THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA POWER OF ATTORNEY FROM DR. SAMUEL A. MIMS TO SELL DANCYVILLE LAND - 1857
THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
Know all men by these present that I Samuel A. Mims of the town of
Greenville and of the district of Greenville of the State of South Carolina, have made
constituted and appointed and in my name and ________ ________ _______
___________ N.S. Burroughs of the town of Dancyville, of the
county of Haywood, and State of Tennessee my true and lawful attorney for me
and in my place and stead to grant, bargain, sell and convey all these pieces or parcels
and lots of land situated in the town of Dancyville, in the county of Haywood, in the
State of Tennessee and bounded as follows / The first beginning at a stake on the
Somerville and Brownsville Road the south west corner of a lot of ten acres belonging to
the Trenton Bank thence south
89 1/10 poles to a stake, then south 30 "/" East 31 1/10 poles to a stake, then
north 89 East 14 1/0 poles to a stake then north 2/0 west to the corner where we
began containing 3 acres more or less. / The second lot is bounded as follows beginning at
the north east corner of _____________ lot on the road leading to the Methodist Church
where the same forms the lots in which Thomas C. Coppedge now lives thence south with
Methodist Church Road 12 poles and 3 links to a stake thence west
11 1/2 poles to a stake thence to a stake 11 poles to a stake thence east 10 poles and
five feet to the beginning, the said lot contains one hundred and twenty acres and four
poles, more or less / The third lot is bounded as follows on the left south by Covington
and Bolivar road east--East and north by the lands of Dr. Felix McFarland West
by the lands of McFarland and Thomas Sheppard with the appurtenances and all of my
Estate right title and interest in the above named lots unto to person or persons and from
such price or sum of money as he should think best and as my proper act and deed to sign
seal and deliver and to acknowledge all such deeds of conveyance as shall be necessary to
the absolute granting and assigning of the premises unto such purchuser or purchasus
shall name in fee simple and to demand receive and collect all sums of
money which shall become due or payable to me if reason of such sale or sales and unto my
attorney full power to do, preform all and every that may be necessary to be done about
the premises as fully to all intents and purposes as could do were I personally present
hereby satisfying and confirming all that my said attorney shall do for witness
whereas I have hereunto set my hand and seal this the 11th of January AD 1857 and in
81st year of the sovergity and independence of the United States of America.
Sealed and delivered in our
presence
Samuel A. Mims
Tho D. Ling
Thomas D. Ling
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