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Laurens County Will Book C (1798-1807)



BALL. William Ball. 7/23/1805:8/5/1805. Wife, Lilly Ann. Sons: John, George, Stephen, William, Jeremiah, Martin, Peter, James, Lewis. Daughters: Pamela, Mary Sadler, Elizabeth, Frances Hitt. Executors: Wife and Reuben Martin. Wit: Reubin Martin, Stephen Garrett.

BELL. Adam Bell. 12/16/1801:11/18/1805. Wife, Mary, executrix. Sons: David, John, Adam, Robert. Daughters: Isabella, Mary, Ester, Elizabeth. To: John Walker, Samuel Erving. Wit: Robert Lang, James Bell, Thomas East.

BOLLING. Samuel Bolling. 5/9/1808:9/5/1808. Wife, Abi. Sons: Samuel, Thornberry, John, Robert. Daughters: Lucinda, Polly, Nancy Sullivant, Elizabeth Dunkin, Tully, Polly. Executors: Wife, sons Robert, John and Samuel Bolling and daughtery Tully. Wit: William, Mary and Tully Choice.

BOURLAND. William Bourland. 1/26/1804:2/6/1804. Wife, Mary. Sons: John, William, James, Andrew. Daughters: Sarah Grace, Nancy Whetford, Mary Odle, Peggy Harper, Eliza. Rammage, Rebecca Fowler, Jennet Dooland, Ruby Webure (deceased). Granddaughter: Jennet Rammage. Executor: Son, John. Wit: Robert Long, John Wilson, Elizabeth Langston.

BRADY. Charles Brady. 10/3/1793: 8/1805. Wife, Eleanor. Sons: William, John, Alexander, George, Charles. Executors: Wife and John Cochran. Wit: Ann Watkins, Zub. Barns.

BRYSON. William Bryson. 12/7/1807:12/26/1807. Sons: John, James, Robert, Searough. Daughter: Jean. Executors: William Blakely, Charles Little.

BRYSON. John Bryson, planter. 3/27/1804: 4/2/1804. Wife, Martha. Daughter: Margaret Flemming. Son-in-law: William Bryson. Executors: Colonel John Simpson, William Fulton. Wit: Archibald Lewis, John Fake, Agnes Boyd.

BURTON. Thomas Burton 5/4/1802:6/28/1802. Wife, Lillian. Sons: Samuel, Robert, Benjamin. Daughters: Ann, Rebecca, Judiah. Executors: Wife, Lillian Burton, Robert Criswell, Henry Box. Wit: John Pucket, John Garlington, Thomas Grace.

BURGESS. Joel Burgess, Sr. 2/11/1803: 3/2/1803. Wife, Elen. Daughters: Jenney, Salley, Tattey, Nelly. Sons: Elijah, Walter, John, Thomas, William, Roland, Joel. Son-in-law: William Hendrick. Granddaughter: Tabbitha Hendrick. Executors: Wife and sons, Joel and Roland Burgess. Wit: E. S. Roland, Thomas Babb, William Nelson.

BURNSIDES. James Burnsides. 12/10/1801:3/1803. Wife, Ann and son, James, executors. Sons: John, William, James. Wit: Joseph Hollingsworth, George Hollingsworth.

CAMPBELL. Angus Campbell. 8/1/1809:8/17/1809. Sons: Angus, Robert, Sullivan. Daughters: Polly, Jane, Sarah. Sons-in-;aw: Jesse Paine, Jonathan Johnson, Robert Cunningham. Daughter-in-law: Milley, wife of Angus. Executors: Jonathan Johnson, Robert Campbell. Wit: John Nickles, William Burnsides, James Ward.

CHARLES, John, Planter. 3/14/1808: 8/10/1808. Wife, Margaret. My children. Executors: William Fulton and wife, Margaret Charles. Wit: William Burnside, Andrew Burnside, James Donald.

CUNNINGHAM. Thomas Cunningham. 4/2/1796: 2/3/1806. Wife, Mary. Sons: John, Dean, Thomas, Samuel. Executors: Wife, brother, Samuel Cunningham and Joseph Dean. Wit: James Dorrock, John Cunningham, William Cunningham.

