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- under 21 in 1801
Charles County Land Records 1792-1796; Liber N#4; Page 296. Power of Attorney. We, the heirs of the late General William Smallwood, for divers good causes, and putting trust in the abilities and integrity of William Smoot of CC, have appointed William Smoot our lawful attorney, to receive the rents due on the estate of sd, General William Smallwood, and to take all legal steps to recover the same from the several tenants for all rents and arrearages of rent, and to pay the same to John Mitchell_ we will pay Smoot 10% on all the sums paid us.
Signed Sep 9, 1794 - P.H. Smallwood, {mm note: Priscilla Heabeard} George R. Leiper for self & guardian for George & Robert Grayson & attorney in fact for Bernard Moore; John Mitchell, guardian to his son, John H.T.S. Mitchell.
Wit - W. Swan, John Courts as to Miss Smallwood's and
Mr. Leiper's signatures; Joel Munson as to John Mitchell. Recorded Sep 15, 1794.
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James Hughes 2005-08-15 18:21:48
It appears from the records that Warrant Number 656, for 1100 acres of bounty land was issued May 1, 1816, on account of the services of William Smallwood, of Maryland, Major General, War of the Revolution. There are no details in reguard to his services and the date and place of his birth are not shown.
Said warrant was issued in behalf of the following heirs: Priscilla Courts, sister to the soldier, who married John Courts: John Truman Stoddert, of Port Tobacco, Maryland, a minor, only child of William Truman Stoddert, a son of Lucy, a sister of the soldier, who married John Truman Stoddert: George Robert Leiper, and Lucy, his sister, the wife of Bernard Moore, only descendants of Elizabeth, another sister of the soldier, who married James Leiper: George Washington Grayson, Robert Harrison Grayson, a minor, children of Eleanor, another sister of the soldier, who married William Grayson: John Heberd Truman Stoddert Mitchell, a minor, son of John Mitchell who married Lucy Heberd Truman Stoddert, the daughter of Margaret Smallwood, another sister of the soldier, who married Walter Truman Stoddert.
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