Be it known, That on the Twenty Fourth day of December one
thousand eight hundred and thirty nine and in the Sixty fourth Year
of the Independance of the United States of America, Before me Alexan=
=der W. Black Esquire Justice of the Quorum in and for the Said State
and Notary Public, by Letters p****t Patent, under the Great Seal of the
State, duly Commissioned and Sworn, Came Thomas P. Smith the above
named Witness and made oath that he Saw Joseph Lawton Sign the
above Power of Attorney,  And acknowledged the foregoing Power of Attorney
to be his act and Deed
             In testimony whereof, I have hereunto Set my hand and
             affixed my Seal, Notarial, at Charleston in the State
             aforesaid, the day and year the last mentioned.
                                        Alex W. Black
                                          Not. Pub.
                               Recorded 20th January  1840


               The State of South Carolina.
                        By his Excellancy
                              John L. Manning.
        Governor and Commander in chief, in and over the State aforesaid.
                  to
           To all ^  whom these presents Shall Come: Know ye that
        Thomas S. Jones whose Signature appears to the Certificate on
        the annexed office Copy of a Power Attorney from Joseph Lawton
        to William Nayler is the duly Authorised acting Deputy Secretary
        of State, at Charleston in the State aforesaid, and has in his custody
        the records of said Office,   Therefore, all due faith, credit, and
        Authority, in and ought to be has and given to his proceedings and
        Certificate as Such.  In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto Set my
        hand, and Caused to be affixed the Seal of the State, in the city of
        Charleston, State aforesaid, the twelfth day of January in the
        Year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty four, and
        in the Seventy eighth year of the Independance of the United States
        of Amercia.
        J O   L. Manning
         "             By the Governor
                                              Benjamin Perry
                                                   Secretary of State


                               Recorded January 19th 1854
                                           Robt Youngblood
                                           Clerk Ct, Crt, A, C.