Edgefield County ScArchives Wills.....Cogburn, Jesse 1821
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Source: Will Book C, Edgefield, Sc
Written: 1821

Will of Jesse Cogburn
Recorded in Will Book C, page 76 8-26-1821  Box 30 Pkg 1087
1st It is my will that there shall be an equal division with my three children, 
Charley, Sarah and John, except 350 dollars or the amount of it in property 
which is to educate John.
2nd It is further my desire that none of my negroes shall be sold at all except 
Peter, him and everything else to be sold on a credit of twelve months and as 
soon as the money can be collected together with all I have owing to me to be 
laid out in young breeding negro women by three men of so and judgement 
provided there is no talk they will be set free and if it is supposed they will 
be set free on a few years all the money must be kept out on interest to be the 
eldest comes of age or marry, and as they come of age or marrys to take 1 third 
of everything there is and make use of it as there own without interest or here 
and when they all come of age for them all to through in everything and render 
in everything they recd and then for an equal division to be made between them 
all without any sale except 350 dollars which goes to John without he makes use 
of 300 dollars more than the others in educating him and if he does then for an 
equal division to be made between them all also it is my will that if either of 
the children marrys and dies without an heir or if they have 1-2 or 3 children 
and they all die it is my will that the amount of everything they recd when 
they divided property or money or both shall return to the other children 
together with the increase of the negrows they receive from my estate also it 
is my will the negrow shall be hored out every year by three men of judgement 
privately so that the negroes may have a chance of getting them good homes and 
for the hire of the negroes to support and school the children decently and if 
there should not be money enough from the here of the negroes to raise them 
genteel and find them good creditable homes and give them all good education 
there must be 400 dollars made use of out of my estate and if it should over 
pay then the mon y to be kept correct account of and go on interest till they 
come of age and to be equally divided among them.
Jesse Cogburn

Jn Simkins, OED

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