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Estate
# 1241, Spartanburg County Estate Papers, SP41
Will of
William Lipscomb.
In the
name of God Amen. I William Lipscomb of Spartanburgh District State
of South Carolina being in my sound mind and memory make this my
last Will and Testament this seventeenth day of July in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and eight and in the thirty
fourth year of American Independence. Item, I give unto my wife
Elizabeth Lipscomb the Land whereon I now live the east side of main
Thicketty, beginning on a Small Ash on the bank of the Creek about
halfway between my fence and Thomas Littlejohn’s fence a straight
line to a Polar in Mapps old field above the horse ford on the east
side of McBees creek to continue a straight line to Burchfield’s
east line along said line to his corner Post oak the east side of
the little blue branch, thence a straight line to a red or black oak
Steens & Austells corner along their lines to main Thicketty up
Thicketty to the beginning, six choice Negroes one ox cart as much
of the stock, tools & household furniture as she chooses to keep.
Item, I give unto my son William Lipscomb, Dec’d children four
Negroes, Hannah, Dick, Bartlet & Coz them & their increase forever.
I give my grand Son David Lipscomb three hundred dollars and he is
to receive three hundred out of his Fathers Wm. Lipscomb dec’d part
and have an equal share with his brothers & Sister of the balance,
the money to be left in my Execut’r hands to educate him except so
much of said money as shall be laid out in educating him at the
Latin Schools before my decease. Item, I give unto my son David
Lipscomb, eight Negroes, Vilit, Morris, Daniel, Larkin, Harrison,
Roxy, Hannah & Bartlet, them and their increase forever. Item, I
give my son John Lipscomb six Negroes, Robbin, Nelson, Betty,
Charity, Moses & Peter, them and their increase forever. Item, I
give my daughter Mary Littlejohn eight Negroes, Dafney, James,
Jacob, Salley, Ann, Sam’l, Annesee & Peg them and their increase
forever, also a tract of land whereon Thomas Littlejohn now lives
beginning in Burchfield’s east line and running on the north line of
the above described land to main Thicketty crossing the creek a
straight line to a post oak corner on the hill the right hand side
of the path that leads from my house to William Thomsons old place,
thence along Thomsons line to Thomas Collinns line along Collines to
Rosses along Rosses to Burchfields line along Burchfields to the
Beginning. Item, I give my daughter Nancy Wood six Negroes, Judy,
Mime, Harry, Daniel, Sam’l & Adam them and their increase forever
also two tracts of land one purchased of William Wood the other of
Joseph Champion where on the said Nancy Wood now lives. Item, I
give my son Nathaniel Lipscomb seven Negroes, Viney & two children,
Nelly, Tom, George & Asa them and their increase forever, also a
Tract of four hundred acres on Muddy Creek Kentucky the land whereon
the said Nathan Lipscomb now lives and has my bond for a write is
included, the lines to run so as to not injure the other part of my
land. My son Nathan Lipscomb to have no part of my other lands or
their value except he chooses to have his valued as all my other
lands by four or five good men chosen by my Executors then the said
Nathan Lipscomb may take it at valuation & draw an equal share with
all my children. Then the said Nathan Lipscomb shall receive two
hundred dollars for his trouble in seeing after my lands. Item, I
give my son Smith Lipscomb, five Negroes, Ginne, Nancy, Garland,
Milley & Annica them & their increase forever, also the above
described land laid of for my wife after her death my son Smith
Lipscomb to have full possession of it; all the above described
lands to be valued & them that is on them may take them at valuation
all my other lands not hereafter described to be lotted of and any
of my children may take a lot or lots at valuation except more than
one wants a particular lot then they may bid for it, draw for choice
or sell on credit, the whole of my lands to be valued by four or
five good men chosen by my Executors, my Kentucky lands also. I have
three tracts in partnership with William Thomson known by the name
of the limekiln Tracts, one conveyed by Wm. Bratton Sheriff, one by
Capt. James Martain, the other we have said James Martain bond for a
write to, Wm Thomson is to have half that is recovered if all or
any, to pay half the expense and have half the profits, which lands
will be sold at the discretion of my Executors as they may think
best, my son John Lipscomb to deduct out of his equal part four
hundred dollars for the land deeded from me to him unless he choose
to have that valued as my other land then my son John Lipscomb is to
receive his equal part. The Negroes, household furniture and stock
that my wife don’t make choice of be equally divided among my
children so that the Negroes remain in the family and at my wife’s
death all that part of the Negroes household furniture & stock and
their increase and tools that my had be equally divided as my other
property. My will and desire is that my wife should live with my
son Smith Lipscomb they having the liberty of cropping together. If
any of my children die leaving no child their brothers & sisters
shall receive their equal part and if any should die leaving a child
or children then my grand child or children shall receive their
fathers or mothers equal part. My will and desire that my sons
David Lipscomb, John Lipscomb, Nathan Lipscomb & Smith Lipscomb be
my Executors and that my Executors do perform as above. In witness I
have hereunto set my hand and Seal the day and date above written.
