Know all men by these presents that I Lydia Ray of the county of Macon and State of Tennessee do hereby nominate and appoint Adam Fergusson of Carthage Tennessee my true and lawful Attorney for mi irevokablee for me and in my name to receive from the War Department at Washington City my Pension certificate when issued and further to do and perform any act or acts necessary in and about establishing my claim to a Pension hereby ratifying an confirming all that my said attorney shall lawfully do by virtue hereof
Witness my hand and seal this 11th day of October 1845
Atest G M Ray
State of Tennessee
Macon County}
On this day personally appeared Lydia Ray with whom I am well acquainted who is a citizen of Macon County formerly Smith county and in my presence as one of the Justices of the peace for said county acknowledged the foregoing power of attorney to be her act and deed
In testamony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal this 11th day of October 1845
J.B.Short
J.P. For Macon County
JAMES C. JONES, GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE.
TO ALL WHO SHALL SEE THESE PRESENTS—GREETING:
It is hereby certified, That J B Short Esqr whose name appears to the above certificates is and was, at the time of signing the same an acting Justice of the peace in and for the County of Macon in said state duely appointed [commissd] and sworn and that full faith and credit should be given to his official attestations as such.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and caused the great seal of the State to be affixed, at the City of Nashville, on the 14th day of Oct 1845 and of American Independence the 70th year
BY THE GOVERNOR, James C Jones
John S Young
Secretary of State.
