Commutations, or otherwise howsoever, due to me as aforesaid, and upon Receipt thereof to pass any requisite Receipt or Acknowledgment for the same, hereby ratifying and confirming all and whatsoever my said Attorney may do respecting the same: AND I, the said Barney Cox for myself, my Executors, and Administrators, DO covenant, promise, and grant to and with the said Samuel Maus and his Heirs, Executors, Administrators, and Assigns, that I will not revoke or annul the Power of Attorney herein contained, or do any Act which shall impede the said Samuel Maus in soliciting or obtaining a Grant or Grants, Patent or Patents, for the Land aforesaid, and receiving the Pay, Monies, or other the Premises aforesaid. IN WITNESS whereof, I have hereunto set my Hand and Seal, this [undecipherable] day of February One Thousand Seven Hundred and Ninety-[undecipherable] *Sealed and delivered in the Presence of:* Robert Ross John Higs Barney Cox