Will of Martha Braddy
The State of South Carolina)
Marion District)
In the name of God Amen!
Know all men by these presents that I Martha Braddy of the State and
District aforesaid being of sound disposing mind, memory and understanding do
hereby make publish and declare this to be my last Will and Testament, hereby
revoking all other wills and codicils by me heretofore in any manner made.
Imprimis I wish my body at my death to be buried by my Executors hereinafter
named in a decent and Christian like manner, and as touching my worldly goods
and state I hereby dispose of the same as follows ---
First I give devise and bequeath unto my beloved son Tristram B. Braddy the
plantation or tract of land on which he now resides purchased by me from
Jeremiah Walter which I have heretofore made over to him by assignment of the
deed made by said Walter, and also all my right and interest in the tract of
Land adjoining it which I purchased of said Walter and for which I have his
deed bearing date the first day of December Eighteen hundred and forty six,
purporting by said deed to be one hundred and fifty acres, but by resurvey of
A. Breeden found to contain two hundred and twelve acres. I also give to my
said son Tristram B. his note to me given for said land for one thousand dollars
bearing date the 18th October Eighteen hundred and forty nine, as well as his
Bond of the same date in respect of said land, and hereby direct my Executors
at my death to deliver up to him the said note & Bond & such title deeds for
said Lands which may be in my possession, but my will is that in case any portion
of the said last mentioned tract of two hundred and twelve acres be recovered
from my said son Tristram, that he is not to be entitled to contribution from
my other children and Legatees for such portion so lost. I also give to my
son Tristram six meat hogs.
Item 2. To my beloved Son William W. Braddy I give devise and bequeath one negro
boy named co?ar in addition to what may hereafter in this will be given him, one
horse, five cows and calves, seven ploughs & two pair of Gear and also the sum of
Three thousand five hundred Dollars for the purpose of purchasing him a tract of
land, the said sum of three thousand five hundred dollars to be made up by my
Executors out of sums due me at my death, and out of such property not herein
specifically bequeathed in case the assets and choses in action I may have be
not sufficient to make up that amount. I also give to William twenty five head
of hogs and two young cattle.
Item 3. To my beloved son Robert B. Braddy I give devise and bequeath bequeath
the plantation on which I live containing four hundred and forty mares more or
less, part of which was allotted to me a part of which I purchased in the
division of my husband's Estate, and also the tract of Land on the north side
of Sweat Swamp containing three hundred and sixty acres more or less adjoining
Lands of Robert ?. Homer, and opposite & adjoining the lands on which I reside
I have given to my said son Robert, being all the Lands I own over and north of
said Swamp. I also give my said son Robert on Negro Girl named Hannah, in
addition to the share I hereafter may leave him of my slaves, also, one horse
four mules, five cows and calves, two beds and furniture, all my plantation tools
and farming utensils not herein before disposed of such as ploughs, goat carts,
wagons, blacksmith tools, soo forth to him his heirs and assigns forever, also
all my stock of cattle not herein mentioned and bequeathed, and all my stock of
hogs except six, herein given to Tristram & twenty five to William.
Item 4. To my beloved daughter Harriet Evans I give and bequeath in addition to
equal share of my slaves hereinafter mentioned, a Negro Girl named Adaline
during her natural life, and at her death to such children as she may leave
surviving her, and in case my said daughter die without leaving lawful issue
her surviving, my will is in such case for said slave and her increase to
return & become a part of my Estate and divided between my children now living
or their legal representatives, if they be then dead.Item 5. To my two
grand daughters Martha E. McKay and Ellen L. McKay I give and bequeath a Negro
girl named Milly and it is my will in respect to said Slave, that in case
either of my said Grand daughters die without leaving lawful issue her surviving
that said slave and her increase shall go to the surviver and in case both of my
said grandchildren should die without leaving lawful issue surviving, that then
said slave and her increase shall return & become a part of my Estate & be
disposed of in the same manner as in provided for in the bequest to my daughter
Harriet in the proceding clause of this my ??
Item 6. All the rest of my Negro slaves not herein specifically mentioned and
bequeathed, I desire to be equally divided after my death betwixt my children,
Elisabeth Williams, Harriet Evans, Tristram B. Braddy, William W. Braddy,
Robert Braddy, Martha E. McKay and Ellen L. McKay the two last named children
to have but one share, the portion falling to my two daughters Elisabeth and
Harriet respectively, I hereby subject to the same restrictions and
limitations, as is mentioned in the bequest of the slave Adaline to daughter
Harriet in the fourth item of this my will, and the portion which my two
grand daughters are to Draw to wit Martha E. McKay and Ellen L. McKay I subject
to the same restrictions (?)and limitations as is contained in the gift to
them of the Negro girl Mille.
Item 7. I further will and desire that the amount due me by my deceased,
Luton C. Braddy as well as the share to which I am entitled out of his Estate
shall go to my son William to assist in making up the sum of thirty five
hundred Dolours given my son William in the second Item or clause of this will,
as I intend that to constitute a part of the said sum of money.
Item 8. To my son William I also give three hundred bushels of corn, four
blade stucks of fodder, and the hogs I have given him I mean to consist of two
cows and pigs and the balance meat hogs.
Item 9. To my son Robert I give all the rest of my growing crop of what Kind
soever it may & all that may be now gathered, and this provision together with
the rest I have given my said son Robert is intended as a satisfaction of what
I am due him on the purchase of Land & otherwise, as for the affection I bear
him in common with my other children.
Item 10. All the rest and residue of my Estate not herein specifically dispose
of I give to be equally divided betwixt my children Elisabeth, Harriet,
Tristram, William, Robert, and my two grand children Martha E. & Ellen L. McKay
(the two latter children drawing one share.
Lastly I hereby constitute and appoint my two sons Tristram B. Braddy,
Robert B. Braddy and my friend W. W. Harllee Executors to this my last will
and testament ---
In Witness Whereof I have hereunto affixed my hand and seal this third day
of October AD Eighteen hundred and fifty three.
Signed sealed published and declared by )
the testator as her last will and testament ) her
in presence of me who subscribed the same ) Martha X Braddy (SEAL)
in the presence of testatrix and in presence of ) mark
each other the words and his acknowledgement for )
two hundred Dollars of the same date in nineteenth )
line from top of first page erased before signed )
A. W. Bethea
S. M. Stevenson
D. W. Bethea
Recorded in Will Book 2, Page 166
Recorded October 18, 1853
Roll No. 1084
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