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Estates
of Jesse and Mary Wofford
Spartanburg County Estates, # 2226 Frames 414 -469, Jesse Wofford,
SP72 [Transcribed from a microfilmed copy available at the South
Carolina State Archives by Laurel T. Baty.]
South
Carolina
Spartanburgh District
Jesse
Woffords Last Will & Testament
In the
name of God amen.
I leave
to my wife Mary Wofford all my real & personal Estate during her
life or widowhood only such part as is to be distributed to the
children as they become of age each one negro & horse & such other
property as she can spare all to be valued by two men and a Book to
be kept so that each one shall have equal if she should decease or
marry before all the children become of age the negroes to be hired
out annually & the land to be rented & mills also annually for the
support & education of the children & when the youngest one becomes
of age then all to be divided by valuation as before mentioned. If
she should marry she shall have a woman by the name of Hanner (sic)
and her children & a negro Boy by the name of Alford During her life
then to be divided as before mentioned amongst her children. They
shall be bound for the forthcoming of that property at her decease
if she should have any more property to give to the children as they
become of age each one to have equal as before mentioned & if she
should decease or marry before the children should become of age all
that is not of age shall choose a gardeen (sic) to act for them--&
to live with them. I wish the churches money that is in my hands to
be payed (sic) to the commitioner (sic) in Equity as soon as she can
without injury to my estate within one or two or three or four years
by paying the interest annual to the trustees & taking ??
In
witness whereof I set my hand and seal this the 12 June 1834
Jesse
Wofford (Seal)
Jared
Drummond
Jacob
H. Hastin
Warren
Drummond
[Recorded in Will Book C page 78, Box 33 Package 6, recorded March
2, 1835]
South
Carolina
Spartanburgh District
By Wm.
Scrivenier (??)
Whereas
Polly Wofford hath applied to me for Probate of the Will of Jesse
Wofford deceased. These are therefore to cite and admonish all and
singular the kindred and legatees of the said deceased, to appear
before me, at our Court of Ordinary to be holden at Spartanburgh
Court House, on the first Monday of March next, to shew cause, if
any, why the said Will should not be proven, and the said Polly
Wofford qualified as the Admr’x with the will annexed.
Given
under my Hand and Seal, this 2nd day of February 1835
Wm.
Scrivenier, O. S. D. [Seal]
On
Reverse:
The
within Citation was Read publickly (sic) in the Congregation at the
Green Pond this day of Feb. 22nd 1835
Elias
Rogers
In this
book may be found the property valued to Mary Wofford’s children as
they become of age.
South
Carolina Spartanburg Dist Sept. 14th 1834.
The
following is property valued to Mary Wofford’s children as they
become of age by Jared & Warren Drummond.
Sept.
14th 1834 Wade H. Wofford
One
Negro boy Ned $300
One
Horse $70
One
Negro girl $125
Total
-- $495
August
19, 1837 Hosea Wofford
One
Negro Boy John $270
One
horse $75
One
Negro girl Laura $135
Total
-- $480
July
21, 1838 James Wofford
One
Negro boy Steven $270
One
horse $68
One
Negro boy $260
Total
-- $598
Nov.
15, 1839 Elias Wofford
One
Negro boy Tony $275
One
horse $40
One
Negro girl $210
Total
$525
Oct.
24, 1842 Thomas Wofford
One
Negro boy Edmund $345
One
horse $68
One
Negro boy George $155
Total
$568
October
24, 1842 Elvira Wofford
One
Negro girl Phebe $280
One
horse $40
One
Negro boy Sampson $130
Total
$450
August
22, 1844 Partheny Wofford
One
Negro girl Susan $300
One
sorrel mare $40
One
Negro boy John $190
Total
$530
April
10, 1845 Jesse Wofford
One
Negro boy $410
One
Negro boy Hiram $245
One
horse $60
Total
-- $715
April
10, 1845 Eliza P. Wofford
One
Negro girl $280
One
horse $45
One
Negro boy Jerry $195
Total
-- $520
Oct. 6,
1847 Jeffison (sic) Wofford
One
Negro boy 4320
One
Negro boy Nelson $75
One
sorrel mare $50
Total
-- $445
Nov. 5,
1849 Ira Wofford
One
Negro girl Fanny $445
One
Negro boy Lewis $320
One
black filly
$780
Feb.
