Assignment and Power of Attorney

Item

Type

Document Signed

Title

Assignment and Power of Attorney

Description

Assignment and Power of Attorney for George Moore; Moore is making his son, John, attorney, to take out warrants specified in the document.

year created

1792

month created

01

day created

20

author

recipient

in image

author note

Power of Attorney for George Moore

notable person/group

John Moore
George Moore
attorney
Isaac Davis
John Harris
Augustus Milksock
John Williams
Peter Boyer
William Wade
Francis Curtis
William Murray
Dinah McEntire
Robert Barber
George Moore Jr
Frederick Kuhn
judge

notable location

Pennsylvania
Lancaster County
Lancaster
War Office
Court of Common Pleas

notable item/thing

power of attorney
warrants
receipt
discharge
indenture
act of deed
seal

document number

1792012090101

page start

1

transcription

Know all Men by these Presents that I George Moore of the Borough of Sancaster in the County of Sancaster & State of Pennsylvania, have made ordained <s>ordained</s> constituted and appointed, and by these Presents do make ordain constitute and appoint my Son John Moore Esquire, my true and lawful Attorney for me and in his, or my Name (ad he may think proper) to ask demand and receive, and take out the Warrants <s>of the</s> for the following Persons [undecipherable] Isaac Davis to George Moore. John Harris to George Moore Augustus Milksock to George Moore. William Wade to George Moore, Francis Curtis to George Moore, William Murray to George Moore Dinah M.Entire to George Moore, which same Person's assign'd their right of said Warrants to me the said George Moore; And I do further authorise and impower the said John Moore upon receiving the Warrants aforesaid <s>for a</s> from the War Office to give such Receipt or Receipt as may be required of him, or any other Discharge whatsoever as fully and amply as if I were personally present myself or as if the same requires more especial authority. In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal this Twentieth -Day of January AnnoDomini 1792.

George Moore [image of seal with initials L.S. in the middle]<br />
Sealed and delivered <br />
in the presence of us <br />
Robert Barber <br />
George Moore Jun
[undecipherable]

On the twentieth day of January one thousand seven hundred and ninty two Before me Frederick Kuhn Esquire, one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas, in an for the County of Lancaster, Personally appeared the within named George Moore, as acknowledged the within [undecipherable], constituting his Son John Moore Esq. his Attorney, to be his Act of Deed, for the reses within mentioned and denied the same may be recorded as such according to Law. [With?] my Hand of Seal the day of year afore mentioned
Frederick Kuhn

Power of Attorney
George Moore
to
John Moore

Item sets

Document instances

In image In source Location in source
[view document] (2 pages) ZUC12 (2 pages) Collection: Miscellaneous Numbered Records (Manuscript file) 1775-1790's. (RG93) (M859) B:387

Document names

Type Name Location Notes
Author George Moore [unknown] [n/a]
Recipient John Moore [unknown] [n/a]