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IN the
name of God Amen. I Charles Moore of Spartan County Pinckney
districk & State of South Carolina. Calling to mind ye Mortality of
my body; And being of perfect & Sound understanding & memory, do
make & ordain this my Last Will & Testament in manner & form
following.
Imprimis It is my will & desire that all my Debts & Funeral charges
be first paid & discharged by my Executors herein after mentioned.
Item. I
will & bequeath unto Mary my beloved Wife The feather Bed & its
furniture on which I lie, Also her choice of any one of my horse
creatures, together wither sadle & bridle; And her choice of two
cows & calves out of my stock of meat cattle, & two Ewes & lambs,
together with her bodily apparel & the Use of ye Dweling house in
which I now live with all its furniture not herein after willed away
together with ye Use of Three negroes Viz Robert, Dinna, & Phillis
and their Children not herein willed away. Also four Horses & Waggon
& geers compleat, Plows & their Geers with all my other farming
Utensels & tools of different kinds to carry on ye farming Buisness
to support her, My two Sons Andw. & Chas., (Whilst they Stay with
her) and ye Negroes under her care during her widowhood, Reserving
always to my sd. Son Chas. Moore If he attends ye. Plantation &
Hands thereon, a sufficient share of ye Crops raised on sd.
Plantation. Hi Mother having always ye Authority to advise &
contrive with him in ye farming & other regularities for ye best.
Also I will & bequeath to my loving wife Mary One Negroe Wench Named
Nelly & her offspring to wait on her in ye House & to be at her
Disposal to any of her & my Children that she shall think proper to
leave her & hers to at her death. At which Period of death of my
wifes, The House & Houshould furniture together with the above
Negroes, Robt., Dinna, Phillis & their offspring (not herein willed)
Horses & cows & calves, wagon & Geers, Plows & all Farming Utensels
& Tools of every kind & description whatsoever, (Negroe Nelly &
offspring and my sd. Wifes Bodily apparel & Bed excepted to so with
as she shall think fit.) All which I Will Demise and bequeath to my
sd. Son Charles Moore to ye only proper Use & behoof of him ye Sd.
Chas. his heirs and assigns forever. Also I leave my loving wife my
Large Bible & any other three Books she shall choose out of my small
Liberary, during her life, and at her Death, the Bible & Books are
to descend to my son Thos. Moore during his life, and at his Decease
to descend to my son Andw. B. Moore & his heirs, Be it remembred,
that if ye Sd. Andw. B. Moore should die without Isue, the Bible &
books to desend to my son Charles Moore his heirs & assigns forever.
Item. I
Will & bequeath to my son in law Adw. Barry five Shillings Sterling,
And to his Daughter Violet Moore Barry one feather bed & furniture.
Item. I
Will & bequeath to my son in law Jno Lawson five Shillings Sterling.
Item. I
Will & bequeath to my son in law Richard Barry five Shillings
Sterling.
Item. I
Will & bequeath to my soninlaw Robt. Hannah five Shillg. Ster. And
to his Son Chas. Moore Hannah a Horse value Ten Pounds Sterling.
Item. I
Will & bequeath to my soninlaw Mathew Patton five Shillings Sterling
for his two Marriages.
Item. I
Give Demise & bequeath to my son Thos. Moore one Negroe Boy Named
Prince now in his Possession to him his heirs and assigns forever.
Item. I
Will & bequeath to my soninlaw ye Revd. Robt. M. Cunningham five
Shigs. Sterling.
Item. I
Give, Demise & bequeath to my Andrew Berry Moore him h(i)s heirs and
assigns forever. One (N)egore Boy Named Simon, and negroe Girl Named
Fanney, & a Small Negroe Boy Called Bob. Als O(ne) e feather Bed &
furniture Compleat together with my writing Desk one Large Walnut
Table, with falling le(ave)s, one half dozen P(ew)ter plates, Three
Pewter dishes, one half Dozen chairs. Also Two Cows & Calves, Two
Ewes & Lambs, two breeding Sows & (p)igs, One Set of plow Iorns, One
M(a)ttock & one felling Ax.
