Abbeville County, South Carolina Wills
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Will
transcription
provided by the South Carolina Department of Archives and History
Contributed by:
Lisa D. Bass
Names
mentioned within
the will: Benjamin
Drummond Will of Benjamin Drummond That
is to say first of
all I Recommend my soul into the hands of God who gave it, and my Body
I
Recommend to be Buried in a Chrustian like manner at the Discretion of
my
Executors, hereafter named As
to my worldly Estate
which God hath blessed me with, I give Damise & Dispose of the
same in the
Following Manner - First
of all I give
& bequeath to Anna Drummond my beloved wife a Large Sorrel Mare
by Name
Pol, and Saddle & Three Cows & Calves & all the
Flock of Geese, and
I Lend to my wife the use of one Choice Room on the lower floor of my
Dwelling
House and one Room on the upper floor of the same, during her Natural
life
& my Two Negroes Dick and Lydda dureing her life & the
said fellow Dick
is to work on the Plantation with my son Moses for which my son Moses
is to
give his mother a Support of Necessaries to live on & some
little
Neccesarys out of the Store, as She may stand in need of. I
also give unto my
wife Anna Drummond the Choice of my Feather Beds, & Furniture I
also lend
my said wife all my Household & Kitchen furniture not other
wise desposed
of to my Children. Item,
I give to my son
Nathaniel Drummond when my daughter Jenny shall arrive at the age of
Twenty
Years a Negro Woman called big Sarah, and three Cows & Calves. (Item)
I give to my daughter Betsy Godfrey
& Carlisle Ball after my wife Anna's Death the Two above named
Negroes Dick
& Lidda to be shared & Divided Between them as they
think proper, and
when my Youngest daughter Jenny arrives at the age of Twenty Years I
give to my
Two daughters, Betsy Godfrey & Carlisle Ball, three Cows
& Calves &
Fifty Dollars apiece.
That is three Cows
& Calves & fifty Dollars to Each of them Item,
I give to my
Grand Daughter Anna Drummond the daughter of my Decd son Benjamin
Drummond,
Seven Hundred Dollars (when my Youngest daughter Jenny comes of age)
the money
may be drawed out of the Executors hands upon Condition that Robert
Marsh
Chooses to take it & give Bond & Security to pay the
same to my Grand
Daughter Anna Drummond when she comes of age or Marries- Item
I give unto Sarah
Drummond Relict. of Ben. Drummond Decd Two Hundred Dollars to be paid
her at
the time of the Divison, that is when my Youngest daughter Jenny
arrives to the
age of Twenty years. Item,
I give to my son
Norman Drummond when my youngest Daughter Jenny arrives at the age of
Twenty
years, one Negro fellow named Isaac one Good Horse & three Cows
&
Calves
I also give unto my
said son
Norman the undivided half of Two Tracts of land lying in Abbeville this
Joining
each Other one Tract- I purchased of Leonard Waller the other Peter
Ball.
Reserving as before the
Dwelling House or
the Two Rooms for the use of my wife and my son Norman is not to be in
possession of his part of the above land until his Sister Jenny's age
of Twenty
years, Item
I give unto my son
Moses when my daughter Jenny arrives to the age of Twenty years, Five
Hundred
Dollars to make up his Negro (or in the Room of a Negro)
I
also give my son Moses the undivided half
of the above mentioned Two Tracts of land. also one Good Horse and
three Cows
& Calves- Item,
I give unto my
daughter Jenny Drummond when she shall arrive at the age of Twenty
Years a
Negro girl Called little Sarah- about Thirteen Years old with all her
further
Increase also at the same times the Second Choice of Feather Beds
&
furniture one good young Horse & Saddle and three Cows
& Calves-- Item
I give also to my
before mentioned daughter Betsy Godfrey, one Hundred Acres of land in
Lawrance
District known by the Name of Tom Norths Tract- Item,
I give unto my
son Nathaniel Drummond one Hundred Acres of land in Lawrence Des being
the
balance of a Tract of land sold to John Page.
Item
it is my will and
Desire that all my land not Bequeath'd be sold
at the Descretion of my
Executors, at the Time of the Division is to
take place, and at which time Betsy Godfrey & Nathaniel
Drummond is to have
their lands. (which time is when my youngest Daughter Jenny arrives at
Twenty
years old- It
is my will &
Desire that all the Rest of my Estate not other ways Bequeathed be sold
and the
monies arising from the sale of my land & other property after
paying all
my Just Debts be equally Divided among all my Children Viz. Nathan
Drummond
Norman Drummond Moses Drummond Betsy Godfrey Carlisle Ball and Jenny
Drummond.
Lastly
I do. appoint
Leonard Waller and William Waller to be my true & Lawfull
Executors to this
my last will & Testament Hereby Revoking every other will or
wills by me
Heretofore made Ratifying and confirming this to be my last will no
other.
In witness whereof I
have Here unto Set my
hand & Seal this Eighteenth day of October in the year of our
lord one
thousand Eight Hundred & three & of American
Independance the Twenty
Eighth--------- Benjamin
Drummond X
His Mark Signed
Sealed &
acknowledged in the presence of us Nathan
Lipscomb Proven
11 day of
November 1803 Recorded
date not
available A.
Hamilton Ordinary A.
D. Box
28 Pkg.
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