Transcribed by
Donali Howell, 4 Jun 2001
WILL OF
JOHN SMITH
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 Almighty God for
the Same, But calling to Mind the Mortallity of this Body, and that it is
appointed for all Men once to die, do therefore Make and Constitute this
my last will and Testament, But first of all I commit my Spirit 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 Almighty power of God. And as
for such worldly goods as it hath Pleased God, of his Great Goodnefs, 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 Heifer, Thre Sows & 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 Afsigns 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 pur-
chased of William Harr.lson and another which came out in the name of William
Roseyear being a Bounty which I purchased, & also one Feather Bed and Furni-
ture 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-- Item I Give and Bequeath unto my Son John Smith Two Hundred and
fifty acres of Land whereon he now lives which he is to give me, One Hundred
Pounds St.g to be paid to my Daughter Mary Buckholls in Country Produce as
he Shall think most proper agreable to her necefsity, Also Four Hundred acres
of Land Lying and Being on the N East side of Little Peedee which I purchased
of John Clarke, one Negro lad named Hall and Eighteen Head of Stock Cattle
to Hold unto him the said John Smith and to his heirs & afsigns in perpetual
JOHN SMITH'S WILL PAGE 2
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 pur-
r
chased of Benjamin Harralson Jun lying & being on the N East side of Buck
Swamp also One Hundred acres of Land lying on or near Catfish Joining 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 Smiths Tools,
to Hold unto Him the said James Smith & to his heirs & Afsigns in perpetual
Succefsion of Ages to come absalutely For Ever -- Item I Give & 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
of her body
her the Said Anne Berry & to her heirs/in perpetual Succefsion of Ages to
Come actually For Ever -- Item I Give & Bequeath unto my Daughter Elisabeth
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 Elisabeth Watson & to
of her body
her heirs/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 & Be-
queath unto my Daughter Sarah Tart, Seven hundred & Fifty acres of Land Join-
ing to the Plantation & Mill Seat whereon I now live being Part of the Re-
maining part of the Old Tract which I purchased of Evan Evans which is One
Hundred & Fifty acres & Six Hundred acres more in Two other tracts all Join-
ing 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 &
JOHN SMITH'S WILL PAGE 3
next to the woodland part Reserving One Hundred Acres More or lefs of the
Said Old Evan's Tract for the use of the aforesd Plantation & Mill whereon
I now Live One Negro man named Tom one Negro woman Named Dinah, To Hold
of her body
unto Her the sd Sarah Tart and to her heirs/in Perpetual Succefsion from
Generation to Generation absalutely and Forever-- Item I Give and Bequeath
Unto my Daughter Martha Fincklea One Hundred Acres of Land which I pur-
chased 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
of her body
Hold unto her the said Martha Fincklea and to her Heirs/in perpetual Suc-
cefsion from Generation to Generation absolutely For Ever -- Item I Give
and Bequeath unto my Daughter Mourning Bryant the Plantation and mill seat
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 Dwell-
ings 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
of her body
her heirs/in perpetual Succefsion of Ages to Come actually & absalutely
for Ever -- Item I Give and Bequeath unto My Daughter Cealey Harralson
One Negro man named Carolina One Negro Boy named Joe also Five Hundred acres
of Land whereon she now Lives and Granted in my Own Name. Thre Head of bread-
ing Cattle, and Household Goods to amt of fifty four Shillings & nine Pence
of her Body
St.g. To Hold unto her the said Cealey Harralson and to her heirs/in perpetual
Succefsion of ages to come actually and Absalutely 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 Thou-
sand Seven Hundred and Ninety Seven
his
Sighnd Sealed Published Declared John HH Smith
mark
In the Presence of ---------
Interlined before afsigned the words
of her Body
John Finkly
John Deer
Peter Keighley
Recorded in Will Book 2, Page 15
; Recorded Sept. 28th, 1841
E. B. Wheeler, Ordy, M. D.
Roll 721
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Transcriber's note: John Smith's mark appears to be two H's written together, or a
square with a cross in the middle, in the WPA copy.
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