CHARLESTON COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA - WILLS - George HAIG, 1790 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/sc/scfiles.htm ************************************************ Contributed for use in SCGenWeb Archives by: Vivian Kessler 26 Mar 2006 WILL OF GEORGE HAIG South-Carolina This is the last Will & Testament of me George Haig of the Parish of St. Paul; I will & direct that my Plantation in the Parish of St. Paul called & known by the Name of Hurtle Grange and a Tract of Pine Land in same Parish purchased from Nath. Farr containing three hundred & two Acres, all my Lands at Congaree in Lexington County, a Tract of one hundred Acres on Cherokee Creek Spartanburgh County and also the Lots four (4) and five (5) of the Lands purchased from the Estate of Miles Brewton situated on Savanna River in the State of Geor- gia be sold as soon as convenient after my Decease & the Mon ies arising from the Sales of said Lands be appropriated to the Payment of my just Debts also that so many of my Stock of Horses Cattle Hogs & Sheep be sold as my Executors herein after named shall think fit to spare from Plantation Use, ex- cept five of the Draught Horses herein after intended to be given away; The Remainder of my Estate both real & personal to be kept together until my just Debts be paid & fully satis- fied, allowing during that Time sixty Pounds annually to rent a House in Charleston for my wife Mary Haig also a decent Maintenance to her & to each of my Children so long as she or them shall remain unmarried. I give & bequeath after the Payment of my Debts unto my Wife Mary Haig all my Houshold [sic] & Kitchen Furniture at Stone & in Charleston the Choice of five (5) of my House Negroes the Carriage & Choice of five Draught Horses, the Use during her natural Life of all the Negroes I got from Col. Hezekiah Maham or from his Estate since his Death, and after the Decease of my said Wife Mary Haig my Will is that one equal half of said Negroes & their Issue shall be equally divided between my two Sons Hezekiah Maham and George Haig to them their Heirs & Assigns for ever; the other Moiety of said Negroes to be at the Disposal of my wife Mary Haig as she shall see fit by Will in Writing legally subscribed & witnessed; which Will of George Haig Page 2 Will she is hereby directed & impowered to make & execute whether she shall be under Coverture or not, and in Default of such Will then that Part of the said Negroes so give to be at her disposal shall be equally divided between my two sons Hezekiah Maham Haig & George Haid to them their Heirs & Assigns for ever; also so long as my Wife shall remain my Widow she shall have full Liberty of live at & plant upon any of my Plantations she may Chuse with her Negroes on Shares with the Negroes belonging to my Children & to have the Use of the Stock of Cattle Sheep Hogs & Poultry that may be on such Plantation All which Request is meant & shall be in full of all Claim or right of Dower whatever. My Will is that the Parts or Parcles of either of my personal or real Estate here- in after intended to be given to my son Robert Mc Kewn Haig or to my Daughters Sarah Haig or Eliza Maria Haig shall be in full of all Claim or Demand which my said Son Robert Mc Kewn Haig or Daughters Sarah Haig or Eliza Maria Haig or any of them or their Heirs can or could have to any Lands that I may have heretofore sold which they or either of them could or at any Time hereafter might lay any Claim or Title unto in Right of their Mother Susanna Haig and also in full of any Bond or Instrument of writing that I may have given or made unto Charles Elliott on my Marriage with the said Susanna in Trust to him for the Use of the Children of said Marriage. I give & be- queath to my son Robert Mc Kewn Haig all my Lands in the Parish of St. Paul (not already directed to be sold) to him his Heirs & Assigns for ever, but should he die before the Age of twenty one Years or having lawful Issue or a lawful Wife pregnant at the Time of his Decease My Will is that my Plantation called Tom Cane (?) be to my Daughter Sarah Haig & the Plantation called Spring Field to my Daughter Eliza Maria Haig & my other Lands before bequeathed to my son Robert Mc Kewn Haig to be equally divided between them to them their Heirs & Assigns for ever. I give & bequeath unto my Son Hezekiah Maham Haig all that my Plantation called Bridge Branch on Santee laying on both Sides of the River Will of George Haig Page 3 purchased from Joseph Palmer & Samuel Tate and also all my Lands at the Four Holes to him his Heirs & Assigns for ever. I give & bequeath to my son George Haig the Lots No. Two (2) and three (3) on Savanna River in the State of Georgia purchased from the Estate of Miles Brewton & designated by Numbers 2 & 3 in a Plat done by John Fenwick annexed to my title for said Land also my Lands on Dawfuskey Island to him his Heirs & as- signs for ever but should he die before the age of twenty one Years of having lawful issue or a lawful Wife pregnat at the Time of his Death then my Will is that said Lands on Savanna River & Dawfuskey Island be sold & the Monies arising from the Sales be equally divided between my Son Robert Mc Kewn Haig & Daughters Sarah Haig & Eliza Maria Haig their Heirs & assigns for ever. My Will also is that so soon as my Debts are paid the remaining Part of my Negroes not already bequeathed be divided into three equal Parts or Shares one share thereof (to be chosen by any one or two of my Executors herein after named) to be again divided/into two equal Shares & drawn by Lot by my Sons Hezekiah Maham Haig & George Haig or by some Person for them which said Negroes I give to my Sons Hezekiah Maham Haig & George Haig & to their Heirs & assigns for ever; the other two remaining Parts or Shares of Negroes I will that they be divided into three equal Shares or Lots & drawn for by my Son Robert Mc Kewn Haig my Daughters Sarah Haig & Eliza Maria Haig (or some one for them) which Negroes I give to them their Heirs & Assigns for ever. My Will also is that the Negroes belonging to my Daughters do Plant on Shares with all or any of their Brothers Negroes on their Brothers Lands so long as my Daughters remain unmarried. And lastly I constitute & appoint my Wife Mary Haig so long as she remains my Widow to be Executrix & John James Haig John Blake Robert Miles & William Washington Executors of this my last Will & Testament wrote with my own Hand on four Sides of Paper signed & sealed this fourth day of January 1790. George Haig (LS) Will of George Haig Page 4 In Presense of us his Daniel Grant - Arthur Simons - Alexander X Grant mark ___________________ _______________________ Proved (by Virtue of a Dedimus from Charles Lining Esquire O.C.T.D.) before William Thomson Esquire September 25, 1790. At same Time qualified John -James Haig Executor. - October 19, 1790. Qualifed John Blake and William Washington Executors.- November 17, 1790. Qualified Robert Miles Executor. Examined 57 13 Co. Sh. C. L. Recorded in Will book "B" 1786-93 Page 454 ------------------------------------------------------------ Copy obtained from: Charleston County Public Library Transcribed here from typed copy in will book South Carolina Wills, volume 23 (1786 -1793), pg 702