Len Henley Bullock of Granville Co., NC is fairly well documented in colonial records of Granville Co., NC. Sherwood Harris, apparently one of several of that name, also appears in a good many records of that North Carolina county. Some men and their families of North Carolina migrated to Madison Co., KY, probably as a result of the activities of Col. Richard Henderson and his Transylvania colony, founders of Boonesborough. Henderson was of Granville Co. and had hoped to establish another colony in Kentucky but was stopped in his activities by the outbreak of the American Revolution and other political events. While reading film of some of the deeds of Madison Co., KY in order to trace some of my families, formerly of Albemarle Co., VA and of Caswell Co., NC, I encountered this power of attorney. The film is FHL 183,283. I have had a recent inquiry about the activities of Sherwood Harris, of whom I know little. He reportedly is linked to Reuben Searcy, also of Granville Co., NC. There are deeds of these two men indexed in the grantee indexes of Madison Co., KY, which are on film at the Family History Library. I do not know the content of those deeds. There was much land speculation by North Carolinians, particularly involving and around Boonesborough. If you are missing some North Carolina ancestors, they may have gone to Kentucky, and later to Missouri and other states. (Some of the other Harrises of early Madison Co. were originally of Albemarle Co., VA. Whether Sherwood is linked to that family has not been determined by me. So far, I have not detected his name in Albemarle Co. nor in early Louisa Co., VA records.) Madison Co. KY DB A-8 25 Aug 1787 Len Henley Bullock of Granville Co. in State of North Carolina for divers good causes and consideration... me hereunto moving have ordained constituted and appointed by these presents... appointed ... my trust and well beloved friend Sherwood Harris who is about to remove himself and family to Kentucky settlements my true & lawful attorney for me in my name & to my use to ask for sue demand recover and receive from William Baley Smith all such sum or sums of money [which is due?] from him for me for cattel by him to me & sold on the western side of the appalation mountains and also from any other person owing money to the said Smith. Saml Searcy Charles Searcy Joseph Moore /s/ Len Henley Bullock (Comment: I cannot recall exactly, but I believe Samuel Searcy and Charles Searcy were the sons of Bartlett Searcy and his wife Lucy. Lucy was widowed early and the deed books of Madison Co. reflect several deeds in which she conveyed property to her sons, in particular, as they became of age. Several of her children married in Madison Co., KY. Bartlett Searcy, her deceased husband, was also of Granville Co., NC. Whether he is Reuben's brother, I cannot say. Kentucky records indicate there was another man named Bartlett Searcy in another KY county. He continued to produce documents some years after Bartlett Searcy of Madison Co. was deceased. Why we have to be detectives in this hobby--or sickness?) Submitted by E.W.Wallace ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com