Tennessee Heirs execute Power of Attorney, name Benjamin Franklin Gleaves Attorney

We the Assignors of this power of Attorney do hereby nominate Constitute and appoint Benjamin F. Gleaves our attorney in fact to Demand and receive for us of James T. Gleaves Executor of William Gleaves & Elizabeth Gleaves Deceased both late of the County of Wythe and the State of Virginia All money or moneys or property of any kind that may be acoming to either one or all of us from the estate of William Gleaves & Elizabeth Gleaves all necessary receipts, bonds and acquitances for us and in our names to Execute for and about the same we Do further empower our said Attorney to sue for and recover the same or any part there of whether the same be real or personal estate and for that purpose to make and employ one or more Attorneys under him and to do all other acts and things necessary to accomplish the objects of this power at our expense and charge, and we do hereby ratify and confirm all the lawful actings and doings of our said Attorney in the premises to fully as if we were present and doing the same ourselves given under our hands and Seals this 5th day of September 1843.
Thomas Gleaves (seal)
Ananais Stamp (seal)
Jane (her X mark) Stamp(seal)
Allen (his X mark) Ramsey (seal)
Polly Ann (her X mark) Ramsey (seal)
Guy t. Gleaves (seal)
Catherine (her X mark) Gleaves (seal)
John E. Hager (seal)
Emeline (her X mark) Hagar (seal)
John Ramsey

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Felix R. Gleaves
Americus D. Gleaves

Burrel Perry Jr (seal)
Terressa E.(her X mark) Perry (seal)
James T. Gleaves? (seal)

State of Tennessee Davidson County

Personally appeared before me Robert B. Cattleman Clerk of the County Court of said County Felix R. Gleaves & Americus D. Gleaves _____ witness to the above Power of attorney who being first sworn depose and say that they are aquainted with Thomas Gleaves Ananais Stamp Jane Stamp Allen Ramsey Polly Ann Ramsey Guy T. Gleaves Catherine Gleaves John Hagar Emeline Hagar John Ramsey Burrel Perry Jr Terressa E. Perry James T. Gleaves the constituents or _____ that they acknowledged the same in their presence to be their act indeed it being the date given under my hand & the Seal of said Court at office in Nashville this 7th day of September 1843. R.B. Cattleman Clerk of said Court.

State of Tennessee, I Isaiah Ferris Chairman of the Davidson County, County court of Davidson County do hereby certify that Robert B Cattleman is and was Clerk of the County Court of Said County at the time of making out and signing the fore-going certificate and that the same was in due form of law given under my hand and Seal this 7th day of September 1843. Isaiah Ferris Chairman of the Court