CURETON. John. 8/31/1802:1/9/1803. Wife, Hannah. Sons: John, Nathaniel, Daniel, Thomas, David, George Washington. Daughters: Jinney Paine, Elizabeth Burnet, Heath. Executors: Wife, Edward Cureton, Thomas Taylor. Wit: James Young, Blagrave and Stephen Jones.

DAVENPORT. John Davenport. 2/5/1806: 6/19/1807. Wife, Mildred. Sons: Ransom, Thomas, William, David, Richard. Executors: John Robertson, Frederick Purdy. Wit: Jonathan Johnson, William Robertson, Howard Pinson.

DIAL, Hastings. 4/17/1809:6/5/1809. Wife, Rebekah. Sons: Hastings, Isaac, James. Sons-in-law: Mabra Madden, Abraham Madden, John Woody. Daughter-in-law: Elizabeth, wife of James Hastings. Executors: Son, Isaac Hastings and wife, Rebekah Hastings. Wit: John Godfrey, Asa Turner, John Cochran.

DUNLAP. David Dunlap. 7/26/1805: 4/15/1807. Wife, Jane. Sons: James, Br?, Mitchell, John, Robert, David. Daughters: Christen, Jane, Martha, Elizabeth. Son-in-law: Caleb Earp. Grandsons: David Bishop, Robert Green. Executors: William Miller, James Dunlap, James Powell and wife, Jane Dunlap.

EVANS. John Evans. 9/16/1779: 2/8/1785. Wife, Sarah, executrix. Daughters: Frances, Rachel, Mary. Sons: Josiah, William, John. Wit: Mary Edwards, Martha Pucket, James Pucket.

FERGUSON. Richard Ferguson. 7/25/1807: 6/6/1808. Sons: Ward, Miles, John, Charles, Samuel. Daughters: Tabitha Motley, Mary Vaughn, Frankey McCrarey, Elizabeth Ferguson. Executors: George McCrary, Charles Ferguson, Samuel Ferguson. Wit: T. A. Elmore, N. T. Martin, Turner Richardson.

FOWLER. William Fowler. 6/22/1800: 9/5/1803. Wife, Agnes. Sons: John, James, William, David, Charles. Daughters: Peggy Parks, Nancy Fowler. Grandson: William Parks. Executors, wife and son, John. Wit: James McClintock, James Hutchins, James Fowler.

GAREY. Charles Garey. 2/22/1805: 2/5/1805. Natural daughter: Casonally? Coker. Friend, Milley Coker. Exectutors: Drury Coker and brother, David Garey. Wit: John Armstrong, John, John Coker, William Carey.

GARRETT. John Garrett. 8/12/1805: 4/4/1806. Wife, Hannah. Sons: Elisha, Jesse, Joseph, Henry, Charles. Daughters: Menorah, Abee, Sarah Prude, Rebecca. Executors: Wife and son, Joseph. Wit: Rachel and John Cargill.

GARRETT, Silas. 5/3/1796: 1/7/1805. Wife, Ann. Sons: Enoch (executor), Joab, John, Silas. Daughters: Mary, Martha Harris, Elizabeth Yarborough, Margaret. Wit: Roger Brown, John Garrett, William Dollar.

GLENN, Jeremiah. 12/22/1807: 6/5/1809. Wife, Ann. Sons: Tire, Blackgrove, Jeremiah, William. Daughters: Frances Craighead, Sarah Garland, Martha Moon, Mary Williamson, Elizabeth Walker. Exrs: Wife and sons, Jeremiah and William. Wit: John Davis, Richard Shackleford, Robert Pasley.

GLENN, Ruben. 10/26/1808: 11/11/1808. Wife, Elizabeth. Exr: Alexander Glenn. Wit: John G. Caldwell, William Wright, Michael Freeman.

GRIFFIN. Richard Griffin. 2/2/1800: 11/5/1805. Wife, Ellinor McClain. Children mentioned. Executors: James Caldwell of Newberry Co. and Charles Griffin. Wit: John Cook, George Ball, Jeremiah Ball.

