WILL OF MOSES SMITH Sr., 1843
South Carolina
Marion District
In the name of God, I, Moses Smith, Planter of the said district, being of
sound mind and in a low state of health and calling to mind that it is
appointed for Man once to die and after Death the Judgment Believing with a
lively hope that he that first created all things will receive my soule to
everlasting life to Passe my God for ever wham I have tried to serve and
worship in this world and as for such warldly goods as it hath pleased God
to indue Me with I do dispose of in the following manner.
First, it is my request that my body shall be decently burrered
and all my funeral charges paid with every Just debt that I may owe at the
time of my death, I give unto my beloved wife Hanner Smith one
hundred and sixteen acres which I purchased from Wm. Mansill and John Newsom
to remain here during her natural life and then to belong to my son Hoses
Smith, Jr., also one Mare, Saddle, and Bridle, one Cart, one Cow and Calf,
one Sow and pigs, Five head of Sheep, one feather bed and furniture, Kitchen
furniture Also my Bible and Hymn Book I give unto my beloved son James D.
Smith one hundred and fifty Acres of land, one hundred acres where he now
lives Deeded to me by John Ford also Fifty acres which I purchased from
William Morgan, also one Cow and calf, one sow and pigs which he has lent I
give unto my beloved son Isaiah Smith one hundred and fifty acres of land
which I purchased from Benjamin Lewis called the Alagator track, one Bed,
one sow and pigs which he has lent I give unto my beloved Son Mases Smith
one grey Horse, one bed, one saw and pLgs which I have lent him. I
give unto my beloved daughters Sarah Perritt, Anna Bason, and Rachel Steuber
one hundred seres of land which I baught from Wm. Mansill which he purchased
from John Campbell, executor of Jeremiah Pain. Also one bed to each of them
which they have lent. I give unto my beloved daughter Hanner Smith Fifty
acres of land granted to me from Wm. Morgan Being part of the track of which
I gave my son James Fifty acres, one Feather Bed I give unto my Daughter
Drusiller one sow and pigs which she has received one feather bead, also
Fifty Acres of land where she now lives after her death to belong to her son
Moses. I give unto my beloved daughter Martha Jane Eighty acres of Land
Granted to me from
Wm. Hill, one bead and furniture. It is my wish that whatever property may
be found remaining after the above gifts are satisfied be Sold at the
highest bidder and the proceeds equally divided among my Lawfull Hiers and I
do hereby nominate and appoint my beloved wife Hanner Smith
and my son James D. Smith my Lawfull Executors to this my last will and
testament. Rejecting all other wills made by me ratifying and confirming
this to be my last will and testament. Signed, sealed and acknowledged this
19th, Septr., 1843 and the Sixty-seventh year of American Independence.
Test: Rachel H. S. Smith
Joseph Britt
John L. Smith
Moses Smith (seal)
Recorded in Will Book 2, p. 87, Recorded September 28, 1847
Edward B. Wheeler, Ordinary M. D.
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