10, 1851 Martha Ann Wofford
One
girl Jane $490
One
Negro boy Miles $195
One
grey mare $50
Total
$735
Nov. 4,
1853 Benjamin Wofford
One
Negro Boy $390
One
Negro Girl $175
One
horse $65
Total
$620
South
Carolina
Spartanburg Dist.
An
Inventory of the goods & chattels and personal estate of Jesse
Wofford dec’d.
One
negro man David at $600
Philip
$600
Joe
$550
Caniday
$500
One
woman named Edy & 3 children Stephen, Toney & Jerry $900
Eliza &
two children Washington & Edmund $900
Tabby &
five children Sarah, John, Mary, Zandal & Susannah $1300
Hannah
& two children Phebe & Fanncy $700
One
girl Milley $300
One bed
& furniture $0
Ditto
30
Ditto
25
Ditto
25
Ditto
12
Ditto
15
Ditto
10
One
small bed 2
One lot
of boxes, chairs, wagon hub &c 6
One
side board & furniture 45
One
buroe (sic) & looking glass 20
One
clock 12
Total
$6,627.00
One
cupboard and furniture 30
One
chest 4
Eight
counterpins 28
One lot
of counterpins, table cloths, tylets cloth (?) 10
Two
trunks 5
One
cradle & umbrella 1.50
One lot
of knives and forks paper spectacles razors ?? 7
One lot
of spoons locks buttons pins &c 7
One
small table cloth 1.50
One lot
chairs 5.50
One
shot gun pouch &c 10
One
folding table half ?? cloth 19
One lot
of barrels molasses jugs nails &c 15
One lot
of barrels flour hogs lard spun yarn &c 39
On lot
of plains auger and chisel 5
One
table 3 jars & 1 pan 2
1 pair
waffle irons 2 pans & coffee mill 2
1 lot
tinware pater dish & plates crockery &c 5
One
loom 4 pair harness and 8 sleys 10
One
table & two tray 1.50
4 jars
1.00
1 lot
of casting Baker oven tea kettle &c 2.00
3 pots
racks hooks 4 ?? 9.00
2 pots
4.00
5 pails
& tub 1.50
Total
223.50
One lot
of leather 2.00
1 lot
of books 5.00
4
spinning wheels & reel, 1 churn, pair cards &c 5.75
1 grind
stone 3.00
1 lot
of bacon & supposed to be 1498 lbs at 12 ½ ct per lb 187.25
1 lot
of barrels & flour wheel 2.00
1 lot
of soap 7.50
4 raw
hides at 1.50 pr hide 6.00
1 lot
of picked cotton 16.25
1 lot
of barrels, tubs, boxes and peas 5.00
3
scythes & cradles 3.00
3
bushels of wheat 3.00
1 lot
of barrels 1.00
1 set
of blacksmith tools 17.00
1 lot
of plows, stocks &c 9.25
1 lot
of iron & drawing knife 3.00
1 load
wagon & harness 50.00
1
carryall wagon 60.00
1 lot
of corn supposed to be 60 barrels 180.00
1 log
way 1.00
1 lots
hoes 1.00
1 lot
of mattocks 5.00
1 lot
of axes 4.50
1 lot
of fodder 12.00
1 lot
of oats 25.00
1 lot
of hogs 15.00
1 lot
of sows & pigs 15.00
1
sorrel mare 55.00
1 bay
mare 50
1
sorrel horse 65.00
1 Bay
horse 30.00
1 Bay
Horse 75.00
1 Bay
colt 30.00
Total
953.50
[Several more pages of accounts owed follow.]
