>From Lunenburg Co., VA Deed Bk 11-227 I, Hugh Martin of Orange County, North Carolina, have appointed my trusty friend, Isaac Brown of L[unenburg] [to be] my true and lawful attorney, to sell a certain trct of land in Amelia County [VA] . Signed Nov 13, 1768 - Huigh Martin. Wit - Robert Brown, John (+ his mark) Rash, Stephen (+ his mark) Brown. The power of attorney was recorded Feb 9, 1769. (TLC Genealogy, LUNENBURG COUNTY, VIRGINIA DEEDS 1764-1771 [Miami Beach, FL: TLC Genealogy, 1990], p. 64) Comment: If you cannot find origins of your early piedmont North Carolinians, they may have been in Southside Virginia earlier. Submitted by E.W.Wallace southern California