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Contributed to The USGenWeb Archives by: Debbie Johnson (crjdeb@concentric.net) 15 Feb 1999 _________________________________________ Will of John Wilson of Fairfield County, SC Will dated Dec 23, 1799 IN THE NAME OF GOD AMEN I John Wilson of Fairfield County in the State of South Carolina being thro the abundant Mercy and Goodnefs of God tho Weak in Body yet of a Sound and perfect underftanding and memory Do Constitute this my Last Will and Testament and Defire tit may be received by all as Such first I Will and pofsitively Do Order that all my Lawfull Debts and Teftiamentry Expences be paid By my Executors hereafter named As to my Worldly Estate I Do Dispofe of in the following Manner that is to say - Firft I Do Lend Unto my Lawfull married Wife Rebechah Wilfon during her lifetime my plantation Whereon I now live, Also One Negro man named tom & his Wife named Cloe likewise a negro Boy named Jacob, & four Cows & their four Calves & two Sows & pigs & One Riding horfe two feather Beds & their furniture with all the household furniture for her lifetime not to be moved Diftributed or Embezelled Unto any person or person Whatsoever - Item I do Will and Bequeath unto my Son James Wilfon all my plantation Containing two hundred & thirty Seven Acres of land which Was formerly the property of Richard Taylor to him his heirs & Affigns forever Likewife One Negro Man Named tom Minsor, Item I do will and Bequeath Unto my Son Theophilus Wilson One hundred acres of Land lying on Rice Creek Whereon there is a grifs mill Likewise about fifty Acres part of a tract of Land Called Sawyor's tract on the North Side of Bear Creek Joining My Old tract to him and his heirs & Affigns forever likewife two hundred Acres of Land Originally granted unto James freeman likewife One hundred Acres of Land formerly granted unto Lewis perry and Negro fellow Named Iffaac likewife my Still and new Waggon I am no poffefed of - Item I do Will and Bequeath Unto my son Jeffe Wilson the Sum of five Shillings Sterling Item I Do Will and Bequeath unto my Daughter Nancy Mitchel Out of the Moneys arifing out of my Eftate the Sum of Sixty pound Sterling money to be put to the use and no other lest to purchafe a young Negro Wench Which Said Wench & her Increafe I do Entail unto the Said Nancy Mitchel her lifetime and After her Deceafe to fall Equally Unto the Lawfull heirs of her Body - Item I do Wil & Bequeath unto my Daughter Sufanah Rufh One Negro Woman Named Cloe which I purchafed from Old Capt kirkland and One feather Bed and furniture the foresaid Negro Wench I Do Entail Unto the Said Sufanah Rufh her life time and Afterward to be Sold and the money to be equally Divided amongft each of the Lawfull heirs of her Body - Item I Do Will and Bequeath unto my Daughter Martha Norris One Negro Wench Named Cloe which Said Wench I do Entail Unto the Said Martha Norris her lifetime and after her Deceafe the Said Wench to fall With her Encreafe equal unto each of the Lawfull herirs of her Body - Item I Do Will and Bequeath Unto my Son Jack Wilfon the Sum of five Shillings Sterling - Item I Do Will and Bequeath Unto My Grand Son William Wilfon the Son of John Wilfon all the tract of Land known by the name of Sawyers tract lying on the South Side of Bear Creek to him & his heirs & Affigns forever - Item I Do Will and Bequeath unto my Grandson James Wilfon this My plantatioon Where I now am living ast his Grandmothers Deceafe likewife two hundred & twenty One Acres of Land Granted unto my Own Self lying On Rountop Branch. likewise One horfe to be Bought for him Out of my Eftate by my executors as Soon as he is Capable of taking care of him his Grandmother her lifetime or Until he Comes to the Age of twenty One years & if he Dies in the Nonage or Without Lawful Ifue his above portion Shall fall Back and Be Equally Divided Amongst the four heirs hereafter Mentioned - Item I do Will and Bequeath Unto My Grandson John Norris One hundred Acres of Land on Roundtop Branch formerly the property of Samuel Nipper Item I Do Will and Bequeath Unto My Daughter Mary Laughon After her Mothers Deceafe One Negro Boy named Jacob. Item I Do Will and Bequeath unto My Son William Wilfon the Sum of five Shillings Sterling ---------Lastly I Do Order after my Deceafe all the Remaining part of my Estate herein Not Mentioned as My two plantations on Bear Creek Where my Son theophilus Wilfon Now lives With my Stock of Horfes Cattle and hogs With all other movables belonging to my said Eftate Shall Be Sold An twelve Months Credit and the Moneys thence arifing With the Moneys Due me at my Deceafe Shall Be made one total Sum and Sixty pound as Above Mentiond Shall be apid Unto Nancy Mitchel and the Remainder of the above total Sum Shall be Equally Divided Amongst my four heirs hereafter Named VIZ James Wilfon, Theophilus Wilfon Samuel Lawhon and John Fufh, And Laftly I Do Constitute & Appoint my Son James Wilfon & Theophilus Wilfon and Samuel Langhon Executors of My Eftate and this My Laft will & Teftament and I Do hereby Revoke & Difanul all former wills or Writings of the kind by me made before this Date and I Do in the presence of the Witnefses hereof Acknowledge this Above Instrument of Writing to be my laft will & teftament In Witnefs My hand & Seal this twenty third Day of December in the year of Our Lord One thoufand Seven hundred and Ninety Nine Signed Sealed & Acknowledged John Wilson Before George Watts, Randal Simmons-his mark, Patrick Mervin-his mark South Carolina Fairfield Deftrict personally appeared before me, George Watts, Randal Simmons and patrick Nerwin, and made Oath that they were present, and Saw John Wilfon sign and Seal, and heard him publifh and declare this to be his laft Will and Teftament, that the faid John Wilfon was in his sound Dypofing Mind at the fame time, and that they, each of them in the prefence of the faid John Wilfon, and in the prefence of each other, Subfcribed their Names as Witnefes to the fame Sworn to and fubfcribed this 23rd Day of Augt. 1800 Before me------T. Yongue J.C.P. Proved Aug. 23, 1800 T.W. Yongue J.C.P Recorded in book 3, Pages 14 & 15 &16 &17 Aug. 23, 1800 Apt. 7 File 233 Transcribed as written from microfilm-SC Will Transcripts Feb. 1999 **************************************************************** USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. Files may be printed or copied for personal use only. ****************************************************************