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Correspondence on Lemmond Mine, Union County, North Carolina, part 2, 1854-1894
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State of New York Countv of Sew York. Duplicate Know all men by these presents, that We, Mrs. Heloise H. Durant, widow of Thomas C. Durant, and Heloise H. and William W. Durant heirs and devisees of Thomas C. Durant, deceased, late of the County and State of New York, Witnesseth: That the said named parties do by these presents make, constitute and appoint R. E. Cochrane and Charles R. Jones of the County of Mecklenburg and State of North Carolina, their true and lawful agents and Attorneys, in fact, to enter upon, take possession of, and when and where necessary to demand, sue for, recover and reduce into possession any and all real estate, or interests in real estate corporeal or incorporeal and all minerals thereon or mineral rights or interest therein, and especially all rights and privileges to dig or mine the same for gold and other minerals, the said real estate being situated and located in Union County State of North Carolina, and further all other mineral interests in any real estate or lands in said Union County, and all rights and privileges to mine or dig the said real estate so situated for gold or other minerals and particularly to enter upon and take possession of, and if necessary for that purpose to sue for and recover a certain tract of land in said Union County conveyed by W. P. Muse to Thomas C. Durant by deed dated 3rd. March 1854 and registered in the Register's office of said Union County, in Book 4, Page 212, to which reference may be had for a more particular description, said tract containing 50 acres, the mineral interest thereof being reserved in the said deed, also the mineral interest in the following tracts of land, a description of which is contained in a certain deed from Caleb Phifer and George L. Phifer to Thomas C. Durant, dated the 1st. day of March 1854, and registered in the Register's office of the County of Union, in Book 4 Page 193, together with all the rights, ways, privileges, franchise, woods and all other rights, estates and interests conveyed or granted by the said deed in and to or concerning the lands therein described, and all other rights, franchises, and privileges, ways, woods, rights and estates by said deed given granted or conveyed. The said Attorneys are hereby empowered to sell at public or private sale for cash or on credit and in such manner or way and upon such terms as to them may seem best, any or all of the said lands, mineral interests, estates, rights and privileges, the proceeds to be held by them and disbursed as hereinafter directed. In the execution of the powers hereby conferred and granted, the said Attorneys may bring and prosecute or defend in the name and behalf of the constituents all necessary and proper suits, actions or proceedings in any Court of North Carolina or in any Court of the United States having jurisdiction in North Carolina, with full power to employ counsel learned in the law to assist them in the pro-
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State of New York Countv of Sew York. Duplicate Know all men by these presents, that We, Mrs. Heloise H. Durant, widow of Thomas C. Durant, and Heloise H. and William W. Durant heirs and devisees of Thomas C. Durant, deceased, late of the County and State of New York, Witnesseth: That the said named parties do by these presents make, constitute and appoint R. E. Cochrane and Charles R. Jones of the County of Mecklenburg and State of North Carolina, their true and lawful agents and Attorneys, in fact, to enter upon, take possession of, and when and where necessary to demand, sue for, recover and reduce into possession any and all real estate, or interests in real estate corporeal or incorporeal and all minerals thereon or mineral rights or interest therein, and especially all rights and privileges to dig or mine the same for gold and other minerals, the said real estate being situated and located in Union County State of North Carolina, and further all other mineral interests in any real estate or lands in said Union County, and all rights and privileges to mine or dig the said real estate so situated for gold or other minerals and particularly to enter upon and take possession of, and if necessary for that purpose to sue for and recover a certain tract of land in said Union County conveyed by W. P. Muse to Thomas C. Durant by deed dated 3rd. March 1854 and registered in the Register's office of said Union County, in Book 4, Page 212, to which reference may be had for a more particular description, said tract containing 50 acres, the mineral interest thereof being reserved in the said deed, also the mineral interest in the following tracts of land, a description of which is contained in a certain deed from Caleb Phifer and George L. Phifer to Thomas C. Durant, dated the 1st. day of March 1854, and registered in the Register's office of the County of Union, in Book 4 Page 193, together with all the rights, ways, privileges, franchise, woods and all other rights, estates and interests conveyed or granted by the said deed in and to or concerning the lands therein described, and all other rights, franchises, and privileges, ways, woods, rights and estates by said deed given granted or conveyed. The said Attorneys are hereby empowered to sell at public or private sale for cash or on credit and in such manner or way and upon such terms as to them may seem best, any or all of the said lands, mineral interests, estates, rights and privileges, the proceeds to be held by them and disbursed as hereinafter directed. In the execution of the powers hereby conferred and granted, the said Attorneys may bring and prosecute or defend in the name and behalf of the constituents all necessary and proper suits, actions or proceedings in any Court of North Carolina or in any Court of the United States having jurisdiction in North Carolina, with full power to employ counsel learned in the law to assist them in the pro-
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