HANCOCK, William. 1/30/1805: 2/4/1805. Daughter: Fanney. Mother mentioned. Nephew: William, son of my sister, Salley Rhodes. To: Patsy, daughter of Clement Hancock; James, son of John Hancock. Exrs: William Burnsides, Abner Tyles. Wit: Joseph Hancock, Betsey Pyles, William Young.

HARDING. William Harding. 5/22/1809: 6/5/1809. My wife. Sons: Abner (deceased), Abraham, Henry, William, Nicholas, George, Joseph. Daughters: Salley, Elizabeth. Daughter-in-law: Susanna, widow of Abner. Grandchildren: Isaac and Abram, children of Henry. Exrs: Nicholas and George Harding. Wit: Zadok Wood, John Cole, John McClary.

HARLAN. Aaron Harlan. 7/24/1806: 11/17/1806. Wife, Elizabeth. Sons: Samuel, George, Joshua, Aaron, Joseph, Isaiah. Daughters: Sarah, Jane, Mary, Rebecca. My other married children. Executor: Son, Samuel. Wit: Joshua Gilmer, Bennett Langston, William Sparks.

HOLLAND, Rizin. 7/30/1802:---. Wife, Mary, with child. Sons: John, Thomas, Jeremiah. Daughters: Sarah, Elizabeth, Rachel, Mariah. Exrs: Wife and Joseph Adair. Wit: William Saxon, Thomas Holland, Richard Holland.

HOULDITCH. William Houlditch. 8/6/1803 10/19/1803. Sons: James, William, Zachariah, George. Daughters: Lilly, Lucy, Polly. Exrs: James Bailey, William Bailey.

HUGHES. Aaron Hughes. 5/22/1806:---. Wife, Margaret. Sons: William, Elijah. Wit: Richard, John and Jesse Childers.

HUNTER. Laughlin Hunter. 2/24/1798: 1/12/1803. Wife, Esther. Daughters: Mary, Esther McDowell, Haty Simpson, Margaret Hunter, Abigail Hunter. Mother mentioned. Exrs: Thomas McDowell, Silas Cason. Wit: James Young, John Lyon, William ------.

HUTCHINSON. William Hutchinson. 5/28/1804: 1/10/1805. Son, James, exr. My children. Wit: James Fowler.

JONES. Elizabeth Jones, the widow of Edward Jones. 4/16/1809: 5/27/1809. Sons: Gabriel, James, Joseph, Edward, Thomas, John. Daughters: Frances Ward, Mary Burnsides, Nancy Burnsides, Sarah, Elizabeth, Margaret, Lucy. Exrs: Sons, Edward and John Jones. Wit: John Cook, Elijah, Nancy George.

JONES. James Jones. 10/23/1804: 12/6/1804. Wife, Lucy. Sons: Benjamin, Whitmore, Jesse, Miles and Joseph (executor). Daughters: Angelia Phillips, Jane Duncan, Sarah Bennett. Wit: George Whitmore, Joel Whitten, Eliz. Wesson.

LITTLE. James Little, planter. 5/29/1808:----. Wife, Agness. Sons: Robert, James, William, David, Thomas. Daughters: Mary and Isabella. Cousins: Charles and David Little. Exrs: James Nickels, Colonel John Simpson. Wit: John Munro, David Greer.

MANLY. John Manly. 9/1808: 9/5/1808. Wife, Jane. Sons: William, James, John. Daughters: Christian, Jane. Exrs: Wife, Jane and son, William. Wit: B. Smith, James B. Smith, John Wright, James McDaniel.

McCLINTOCK. John McClintock. 8/12/1796: 8/1/1800. Wife, Margaret. Sons: James, John. Daughters: Peggee Hunter, Mary Mills, Betty Flemming, Martha, Nancy. Executors: Wife and sons, James and John.