We the
undersigned named appraisers return this to Polly Wofford Admr’x of
Jesse Wofford Dec’d as a true appraise Bill of the Personal Estate
of sd Dec’d this March the 10th 1835
Philip
Brewton
Nathaniel Wofford
Jared
Drummond
J. M.
Bradley
The
State of South Carolina
Spartanburg District
To R.
Bowden, Ordinary
The
humble petition of the undersigned petitioners respectfully showeth
that Jesse Wofford Late of the aforesaid state & district during his
lifetime executed his last Will and Testament which has since been
proven in your court by which he gave a life estate in certain
property to his wife Mary Wofford who has since died & left the
Estate subject to Admr your petitioners therefore prays your court
for letters of Admr on the same this 11th Feby 1856
W. H.
Wofford
James
P. Wofford
Annual
Return of W. H. & J. P. Wofford Adm’rs of Jesse Wofford Dec’d
Filed
May 3, 1858 [Recorded Book C, page 600]
1858
Anl Return of W. H. & J. P. Wofford Adm’r of Jesse Wofford dec’d
Paid
Out 1858
Graves
stones 19.00
Frait
(sic) on graves 3.82
Graves
stones for A. J. Wofford 8.10
R.
Bowden 14.00
Total
44.92
The
foregoing return sworn to and subscribed before me on May 3, 1858
Jno.
Earle Boman, O. S. D.
J. P.
Wofford
[The
following is a clipping from a Newspaper contained in the lengthy
probate files of Jesse and Mary Wofford.]
STATE
OF SOUTH CAROLINA
SPARTANBURG DISTRICT
IN THE
COURT OF ORDINARY
Citation to Settlement.
Wade H.
Wofford, J. P. Wofford Admr’s, Applicants vs. Hosea Wofford, Elias
Wofford et al defendants.
It
appearing to my satisfaction, that Hosea Wofford, Elias Wofford,
Jesse Wofford, Ralph Wrigh and wife Elvira, John Tillotson and wife
Elsea, A. Thomas and wife Martha, and Oshello Thomas, son of
Parthena Thomas, deceased, heirs at law of Jesse Wofford, deceased,
and Mary Wofford, deceased, reside from and without the limits of
this State: It is ordered, that they be and appear, at the Court of
Ordinary, to be holden at Spartanburg Court House, for Spartanburg
District, on the 3d day of May next, to show cause, if any they can,
why the estates of said Jesse Wofford and Mary Wofford, deceased,
should not be finally settled, or their consent to the same will be
entered of record.
Given
under my hand and seal of Office, this February 1st,
1858. Jno. Earle Bomar.
Final
Settlement of the Estate of Jesse Wofford dec’d. Made May 3, 1858.
Parties cited—Jas. P. Wofford & W. H. Wofford, Adm’rs
1856
Nov. 13 Admrs. Dv To amt of Sale Bill $4183.00
Int. to
3rd May 1858 $406.68
Total
$4589.68
1858
May 3 Deduct amt pd as pr return $44.92
Total
4545.76
Deduct
to pay Carr’r & Trimmel for Citation to Settlement $4.00
Total
$4541.76
Deduct
to pay Inv Earle Bower $6.00
Total
$4535.76
Deduct
Conv. 2 ½ pr ct on amt rec’d $114.73
Deduct
Conv. 2 ½ Pr ct. on amt pd out $1.47
Deduct
Conv. 2 ½ pr ct 10/12 of ?? 94.49
$210.69
Total
$4325.07
Amount
of Advancements leaving out Jefferson Wofford who has died without
issue
$7,016
There
being 12 Legatees the share each is 1/12 $11,341.07
$945.08
Wade H.
