COLLETON COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA - WILL - Benning SKIPPER, 1743
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Will of Benning Skipper

SC Will Transcriptions
Charleston County
Vol. 5, pp. 298-299

South Carolina.
In the Name of God Amen,  I Benning Skipper of Colleton County of the province 
aforesaid planter being Sick and Weak in Body but of sound and disposing mind 
and memory thanks be to Almighty God for the same and Calling to mind the 
mortality of my Body do make Constitute and appoint this to be my Last Will 
and Testament in manner and form following That is to say first and 
Principally I Commend my soul into the hands of Almighty ALMIGHTY God hoping 
for full pardon and forgiveness for all my Sins through the Merritts of 
Christ Jesus my Saviour and as for my Body I Recommend it to the Earth to be 
Decently Buried at the Discretion of my Executrix and Executor Hereafter named 
and as touching my Worldly Estate wherewith it has pleased God to Bestow upon 
me I Give Devise and Dispose of in Manner and form followg  That is to say 
first and Principally I Will that all my Just Debts and funeral Expences be 
first paid and Discharged.---
IMPRIMIS  I Give Devise and Bequeath unto my Dear and well Beloved Wife 
Lidia Skipper four of my Negroes Namely Dick July Cloe and Joe and her now 
Riding Horse named Trimmer and her Saddle to be Delivered to her immediately 
after my Decease Clear of all Imcumbrances of Debts and Charges to her and 
her heirs for ever.
ITEM   I Give Devise and Bequeath unto my well Beloved Mother Ann Ferguson all 
the rest and Residue of my Estate both real and Personall whatsoever and 
wheresoever to her for ever she paying and Discharging my Just Debts,  
LASTLY  I Constitute Nominate and appoint my well Beloved Mother Ann Ferguson 
and my true and Trusty Friend and Brother in Law John Andrews Executrix and 
Executor, of this my Last Will and Testament making null and Void all other 
Wills and Testaments by me heretofore made Ratifying and Confirming this to be 
my Last Will and Testament,  IN WITNESS Thereunto I have sett my hand and 
Seal this Twenty Ninth Day of November one thousand Seven hundred fforty and 
three.---
Signed Sealed and Delivered                  Benning Skipper
in the presence of
James Skirving
Hugh Grange
Thoms Ferguson                      This will was Proved by Virtue of a Dedimus
                                    Before Charles Wright Esqr the 17th Day of
                                    March 1743 at the same time Qualified the 
                                    Executrix.

Recorded the 11th July 1744.
Recorded in Will Book 1740-1747  Page 176