Will of John SMITH, 1797
In the Name of God Amen. I John Smith of Liberty County Georgetown District in the
State of South Carolina, being in Perfect health both of Body and Mind, considering
the infirmity of my Age, thanks be to the Almighty God for the Same, But calling
to Mind the Mortality of this Body, and that it is appointed for all Men once to die,
do therefore Make and Constitute this my last will and Teatament, But first of all
I commit my spirlt into the hands of God, My Creator, from whom I first received
my being, nothing Doubting but I Shall receive the Same Again at the Great day of
the Resurrection of Quick and Dead,. and be again reunited by the Altmighty power
of God, and as for such worldly goods as it hath Pleased God,. of his Great Goodness,
. to endow me with,. I do hereby dispose of in Manner and form following, that is
to say after My Just Debts and funeral Charges are all well satisfyed and
paid
-- Item I Give and Bequeath unto my Well beloved Wife Mary Smith One negro
woman named Pegg Two Hundred Acres of Land lying & being on the N East side of
Buck Swamp, which I bought of William Parker , One Riding Mare, Saddle and
bridle Four Cows and Calves & one year old lieifer , Thre Sows and Piggs
Supposed to be twenty Head Swine, 1 Feather Bed and Furniture , And a Lott
of Pewter worth Seven Pounds St.g. to her only use and behoof to hold unto
her the sd Mary Smith and her heirs & Asigns forever
-- Item I give and Bequeath unto my Eldest Son Samuel Smith six Hundred and
fifty acres of Land in Five tracts all Joining One of another lying and
being on the Gully and Buck Swamp Mostly Granted in my Own name except
one Fifty acre Tract which I purchased of William Harralson (sic) and
another whieh came out in the name of William Roseyear being a
Bounty which I purchased, and also one Feather Bed and Furniture
seven Head of Stock Cattle & thirty Head of Sheep, to Hold unto him the
sd Samuel Smith and to his heirs & afsigns in Perpetual succefsion absolutely
for Ever
-- I Give and Bequeath unto my son John Smith Two Hundred and fifty acres of
Land whereon he now lives which he ia to give me, One Hundred Pounds St.g
to be paid to my Daughter Mary Buckholls in the Country Produce as he shall think
most proper agreable to her nesefsity(sic), Also Four Hundred acres of land
Lying and being on the N East side of Little Peedee which I purchased of
John Clarke, one Megro lad named Hall and Eighteen Head of Stock Cattle to
Hold unto him the said John Smith and to his heirsd & afsigns in perpetual
Succefsion of ages to Come actually For Ever
-- Item I Give and Bequeath unto my Son James Smith Seven Hundred & Fifty
acres of Land which I purchased of Benjamin Harralson Jr lying & being on
the N East side of Buck Swamp also One Hundred acres of land lying on or
near Catfish Joing on the East side of a Survey of Two Hundred Acres which
joins Wraggs Land Granted in my Own Name Two Mares or horses six head of
Stock Cattle Twenty head Swine one Feather Bed & Furniture and a Set of
Black Smith Tools, to hold unto Him the said James Smith & to his heirs
& Afsigns in perpetual Succesfsion of Ages to come absoluley For Ever--
Item I Give a Bequeath unto my Daughter Anne Berry One Negro woman named
Dinah which she had in her Own Pofsefsion and Also one Hundred and Four Acres
of Land on Catfish whereon Joseph Jones and one Bryant now lives on being
two tracts nearly Joining One of another Sixty seven acres in One Tract
and thirty seven in the Other One Horse or Mare Fifteen head of Stock Cattle
Ten head of Stock Hoggs One Feather Bed & Furniture a Lott of Pewter to be
worth Ten pounds & lott plantation Tools to amount of Thirty Eight Shillings
to Hold unto the said Anne Berry & to her heirs /of her body/ in perpetual
succefsion of Ages to Come actually For Ever--
Item I Give & Bequeath unto my Daughter Elizabeth Watson one tract of
Land of Thre Hundred Acres which I Bought of Collins being the place where
Kelly now lives on the Road and Also one Hundred & Fifty acres Purchased of
W. Studdivant lying on the Bay Joining Land held by Frederick Jones. Also
One Negro woman named Fibb and her Child and Twenty four head of Stock
Cattle To Hold unto her the said Elizabeth Watson & to her heirs /of her body/
in perpetual Succefsion of Ages to Come Actually For Ever--
Item I give and Bequeath unto my Daughter Mary Buckholts One Hundred Pounds to
be paid by the Hands of my Son John Smith in Produce at Market Price as her
Necefsity Shall require as the Last Part of her Portion
Item I give & Bequeath unto my Daughter Sarah Tart, Seven hundred & Fifty acres
of Land Joining to the Plantation & Mill Seat whereon I now live being Part
of the Remaining part of the Old Tract which I purchased of Evan Evans which
is One Hundred & Fifty acres more in Two other tracts all Joining One of
another Observing to take off that one Hundred & fifty acres of the Old Evans
Tract on the sd East side Joining to the other Two Tracts &next to the
woodland part Reserving One Hundred Acres More or lefs of the Said Old Evan's
Tract for the use of the aforsed . Plantation & Mill whereon I now Live
One Negro man named Tom one Negro woman Named Dinah, to Hold unto Her the
sd. Sarah Tart and to her heirs /of her body/ in Perpetual Succefsion from
Generation to Generation absolutely and Forever --
Item I Give and Bequeath Unto my Daughter Martha Fincklea One Hundred
Acres of Land which I purchased of George Gibson lying in the west side
of Catfish, One Negro man Named Harry one Horse or Mare Ten Head of Stock Cattle,
One Small Negro Girl to Hold unto her the said Martha Fincklea and to her
Heirs /of her body/ in perpetual Succefsion from Generation to Generation
absolutely For Ever --
Item I Give and Bequeath unto My Daughter Mourning Bryant the Plantation and mill se
at whereon I now Live Containing One Hundred Acres being that Part of the Tract
which I had & purchased of Evan Evans which is Situated at the Dwellings and Mill
and One Negro Girl One Horse or Mare, Fourteen Head Stock Cattle, Twenty Head
Stock Hoggs To Hold unto Her the said Mourning Bryant and to her heirs
/of her body/ perpetual Succefsion of Ages to Come actually & absolutely for Ever --
Item I give and Bequeath unto my My Daughter Cealey Harralson One Negro man named
Caroline One Negro Boy named Joe also Five Hundred acres of Land whereon she
now Lives and Granted in my Own Name. Thre Head of breeding Cattle, and
Household Goods to amt of fifty four Shillings & nine Pence St.g. To Hold
unto her the said Cealey Harrelson and to her heirs /of her Body/
in perpetual Succefsion of ages to come actually and Absolutely For Ever --
And I do hereby Nominate, Constitute and appoint my Trusty Friends, my sons
Samuel Smith and John Smith and Eaneas Tart to be my true and Lawful Executors
to this my Last Will and Testament, Denying all other wills or Testaments
heretofore made Signed or executed by me in any wise, Ratifying and
Confirming this and no other to be my Last Will and Testament
In Witnefs whereof I have hereunto Set my hand and seal this Tenth day
of June in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Ninety Seven
his
Sighnd Sealed Published Declared John Smith
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In the Presence of__________
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of her Body
John Finkly
John Dear
Peter Keighley
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