Wofford’s share $945.08
Deduct
advancement $495
Due
Wade H. Wofford $450.08
Hosea
Wofford’s share $945.08
Deduct
Advancement $480.00
Due
Hosea Wofford $465.08
Jas. P.
Wofford’s share $945.08
Deduct
Advancements $398.00
Due
Jas. P. Wofford $347.08
Elias
Wofford’s share $945.08
Deduct
advancements 325.00
Due
Elias Wofford $420.08
Thomas
Wofford’s share $945.08
Deduct
advancements 568.00
Due
Thomas Wofford $377.08
Elvira
Wofford’s share $945.08
Deduct
advancements 450.00
Due
Elvira Wofford $495.08
Parthena Wofford’s share $945.08
Deduct
advancements $530.00
Due
Parthena Wofford $415.08
Jesse
Wofford’s share $945.08
Deduct
advancements $715.0
Due
Jesse Wofford $230.08
Eliza
P. Wofford’s share $945.08
Deduct
advancements $320.00
Due
Eliza P. Wofford $25.08
Ira
Wofford’s share $945.08
Deduct
advancements $780.00
Due Ira
Wofford $165.08
Martha
Ann Wofford’s share $945.08
Deduct
advancements $735.00
Due
Martha Ann Wofford $210.08
Benjamin Wofford’s share $945.08
Deduct
advancements $620.00
Due
Benj. Wofford $325.08
It is
ordered and decreed that the Admr’s of Jesse Wofford dec’d pay to
each of the Legatees of said dec’d the amounts severally annexed to
their names in the above settlement with interest from this date—May
3, 1858
Jno.
Earle Bomar
The
Estate of Mary Wofford is file #2573, Frames 0014 -058, SP87. It
contains an inventory and sale of the property of Mary Wofford very
similar to the above inventory for Jesse Wofford. I believe that
Wade H. Wofford may have left South Carolina by January 1858 due to
the following document:
South
Carolina
Spartanburg District
To the
Ordinary of said District
The
humble petition of J. P. Wofford of Mary Wofford dec’d showeth
Hat the
estate of his intestate is now ready for settlement, he therefore
prays that the parties in interest to wit, Wade H. Wofford, Hosea
Wofford, Elias Wofford, Jessse Wofford, Ralph Wright and wife
Elvira, John Tollotson and wife Elsea, Orthello Thomas, son and heir
at law of Parthena Thomas, dec’d, A. Thomas and wife Martha who
reside from without the limits of this state and Thomas Wofford, Ira
Wofford & Benjamin Wofford may be cited before this court and
settlement had, and as in duty bound he will ever pray &c.
Jany
29, 1858.
J. P.
Wofford.
Wade H.
Wofford’s signature no longer appears on the documents form 1858.
No receipts signed by any of the heirs are in the files.
I have
been unable to find Wade H. Wofford in the 1850 Census, although he
appears to be living in Spartanburg in 1856. Here is his mother
Polly Wofford in 1840 and 1850:
1840
Spartanburg Co., SC p. 86
Mary
Wofford
01212
0022001
1 male
5-10[Benjamin], 2 males 10-15[Jefferson & Ira], 1 male 15-20
[Jesse?], 2 males 20-30 [Wade & James P.? ], 2 females 10-15 [Martha
Ann & Eliza?], 2 females 15--20 [Parthenia & Elvira] 1 female
40-50[Mary]
1840
Chickasaw Co., MS p. 64
E. J.
Wofford: 2 males under 5, 3 males 20-30 [Hosea, Elias and ?], 1
female 20-30
1850
Spartanburg, SC p. 146
#873
Polly Warford 54
Jefferson 22 [Came of age Oct. 6, 1847, dies before 1856]
Ann 21
[Martha Ann comes of age Feb. 10, 1851]
Benjamin 18 [Comes of age Nov. 4, 1853]
# 876
William Warford 33 [Who is this?]
