Usually when power of attorney is given in the early deeds it is a brother or brother-in-law or close very trusted relative I have found in the deeds. It is sooooo seldom an attorney. Normally brother John moves to IA and the deed will read John Beatty of IA giviing P/A to Robert Beatty back in the state where their father has just died. Sometimes it is frustrating cuz they may have land in 3 counties and the P/A deed is in a fourth county so when you see the deed when a Beatty is acting as an attorney for another Beatty you can bet they are very closely connected. P/A are some of the most interesting deeds and the ones in the index with etal/and all are often interesting and the female deeds are more often family deeds with genealogy. D ----- Original Message ----- From: "Genie" <genielists@yahoo.com> To: <BP2000-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, March 09, 2004 6:21 PM Subject: Re: [BP2000] John Beatty, War of 1812, NJ Widow Ann A cautionary note - I once came across some papers naming someone as a man's "attorney" only to find out later that it was a son-in-law, a miller by trade, who was given a "power of attorney" over some aspect of the man's business, in this case, for going out west and selecting the land the man had been awarded by bounty. I would look for a family connection to this Sarah Smith Stafford... --- Laurel Baty <laurelbaty@comcast.net> wrote: > The Lady who wrote the letter, Sarah Smith > Stafford, was Ann Beatty's > attorney. The letter is basically a "cover > letter" for the Bounty Land > application. There is a section in the > application where Ann Beatty > appoints Sarah Smith Stafford as her attorney. > I would be happy to send > scans of this application to anyone who is > interested. > Laurel __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Search - Find what you're looking for faster http://search.yahoo.com ==== BP2000 Mailing List ==== Recommend a cousin ! Send name and email to: Mike Allen, Executive Director <naturalsoft@ameritech.net> Ray Beaty, founder, BP2000 <RCBDJR@AOL.COM>