CRAVEN COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA - DEED - ANDREW-MAYBANK 1758 ********************************************************************** USGENWEB ARCHIVES(tm) NOTICE All documents placed in the USGenWeb Archives remain the property of the contributors, who retain publication rights in accordance with US Copyright Laws and Regulations. Contributed to The USGenWeb Archives by: Beth Collins ********************************************************************** Renunciation of Dower Book 1757-1760 pages 44-46 Easter Andrew to David Maybank Dedimus France and Ireland King Defender of the faith and soforth To James Sharp Esquire John Laird and Alexander Gordon Gentlemen.— Whereas. Easter Andrew Wife of James Andrew of Craven County in our Province aforesaid Planter hath of her own free will consented and without any manner of Dread Fear or Compulsion from or by her said Husband or any Other Person or Persons whatsoever consented and agreed that her said Husbd. The said James Andrew should release confirm and Convey in fee simple unto David Maybank of Colleton County in our Said Province Planter and to his Heirs and assigns for ever All that Plantation or Tract of Land containing Two hundred and eighty acres Sutuate lying and being on the Horse-Shoe Savannah in Colleton County aforesaid and butting and bounding Southwardly and part northwardly on Lands belonging to George Evans part northwestwardly and part northeastwardly on Lands belonging to Thomas Clifford and on Lands of Culchet Golightly Esq. deceased Southeastwardly supposed to be bounded on Land in the Possession of William Hull which said Tract of Two Hundred and Eighty Acres of Land hath such Form Shape and Marks as are Specified in the Platt annexed to a certain Deed of Release of the Reversion of the Inheritance of the Said Premisses duly made and executed and bearing Date the third Day of December In the Year of our Lord One Thousand Seven hundred and fifty Seven together with all and Singular the Houses, Out Houses, Buildings, Fences, Woods, Ways, Waters, Water Courses, Commodities, advantages, Hereditaments & appurtenances Whatsoever unto the said Premisses belonging or in any Wise appertaining and the Reversion and Reversions Remainder and Remainders Yearly and other Rents Issues and Profits thereof and of every Part and Parcel thereof, And Whereas (as to us it hath been suggested) the said Easter Andrew is not able to travel to Charles Town to make and declare her voluntary consent and agreement of a Conveyance and Release of her and her Heirs Right and Title in and to the Said Premisses and the Reversion thereof without manifest Danger of her Health we therefore considering the state of her the Said Easter Andrew in this Behalf command you the said James Sharp John Laird & Alexander Gordon or any two of You and have given by these Presents do give and Grant unto you or any Two of You to go to the Said Easter Andrew and to take such release Renounciation and Acknowledgment as the said Easter Andrew shall voluntarily make before you in the Premisses and such Release Renounciation and Acknowledgements you Cause to be certified to Our Chief Justice at Charles Town at our next Court of Common Pleas to be there held after the Same shall by you or any two of you so taken according to the Law and usage of Our Said Province, and have you then and there this Writt, Witness Peter Leigh Esquire our Chief Justice at Charles Town the [BLANK] Day of [BLANK] In the Year of our Lord One Thousand Seven hundred and Fifty Seven, and in the Thirty First Year of Our Reign The Execution of the above Dedimus } James Sharp Appears by the Schedule hereunto annexed } Alexander Gordon Recorded 4th February 1758 South Carolina Easter Andrew to David Maybank Renounciation of Dower To the honourable Peter Leigh Esquire Chief Justice of his Majestys Court of Common Pleas in the Province of South Carolina aforesaid We whose Names are hereunto Subscribed and seals affixed Commissioners mentioned in the annexed dedimus or Commission Do hereby certify That on the fifteenth Day of December In the Year of Our Lord One Thousand seven hundred and fifty Seven Before us personally appeared Easter Andrew Wife of James Andrew of Craven County in the Province aforesaid who being by us privately and separately examined did acknowledge and declare that she of her own free will and without any Manner of Dread fear or Compulsion from or by Her said Husband or any other Person or Persons whatsoever directly or indirectly did consent and agree that her said Husband the said James Andrew should release confirm and Convey in fee simple unto David Maybank of Colleton County in the Province aforesaid and to his Heirs and Assigns forever All that Plantation or Tract of Land containing Two Hundred and Eighty acres Situate lying and being on the Horse Shoe Savannah in Colleton County aforesaid and Butting and Bounding Southwardly and part Northwardly on Lands belonging to George Evans Part Northwestwardly and Part northeastwardly on Lands belonging to Thomas Clifford and on Lands of Culchaeth Golightly Esquire deceased Southeastwardly supposed to be bounding on Land in the Possession of William Hull which Said Tract of Two Hundred and Eighty acres of Land hath Such form shape and marks as appear and are specified in a Platt thereof annexed to a certain Deed of Release of the Reversion of the Inheritance of the said Premisses duly made and executed by the Said James Andrew and bearing date the third Day of December in the Year of Our Lord One thousand Seven hundred and fifty Seven together with all and Singular the Hereditaments Priveledges Commodities and Appurtenances whatsoever to the said Tract of Two hundred and Eighty Acres of Land belonging or in any Wise appertaining And the Reversion and Reversions Remainder and Remainders Rents Issues and Profits thereof. To have and to hold all and singular the Said Premisses with the appurtenances unto the Said David Maybank his Heirs and Assigns forever. And the said Easter Andrew did further acknowledge before us that she doth for herself her heirs and assigns voluntarily and freely release and forever quit claim unto the Said David Maybank and to his Heirs and Assigns forever all and all manner of Right Title or Claim which she the said Easter Andrew then had or thereafter might have expectant thereupon and attending the Same. And that she the said Easter Andrew and her heirs from any Estate Title Claim or Demand thereon or thereto shall be henceforth barred and for Ever excluded. In witness whereof we the said James Sharp and Alexander Gordon have hereunto set our Hands and Seals the Day and Year first above written James Sharp Alexander Gordon Recorded 4th February 1758