Martha
30
Albert
8
Alvira
6
1850
Spartanburg, SC p. 145
#869
Ralph Right 33
Elvira
26
M. A. 6
male
Q. A. 4
(male)
Comodore 4 (male)
R. F. 3
(male)
C. C.
32 (female)
1850
Spartanburg, SC p. 98
James
Wofford 53 (should be 33?) SC
Margaret 33 SC
Nancy
Vaughn 67 SC
Thomas
Wofford 12 SC
Jesse 8
SC
Calvin
6 Sc
Mary 4
Sc
Augusta
2 SC
1850
Western Division, Chickasaw Co., MS p. 403
Hosey
Wofford 34
Sarah
28
Jesse 7
Abiah 6
Mary F.
4
Martha
C. 2
Olivia
J. 3/12
1850
Western Division, Chickasaw Co., MS p. 404
Elias
J. Wofford 33 SC
Delia
31 SC
Maland
12 SC
William
10 SC
John 6
MS
Leand 4
(female) MS
Olive
S. 2 (female) MS
By 1860
Wade Wofford and wife Nancy Rogers Wofford are living in Bartow
(Cass) County Georgia. They have two children who should appear in
the 1850 Census: James O. born in 1845 and Martha A. born in 1847:
1860
Georgia Militia District 828, Cass County, Georgia p. 844
Wade H.
Wofford 45 SC
Nancy
36 SC
James
O. 15 male SC
Martha
A. 13 female SC
Parthenia G. female 9 GA
Joseph
7 male GA
A. W. 3
female GA
Sarah
2/12 GA [Would fit Lillie being born in April 1860]
1870
Dist 5 Bartow Co., GA p. 398
Wofford,
Wade H. 55 SC
Nancy
S. 45 SC
Mattie
21 GA
Joseph
15 GA
Adora
12 GA
Carrie
L. 10 GA
Lula 8
SC
1880
Stilsboro, 851 District, Bartow Co., GA p. 449B
#149/157 Wofford, W. H. 65 SC, SC, SC
N. S.
58 SC, SC. SC
M. A.
32 SC, SC, SC
Leoline
18 SC, SC, SC
Lou A.
16 GA, GA, GA
I have
been unable to locate a death record for Wade Wofford or his wife
Nancy Rogers Wofford. The last mention of him is in a Bartow County
Newspaper in 1884. His wife Nancy appears to live at least until
the early 1890s, based again on a mention in the Bartow County
newspaper. I would like to find a marriage record for Wade H.
Wofford and Nancy S. Rogers as well as a record of their deaths
(cemetery, bible record or obituary).
I am a
descendant of Lillie Wofford, daughter of Wade and Nancy Wofford,
who married Charles W. Baker in 1884:
From
Cartersville American, March 1884
"Talk
from Taylorsville"
Married, at the residence of the bride's parents, on Thursday eve,
at half-past four o'clock C. W. Baker, of Cedartown, to Miss Lula
Wofford, by Rev. J. P. Jones. Much success to the happy couple.
Birmingham News, April 22, 1938, page 37
Baker--Mrs.
Lillie Wofford Baker, age 78, passed away at the residence, 1609
15th Ct., N., Friday a. m. Survived by 1 son, H. A. Baker; 6
daughters, Louise Pate, Mrs. R. O. Baty, Mrs. A. O. Tucker, Mrs. C.
C. Thomas, Miss Alma and Beulah Baker. Funeral services from the
residence Saturday 2 p. m. Rev. H. H. Hobbs and Rev. V. H. Hawkins
officiating, Interment Elmwood Cemetery, Brown Service. Norwood
3-2111 directing. Active pallbearers will be the nephews and
grandsons.
Tombstone at Elmwood reads: Lilly W. Baker Apr. 15, 1860 to Apr. 23,
1938; death certificate states her parents were Wade Wofford and
Nancy Rogers, both born in South Carolina.
Laurel
Baty
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