Deed Book W, page 13, Deed Records of Marion County, South Carolina
Georgia, DeKalb County
Know all men by these presents that we Pleasant Slay, Wm Slay, Alfred Edwards, Jas Baker & Jordan Webb of the county and state aforesaid, and Noah Slay of Gwinnett County, & Parker Slay of Elbert County in said state have made, ordained and appointed Nathan Slay of the state and county aforesaid as our true and lawful attorney for us and in our names to ask, demand & receive from Lewis Parker & Jesse Butler/Partheny (illegible)?, representatives of Moses Parker, dec’d. all such sums & money or debts due us by the said Parker and Partheny/Butler? and to use all such lawful means to compound and agree for the same and to view receipts and acquittances for the same and in our names to make said & deliver and all lawful acts concerning the premises and to make one or more attorneys under them for the purposes aforesaid to make & revoke at his pleasure. We ratifying and confirming and by these presents allowing whatsoever our said attorney shall in our names lawfully do or cause to be done about the premises by virtue of these presents. In witness whereof we have hereunto set our hands and seals this 27th day of December 1834. Signed sealed and acknowledged before me, Moses Pribby, J.P.
Parker (his “m” mark) Slay Wm (his “W” mark) Slay
Pleasant Slay Noah (his “x” mark) Slay
James Baker Jordan Webb
Alfred (his “x” mark) Edwards
Georgia, DeKalb County
I, Ebby S. Reynolds, clerk of the inferior court do you certify that Moses Bibby is a justice of peace for said county and that full faith and credit ought to be given to his attestations as such and that it is in true form given under my hand and seal of office 27th December 1834
E.B. Reynolds, clerk
Georgia, DeKalb County
I, Lodwick Tuggle, one of the justices of the inferior court for the county of foresaid do certify that EB Reynolds is clerk of the inferior court four said county and that full faith and credit ought to be given to his attestations as such and that the same is in due form. Given under my hand and seal this 27th day of December 1834
Lodowick Tuggle
I assign though within power of attorney to Jesse Walters for to sell and make right to a tract of land which fell to me as the assignee of Moses Parker, dec’d, which rights shall be good and lawful the land lying in Marion district on reedy Creek which lot is marked No. 2.
February the 28th 1835
Attest: Lewis Parker Nathan Slay
North Carolina
Marlboro District
Lewis Parker personally appeared before me and made the above power of attorney to Jesse waters and that he also assigned the same has witnessed thereto and subscribed before me this 7th day of June 1841 Lewis Parker
Recorded August 9th 1853
There is no musical sound in the cognomen Slay,
Its dissonance strikes us as Killing alway.