McGINN. Daniel McGinn. 4/30/1806: 10/1806. Wife, Catherine. To: Danny James, son of William James. To Rebecca Caldwell, daughter of James Caldwell. To Mary Caldwell, daughter of James Caldwell. To Suckey Watson, daughter of Elisha Watson. To Elizabeth Owens. Exrs: James and William Caldwell. Wit: John Griffin, James Simpson, William Caldwell.

McMURTRY. William McMurtry. 2/23/1808: 3/7/1808. Wife, Mary. Sons: William, Nathan, Campbell. Daughters: Jenney Bryson, Susan Hall, Elizabeth McClussey. Granddaughters: Elizabeth and Jinney McMurtry. Exr: David Gore. Wit: John Hanie, Matthew McMurthrey, John Teague.

McTEER. Frances McTeer. 9/10/1803: 11/7/1803. Daughters: Elizabeth, Frances, Mary Vance, Margaret Ofton. Grandson: Samuel and William Vance. Exrs: Brother, James Griffin and friend, James Simpson. Wit: Alex. Simpson, William Spears, Milling Ofton.

MEADOWS, James. 9/28/1803: 9/13/1804. Wife, Susannah, executrix. Sons: Reubin, Jason, I---?. Wit: Reubin Jordan, J. A. Elmore.

MEEK. John Meek. 12/13/1802: 4/6/1803. Wife, Ellenor. Sons: William, Samuel, John, James. Daughters: Betty, Nancy, Jenny. Exrs: Wife, Ellenor and Charles Neall, William Rowe. Wit: John Cook, Drury Sims, Benjamin Cason.

MITCHELL, William. 10/15/1806:----. Wife, Nancy. Sons: Isaac and Lewis. Daughters: Permelia Pyles, Sinthey Thomas. Exrs: Isaac Mitchell, William Burnside, William Dunlap.

MOORE. James Moore. 12/22/1805: 1/25/1806. Wife, Valley. Sons: Jesse, James. Dau: Jenney. Wife's children mentioned. Exr: Cornelius Tensley. Wit: James Holley, Joel Donnly.

MUNFORD. Hugh Munford. 10/30/1802:----. Sons: James, Jonathan. Daughters: Nancy Finney, Margaret Scott, Hannah Bell, Anny Munford. Exrs: George Whitmore, Esq. Wit: Thomas Gibson, William Law, William Dillard.

NICKELS. Nathaniel Nickels. 3/22/1804: 7/28/1804. Sons: Robert, Scott, John, James, Nathaniel. Daughters: Elizabeth, Isabel. Son-in-law: James McDowall. Sis-in-law: Elizabeth Caldwell. Brother: William Nickels. Exrs: James and Charles Nickels. Wit: Joseph Hollingsworth, M. Campbell, Jonas Johnson.

O'NEAL. John O'Neal, Planter. 1/5/1803: 6/22/1805. Wife, Anna Jean. Sons: Barney and William, exrs. Wit: Charles Wilson, Samuel Weir.

OWINGS. John Owings. 9/4/1806: 11/17/1806. Wife, Mary. Sons: Daniel, John, Thomas, Robert. Daughters: Mary Greer, Martha Finney. Ann, Jenney, Elizabeth. Exrs: Son, Daniel Owings and John Finney. Wit: Robert Langy, Manasseh Finney.

PAGE. John Page. 7/28/1803: 3/7/1804. Wife, Anna. Sons: William, John, James. Daughters: Betty, Frances, Jenney,Hannah. Son-in-law: William Carter. Exrs: Wife, Anna and son, John. Wit: William Fulton, Betty Page.

PARKS. Andrew Parks. 2/2/1809: 6/18/1809. Wife, Agness. Sons: William, Andrew, James. Daughters: Mary Fowler, Isabel Fowler, Nancy, Sarah, Betsey. Grandson: Andrew Fowler. Nephew: Andrew Parks. Exrs: Wife and son, James. Wit: Robert Hutchenson, William Fulton.

REAFS. Nancy Reafs. 2/3/1808: 10/10/1808. Daughters: Betsey Pugh, Polly York. Grandson: Jonathan Allison, son of Polly York. Exrs: James Allison, William Pugh. Wit: Daniel Wright, Nancy Wright.