Item. I
Give Demise & bequeath to my Son Charles Moore his (he)irs & assigns
forever. All the Lan(d) or Plantation on which I now live. Bounded
by a division line Betw(een) me and my (So)n (A)n(d). B. Moore Run
by Mr. Andrew Thomson Surveyor and Martin (illegible words) N.
(illegible) Tyger (illegible) River (illegible) to ye West.
Containing Two (illegible) hundred (illegible) and Sixty (illegible)
f(i)ve acres More or less. Including the dwelling House together
with all other ye Improvement theron (reserving to my wife ye Us(e)
of Sd. House & furniture during her widowhood or death, At whoes
decease all ye dowery left by m(e) to my Sd. Wife Mary Shall desend
to (m)y Sd. Son Charles. (Nelly & ofspring my wifes Bodily Apparel &
Bed & furniture excepted his heirs & (as)signs forever. Also I give
Demise an (d) bequeath to my Sd. Son Charles Moore Two Negroe Boys
viz. Tom and Toney, and a Negroe Girl named Dove. Also I Give Demise
& be(qu)eath to Sd. Charles after (illegible) his Mothers Death, All
ye feather Beds & furniture, And houshould furniture, Good and
Chattles not afore will(ed) or bequeathed together with ye. above sd.
Negroes Viz. Robt. Dinna & Phillis & their offsping not herein
Willed or bequeathed. Also the (a)bove Waggon, Horse & Geers, Plows
and all farming Utensels & plantation tools of every kind or (d)escription
whatsoever. Together wi(th) All my Other Horses, Mares & Colts, and
all my Stock of meat Cattle, Sheep & Hogs. (not ab(ov)e willed
together will all ye Debts (du)e me, either by Bill, Bond, Note or
Book Debt or o(th)erwise I Give Demise and bequeath to my Sd. Son
Charles Moore his heirs & ass(i)gns forever. All ye. remainder of my
real & personal Esta(te) Where ever found or known I will (be)queath
& Demise to my Sd. Son Char(le)s Moore his heirs & Asigns forever.
Lastly I constitute and appoint my loving Wife Ma(r)y Moore & my Son
Charles Moore Ex(ec)utors of this my last will & Testament, & my
soninlaw Andw. Barry & my Son Thomas Moore overseers of ye. my last
w(i)ll & Testamt. In wittness whereof I have here unto Set my hand &
Seal this Tenth ---Day of May ---in ye. (ye)ar of our Lord one
thousand Seven hundred and ninty (e)ight.
Signed
Sealed Publishe(d) Charles Moore
Pronounced & Declared by
Ye. Sd.
Charles Moore as his
Last
Will & Testament in
Presence of ye. Subscribers
Jason
Moore
James
Moore
Jason
Moore Junr.
Whereas
I Charles Moore of Spartanburgh District, have made & duly
exe(cu)ted my last will & Testament in writing bearing date the Teth
day of May one thousand Se(ve)n hundred & ninty (eig)ht & thereby
given & bequeathed one neg(r)oe Girl named D(ov)e, unto my son
Charles Moore. Now I (illegible) here by (r)evoke & make void the sd.
legacy of sd. Negore Girl named Dove, so given & (b)equeathed by my
sd. will unto my sd. son Charles Moore. And I do give & bequeath the
sd. negroe Girl D(ov)e, unto Mary my beloved wife during her life;
(in lieu of the negroe Girl named Nelley bequeathed to her the first
Item of sd. will, but now Deceased) And at her death then the sd.
negroe Girl Dove I give & (b)equeath to my son Charles Moore & his
heirs. Also I do revoke & make void the legacies given &
beque(at)hed to my son Andrew B. Moore If he should fail or neglect,
to pay to his mother Mary Moore fifty Dollar(s) within six month
after my Decease. And I do ordain & declare this present writing to
be a codicil to my (s)d. will, & that the same shall be annexed
thereto & taken as part thereof & do confirm my sd. will, in ev(er)y
perticular thereof that is not hereby altered or revoked. In witness
whereof I have to (illegible) this Co(d)icil set my hand & seal the
fifth day of May one thousand eight hundred and three.
Signed,
Sealed, declared & published Charles
Moore
By the
said Charles Moore, as & for a
codicil
to be annexed to his last will
&
Testament, & to be taken as part thereof,
In
presence of.
Jason
Moore
Jason
Moore Junr.
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