Edgefield County ScArchives Wills.....Minter, Joseph April 18, 1774
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Source: Will
Written: April 18, 1774
Recorded: April 24, 1784

Joseph Minter estate (1783), 
Abbeville County, South Carolina Probate Box 65, pkg. 1562.

Will of Joseph Minter
(Page 1)
I Joseph Minter of the County of Granville & province of North Carolina being
sick & weak but of sound reason & memory do constitute & appoint this my last
will & testament. I dispose of my estate as follows.
1st Tis my will and desire that my beloved wife Annamariah Minter have the use
of the tract or parcel of land I purchased of Ward Taylor adjoining the land of
Mr. Wm. Good during her natural life & at her death to be the property of my son
John Minter.
2nd I give & bequeath to my son John Minter one Negro boy named Abram to him &
his heirs forever.
3rd I give & bequeath to my Daughter Mary Minter one Negro girl named Lidda to
be delivered to her at her marriage or lawful age to her & her heirs forever.
4th I give & bequeath to my Daughter Salley Minter one Negro girl named Amey to
be delivered to her at her marriage or lawful age to  her & her heirs forever.
5th I give & bequeath to my Daughter Mercy Minter one Negro boy named Primas to
be delivered to her at her marriage or lawful age to be her & her heirs forever.
6th I give & bequeath to my Daughter Annamariah Minter Fifty pounds Virginia
money to be paid out of the rest of my estate to be delivered to her at her
marriage or lawful age.
7th Tis my will and desire that if one or more of my children above named shoud
die without issue then in that case tis my desdire that his or her part or parts
shoud be equally divided between the surviving brethren.
(This is the end of the first page. At the bottom of the first page it is signed
by six men, three on the left and three on the right.)
Wm Cocke, James Terry, Wm. Amis                   John Butler, Thomas Butler,
William Terry
(The reverse of the first page)- 24 April 1784- Prov’d to be by Wm. Terry.
(Page 2) 8th Tis my will & desire that my beloved wife Annamariah Minter have
the use of all the rest of my personal estate during her widowhood & that she
pay all my just debts.
9th This my will & desire that at my wifes second marriage or death the personal
estate left in her care to be sold at public sail & that money ---  ---- be
equally divided between John Minter, mary Minter, Salley Minter, Mercy Minter &
Annamariah Minter.
10th Tis my will & desire that if one or more of my children above named shoud
die without issue then and in that case tis my will & desire that his or her
part or parts of the above mentioned money shoud be Equally divided between the
surviving brethren.
11th Tis my will & desire that all the land on Island Creek shoud be sold & the
money thence arising to be made use of in paying my just debts.
12th Tis my will & desire that my stock of cattle on Island Creek shoud be sold
& the money thence arising to be made use of for thi8s same purpose.
13th Tis my will & desire that the money in my brother Anthony Minter’s hand be
collected & made use of to paying my just debts.
14th Tis my will & desire that of the money thence arriving from such sails  --
over & above paying my just debts shoud return into the hands of my beloved wife
to her use as before mentioned.
Lastly I commission & appoint Rowland Gooch, my beloved wife Annamariah Minter &
my son John Minter Exs. & Extrix.
Signed & Sealed in ____ of the Eighteenth Day of April 1774.   Joseph Minter

 




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