ROBERTS. Jacob Roberts. 1/3/1804: 4/15/1806. Wife, Mary. Sons: John, Isaac, Jacob, Thomas. Daughters: Allemon Brown, Morah Clarey, ElizabethMeadows, Sarah Gilbert, Copey Gilbert, deceased. Grandchildren: Milledy? Gilbert, Leusendey Gilbert, children of Copey Gilbert, deceased. Exrs: Wife and John Meadows. Wit: David Wright, John Roberts, Ezekiel Griffin.

RUSHING. Aquilla Rushing. 1/6/1805: 7/11/1805. Wife, Mildred. Daughers: Sarah, H---?. Exrs: William Rushing, Joseph Owens. Wit: A. N. Owens, Richard Hollingsworth.

SIMS. William Sims. 6/10/1805: 9/10/1805. Wife, Rebecca. Sons: Nathan, Reuben, Simpson, John. Daughters: Ann, Rhoda, Misson?. Exr: Frederick Burts. Wit: Lewis Graves, John Sims, Jr., M. Burts.

STARNES. Ann Starnes. 11/28/1800: 10/1/1802. Sons: Aaron, Ebenezer, John. Daughters: Molley Murphy, Ann Jones, Rachel Hughes, Rebecca Sims. Exr: Son, Aaron. Wit: James Holley, Joel and David Anderson.

STEWART, John. 1/3/1806: 7/4/1806. Son: Francis. Daughter: Nelley. Son-in-law: David Stoddard. Exr: Charles Little. Wit: James Brown, Joseph Vance.

TEAGUE. Joshua Teague. 5/13/1804: 5/2/1808. Sons: Israel, Elijah, William, Abner, James. Daughters: Isabel Mason, Mary M. Adams, Sophia Lyon, Susanna Masser. Son-in-law: William Gray. Exrs: Sons, Elijah, Israel and Abner. Wit: Nathan Jones, Thomas Dalrymple, Jr., Thomas Dalrymple, Sr.

THOMAS. Isaac Thomas. 11/4/1802: 6/1805. Wife, Mary. Sons: William, Evans, John, Edward, Jeremiah, Isaac, Abel. Daughters: Sarah, Pheaby, Mary, Elizabeth. Exrs: Wife and son, John Thomas. Wit: Jacob Wesson, John Thomas.

WELLS. Aaron Wells. 5/30/1806: 10/14/1806. Mother: Rebecca Wells. Sis: Eseneth Wells. Brothers: Moses and Elisha, executors. Wit: Moses and Elisha Wells.

WESSON, John. 1/2/1805: 7/1/1805. Wife, Elizabeth. Father: Henry Wesson. Son, Hick. Daughters: Sarah, Polly, Martha. Exrs: Father and Jesse Jones. Wit: Absalom Harwell, Benjamin Wesson, Whitmore Jones.

WHITEHEAD. William Whitehead. 3/22/1805: 10/8/1805. Wife, Margaret. Sons: John, Benjamin, Thomas, William, Daniel, Stephen. Daughters: Nancy Miller, Louis Adkins, Jane Alberson, Sarah Strain. Exr: Charles Nickels. Wit: Jonathan Johnson, James Strain.

WHITMORE. Joseph Whitmore. 5/27/1803: 11/20/1804. Son: George, exr. Daughter: Sarah Duncan. Grandson: George Whitmore. Wit: David Jones, Reuben Flanagan.

WRIGHT. Samuel Wright. 9/23/1808: 1/6/1809. Wife, Patience. Sons: William, James, Samuel. Daughters: Elizabeth, Frances, Polly, Nancy. Exr: Brother, William Wright. Wit: Washington Williams, Anthony Griffin, William Owens.

YOUNG. James Young, Sr. 11/21/1807:----. Sons: John, James. Daughters: Betsey Carter, Polly Medley, Lucy, Sally and Hetty Young. Exrs: Zachariah Bailey and William Burnsides. Wit: James Holley, Thomas Powell.


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