Probate, SC, Chester, Emelia Sitgreaves 1817 State of South Carolina County of Chester In Probate Court EX-PARTE THOMAS HALL Administrator March 4, 1817 IN RE Estate of EMELIA SITGREAVES Deceased Apartment No. 63 Package No. 953 Page 1 of 7 ** PAGE BREAK ** Probate, SC, Chester, Emelia Sitgreaves 1817 State of South Carolina Chester District Inventory and appraisement of the Estate of EMILY SITGREAVES, deceased. Negroes: NANCY, KIZZY, HARRIOT, ALBERT, FRANK We certify the above to be a true inventory and appraisement of the property shown to us by THOMAS HALL, administrator of the estate of EMILY SITGREAVES, deceased. Given under our hands this thirteenth day of March 1817, agreeably to a warrant issued by E. LYLES, ordinary of the district aforesaid. W. R. DAVIE ISAAC MCFADDEN HY A. DAVIE Page 2 of 7 ** PAGE BREAK ** Probate, SC, Chester, Emelia Sitgreaves 1817 South Carolina Chester District By E. LYLES, ordinary for Chester District Whereas Doctor THOMAS HALL, administrator of the goods & chattles, rights & credits of EMILY SITGREAVES, late of said district, deceased, hath applied to me for writ of division of the personal estate of said deceased, these are therefore to nominate and appoint you gentlemen, WILLIAM R. DAVID, H. A. DAVIE [HYDER A. DAVIE], JOHN MCCLENNAHAN Esq., RALPH MCFADDEN Esq., ROBERT ROBINSON or any three or four of you to make said division and return the same under your hands and seals to Doctor HALL on or before the first monday of June now next ensuing in order that he may make a return to this court. Given under my hand and seal the fourth day May A. D. 1818 & the forty second year of American Independence. E. LYLES, Ordinary Page 3 of 7 ** PAGE BREAK ** Probate, SC, Chester, Emelia Sitgreaves 1817 State of South Carolina Chester District We the subscribers being three of the persons name in the annexed commission issued by EPHRAIM LYLES, Judge of the Court of Ordinary for the district of Chester, aforesaid, have divided the following Negroes to wit: KIZZY, HARRIOT and ALBERT being a part of the personal estate of the late EMILY SITGREAVES, deceased, shown to us by THOMAS HALL, administrator of said EMILY SITGREAVES in manner following to wit: a negro boy called ALBERT, with the sum of one hundred and eighty three dollars and thirty three cents 1/3 to be paid by FREDRICK L. J. PRIDE and JOHN S. SITGREAVES to the said Doctor THOMAS HALL in right of his wife MARTHA C. HALL and to be retained by him as distributive share of the said property in manner aforesaid to FREDRICK L. J. PRIDE in right of his wife AMARYLLIS J. PRIDE a negro girl called KIZZY by paying the sum of one hundred and sixteen dollars 66 2/3 cents to THOMAS HALL the said negro girl to be delivered to him as his distributive share of said estate on the payment being made or appearing as aforesaid to JOHN S. SITGREAVES a negro girl named HARRIOT pay the sum of sixty six dollars and 66 2/3 cents to Dr. THOMAS HALL as above and the said girl to be delivered to the said JOHN S. SITGREAVES as his distributive share of said estate on his paying or appearing to be paid the said sum in manner above set forth. In witness whereof we have hereunto set our hands and seals this 13th day of May A. D. 1818. W. R. DAVIE ROBERT ROBINSON HY. A. DAVIE Page 4 of 7 ** PAGE BREAK ** Probate, SC, Chester, Emelia Sitgreaves 1817 State of South Carolina Chester District KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, THAT WE THOMAS HALL, ROBERT ROBINSON are holden and firmly bound unto E. LYLES, esquire, ordinary for the district of Chester in the full and just sum of two thousand dollars lawful money of this state, to be paid to the said E. LYLES or his successors, ordinaries of this district, or their certain attorneys or assigns. To which payment well and truly to be made, we bind ourselves, and every of us, our and every of our heirs, executors and administrators, for the whole, and in the whole, jointly and severally, firmly by these presents. Sealed with our seals, and dated the fourth day of March in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and seventeen and the forty fourth year of American Independence. THE CONDITION OF THE