1. Moses
Smith will (
2. Margaret Watson,
3. Daughters of the American
Revolution, DAR Patriot Index (Washington, DC: Daughters of American
Revolution, 1966), Page 628. Hereinafter cited as DAR
Patriot Index.
4. Joseph T. Maddox,
5. Last Will and Testament of
Moses Smith, Deceased
In the name of God Amen. I Moses Smith of Abbeville District and the State of South Carolina finding myself being frail through the infirmity of old age and not knowing how soon I may be called away from time and being of sound mind and memory and wishing to dispose of my wordly property do make this my last will and testament disarming all former Wills and in form following viz(???)
Item 1st. I give and bequeath to my son George Smith one negro girl named Ellise also two hundred dollars and fifty.
I give and bequeath to my son William Smith one tract of land two hundred
acres or thereabouts lying on the barren branch (???) on which he now lives. I
also give to my son Robert Smith three hundred and thirty acres of land lying
on
Item 2nd. I give and bequeath to my daughter Janie Cullins all my interest in a tract of land that she now lives on in the State of Indiana for which I have paid something more than six hundred dollars which I conceive will (in whie???) her equal to the above Legatees.
Item 3rd. I give to my grandchildren Jas Dun and Moses Dun, children of my daughter Feby(??) Dun as follows. I give and bequeath to Jas Dun one hundred and fifty dollars which will make him equal to five hundred dollars with what he has (rec ??), also I give to Moses Dun one hundred dollars with what I have already give them two will make them have received eight hundred dollars
Item 4th. I give and bequeath to my son Benjamin all the plantation of land on which I now live containing five hundred and twenty three acres together with all the improvements also five negroes one named (Jaehn??) Tilman (Iirhy??) and child Aggy,Lbby(?) and Enoch also all my household and kitchen furniture.
Item 5th. All the remainder of my property that I may die possessing(??) of, it is my will that it shall be sold and the proceeds of the same with what notes and money I may have at my death take equally divided between my children William, Joseph, George, Robert, Benjamin, Samuel, Ebenezer, and Jane Cullens, and the heirs of my daughter (Fiby Juby ??) Dun, Jas and Moses Dun to receive their mothers part of my estate that is to be sold after my death.
Item 6th. It is my will and desire that Wm Barmore and Samuel Agnew Senn(??), be the Executors of this my last will and testament. In witness whereof I have hereunto let my hand and seal this tenth(??) of February one thousand and eigth hundred and thirty seven and sixty second of American Independence.
Signed Sealed and declared to be my last will and testament in (fraener??) of us W. Enoch Barmore, Michard P. Bowie, Washington Drummon
Moses Smith L.S.
Proven by the Oath of Enoch Barmore and Washington Drummon and qualified Wm.Barmore.
Esser.(??)
***** Moses Smith, Soldier of the Revolution,
born
***** Record at Abbeville County, Probate Court, PO BOX 70, Abbeville, SC 29620 ($1.00) BOX 84, Pack 2060.
6. Moses Smith Family, unknown
bible title (No place: no publisher, no date); DAR Proofs File, Washington,
DC. Hereinafter cited as Moses Smith Family Bible record.
7. 2928 Benjamin Ct SE, Olympia,
WA 98501-4807 Constance L. Bailey, compiler, "Ancestral File Submission,
Moses Smith"; Ancestral File, v4.19 (AF97-112297), Ancestral File,
http://www.familysearch.org, Salt Lake City, UT. Hereinafter
cited as "Ancestral File, Moses Smith".
8. Watson, Greenwood County
Sketches, pages 372-373.
9. Cemetery Marker,
personally observed, Old Greenville Presbyterian Church Cemetary,
south of Donalds, Hwy 54 and Hwy 178 SW of Shoals
Junction, Near Donalds, Abbeville County, SC; Joseph
P. Standaert.
10. Moses
Smith, Tombstone Inscription, DAR Library, Washington, DC; Cora Elizabeth Smith
Wilk, 1961.
11. Watson, Greenwood
County Sketches, Page 372-373.
12. Watson, Greenwood
County Sketches.
13. Watson, Greenwood
County Sketches, Page 373.
14. FamilyTreeMaker.com,
Descendants of James Anderson, Sr., online at
www.familytreemaker.com/users/p/r/u/Helen-A-Pruitt/index.html, Helen Anderson
Pruitt (54 Meeting Street, Charleston, SC 29401 (843) 577-4432
Hpruitt@aol.com), downloaded 8 Jul 1999.
15. FamilyTreeMaker.com,
Descendants of James Anderson, Sr., 8 Jul 1999, Middle name of Gertrude.
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