In the name of God Amen. I James
Crawford of
Marion District in the
State of South Carolina being very weak in body but of perfect mind
and
memory thanks be given unto God calling into mind the mortality of
my body
and knowing that it is appointed for all all [sic] men once
to die do make and ordain this my last Will and Testament that
is to say
principally and first of all I give and recommend my Soul into the
hand of
Almighty God that gave it and my Body I reccommend to the Earth to
be buried
in a decent christian burial at the discretion of my Executors nothing
doubting but at the [Universal] Resurrection I shall receive the same
again
by the Mighty power of God And as touching such worldly Estates
wherewith it
has pleased God to bless me within this life I give [desire] and
dispose
of
the same in the following manner & form First I give and
bequeath to my
Daughter [Elisabeth] Tart One negroe Boy named [Dick] One other negroe
Boy
named Peter One negroe woman named [Fancy] and a Small Stock
of Cattle the
negroes and cattle before mentioned is now in the possession of my
daughter
[Elisabeth] Tart I also give to my well beloved Daughter
Elisabeth
Tart two
other negroes one woman named Bess and one girl named [Cecy]
Also I give to
well beloved daughter Charity Porter one negroe one negroe [words "one
negroe" repeated] Woman named Sally one negroe Boy named [Luke] one
Girl
named Gussie and one old negroe named [Molle] Also I give to my well
beloved
Daughter Martha Gasque one negro woman named [Bett] One Negro boy named
Simon
& one negro man named Joe Also I give and bequeath to my
well beloved son
James Crawford one negroe man [Isiiak] One negroe woman named
[Sue]
One
Negroe Girl named Mary One negroe Boy named Bill and the
Plantation
and
tract of land situate at [Cashenaway] Ferry on PeeDee Also I
give to my well
beloved Daughter Sally Crawford One negroe man named Ben One
negroe woman
named Esther and her three children Manuel David & [Nelle]
Also I give to my
well beloved Daughter Nancy Crawford one Negro man named
[Borough]
One
negroe woman named [Lilah] & her two children Frank &
Will
Also I give to my
well beloved daughter Sarah Ann Crawford one negroe man named
[Pirce]
One
negroe woman named [Aley] One negro boy named [Porce] One negroe
boy named
Stephen & one negro boy named [Tim] Also I give the balance
of my negroes
that is not already named in my will to be equally divided amongst
my
children Share and share alike Also I give and bequeath to my three
youngest
daughters Sally Crawford Nancy Crawford & Sarah Ann Crawford the
Plantation
and tract of land which I now reside on Catfish to be equally divided
amongst
them the Balance of my land to be given all the remaining part of my
property
that I may be possessed of at the [stroke] of my decease to be equally
divided amongst my Heirs share and share alike I likewise
constitute
make
and ordain my well beloved son James Crawford the sole Executor of
this my
last Will and Testament and I do hereby utterly disallow revoke and
disannul
all and every other former Testaments Wills legacies bequests and
[Executor]
by me in anywise before named [willses] and bequests in ratifying and
confirming this and no other to be my last Will and Testament
In witness
whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal Seventeenth day of
September
in
the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixteen and on
the forty
first year of the Independence of the United States of America signed
sealed
published pronounced and delivered by the said JamesCrawford Senior
as his
last Will and testament in the presence of us [who] in his presence
and the
presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our names
Thomas Godbold
}
James Crawford {Seal}
Stephen C Lane }
John
Finklea
}
South Carolina }
Personally
came before Thomas Godbold Esqr and John
Marion District }
Finklea who after being duly sworn on the Holy Evangelist
of Almighty God saith that they were present and saw James Crawford
Sen Sign
Seal and acknowledge this instrument writing to be his Will and
Testament
and
[also] saw Stephen C Lane sign his name as a witness to the same
Sworn to before me this 5th Day November
1817}
Thomas Godbold
Elisha Bethea [QU] }
South
Carolina
} By Thomas Harllie Esqr Ordinary of said District personally
Marion
District
} appeared before me John Finklea who being duly Sworn
on the Holy Evangelist of Almighty God [doth] make oath and say that
he saw
James Crawford Sen Sign Seal publish pronounce and declare the same
to be
[will written] his last Will and Testament & hath said James
Crawford
of then
of sound disposing Mind & memory & understanding to the [party]
of this
deponents knowledge and belief [and that the said John Finklea did]
his name
as a Witness thereto [at ......................]
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