Wm
Lipscomb
Signed
Sealed in the presence of us
William
Bostick
Joshua
Richards
John
Herrin
Will
proven by the oaths of William Bostick & Joshua Richards April 11,
1810
Recorded in Will Book A, page 11
Recorded 9 day of Nov. 1810
Christopher Golightly O. S. D.
Box 17,
Package 3
History
of Spartanburg County, J. B. O. Landrum, 1900, Pages 371-374
THE
LIPSCOMB FAMILY.
Among
the first settlers in the original county of Spartanburg was William
Lipscomb, the ancestor of nearly all the families of this name who
have ever resided in said county.
It is
stated that just after the close of the Revolution he was moving
with his family from Louisa county, Va., to Georgia, and that on the
way his wagon broke down near Thickety Creek. While awaiting repairs
he concluded to look around over the country, and was so well
pleased that he decided to make settlement in that immediate
vicinity. He made entry of a large scope of lands on Little Thickety
and Goucher creeks, which has been in the family ever since. He was
born in Virginia, March 28th, 1731, and died March 13th, 1810, aged
79 years. He had five sons and two daughters, viz.: Smith (known as
Judge L.), John, David, William, Nathan, Nancy and Polly.
Of
these sons Smith Lipscomb, the eldest, had four sons and two
daughters, viz.: William (Billy Pete) who married a Miss Lockart,
daughter of an old settler; Jammie, who married a Miss Ferguson;
Wyatt, who married Rebecca Lockart, sister of William's wife; David,
who married a Miss Macomson; Betsey, who married Hiram Lockart
(brother of the wives of William and Wyatt), and Nancy, who married
Spencer Morgan, a Baptist preacher.
Of
these sons, William (or Billy Pete) had eight children, as follows:
Agnes, who married John H. Wood; Josaphine (now deceased) who
married Crawford Miller; Christina P., who married John J. Lipscomb;
Alexander, who married a Miss Jane Finley (daughter of Daniel
Finley, Esq.); Moses, who died during the war unmarried; Smith, who
married Miss Sarah Goudelock; Jimmie, unknown; Hiram, who married
Miss Janie Holmes; and Wyatt, who married Miss Mildred Streetman of
Texas.
John
Lipscomb, one of the sons of the elder William Lipscomb, had four
sons and four daughters, viz.: John, William, Smith, Edward, Betsey,
Agnes, Polly and Nancy. Of the four sons, Edward Lipscomb, Esq., had
eleven children, as follows: Nazareth, who married Rev. M. C.
Barnett; Elizabeth, who married Willis Smith; Sarah, who married A.
N. Poole; Clara, who married K. C. Watkins; Evelina, who married
Willis Smith (second wife); Narcissa, who married Captain A. B.
Bryant (killed in the army); Elias, who married Artemia Golightly;
William L. (Billy Cap), who married Nancy Elizabeth, daughter of
Wyatt Lipscomb; Smith Lipscomb, father of R. S. Lipscomb, who
married Sallie Wood, and who died in Virginia during the civil war;
John J., who married Christina Lipscomb, and Nathan, who married
Mary, daughter of Russell Wilkins. Of the four daughters of John
(son of William Lipscomb, the elder) mentioned, Betsy married Frank
Littlejohn; Agnes married Thomas Littlejohn first and afterwards to
Drury Wood (cousins); Polly married John Wilkins, and Nancy married
Dr. Nance.
Of the
daughters of the elder William Lipscomb mentioned, Nancy married
William Wood and Polly married Thomas Littlejohn.
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