ABOVE OBLIGATION IS SUCH, that the above THOMAS HALL, administrator of the goods, chattels and credits of EMELIA SITGREAVES deceased, do make a true and perfect inventory of all and singular the goods, chattels and credits of the said deceased, which have or shall come to the hands, possession or knowledge of the said THOMAS HALL, Esq. Or into the hands or possession of any other person or persons for him and the same so made, do exhibit into the said court of ordinary, when he shall be thereunto required, and such goods, chattels and credits do well and truly administer according to law, and do make a just and true account of his actings and doings therein when required by the said court, and all the rest of the said goods, chattels and credits which shall be found remaining upon the account of the said administration, the same being first allowed by the said court, shall deliver and pay unto such persons respectively as are entitled to the same by law, and if it shall hereafter appear that any last will and testament was made by the said deceased, and the same be proved in court, and the executors obtain a certificate of the probate thereof, and the said THOMAS HALL, Esquire do in such case, if required, render and deliver up the said letters of administration, then this obligation to be void, or else to remain in full force. THOMAS HALL ROBERT ROBINSON Sealed and delivered in the presence of E. LYLES, OCD Page 5 of 7 ** PAGE BREAK ** Probate, SC, Chester, Emelia Sitgreaves 1817 State of South Carolina Chester District BY E. LYLES, ordinary of Chester District. These are to authorize and empower you, or any three or four of you, whose names are hereunder written, to repair to all such parts and places within this state, as you shall be directed unto by THOMAS HALL, administrator of the goods and chattels, rights and credits of EMILY SITGREAVES, deceased, wheresoever any of the said goods and chattels are or do remain within the said parts and places, and which shall be shewn unto you by the said THOMAS HALL, Esq., and there view and appraise all and every the said goods and chattels, being first duly sworn on the Holy Evangelists of Almighty God, to make a true and perfect inventory and appraisement thereof, and to cause the same to be returned under your hands, or any three or four of you, unto the said THOMAS HALL, Esq. on or before the first Monday of May next. Witness E. LYLES esq. Ordinary of the said district, the fourth day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventeen and in the forty first year of American Independence. To Messrs. General W. R. DAVIE, H. A. DAVIE, ROBERT ROBINSON, Major MCFADDEN and Major GREEN. Memorandum that on the 13th day of March in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and seventeen personally appeared before me David Patton on of the justices of the peace in the district of Chester WILLIAM R. DAVIE, ISAAC MCFADDIN Junr, and HYDER ALLI DAVIE being of the appraisers appointed to appraise the goods and chattels of EMILY SITGREAVES late of the district of Chester deceased, who being duly sworn, made oath, that they would make a just and true appraisement of all and singular, the goods and chattels of the said EMILY SITGREAVES deceased, as shall be produced by the administrator of the estate of the said deceased, and they would return the same, certified under their hands, unto the said THOMAS HALL, administrator, on or before the third day of May next. Sworn the day and year above written, before me, DAVID PATTON, JP Page 6 of 7 ** PAGE BREAK ** Probate, SC, Chester, Emelia Sitgreaves 1817 ###### # # ##### ####### # # ##### ####### # # # # ## ## # # # ## # # # # # ## ## # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # ###### # # # # #### ##### # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # ## ### # # # # # # ###### # # ##### ####### # # ### ##### ####### # # Transcribed from original documents by Brent R. Brian & Martha M. Brian. This document and others can be found on our website: BMGEN We claim COPYLEFT on the documents that we publish that are our original work. COPYLEFT “rules” can be reviewed on the web site: GNU Free Documentation License In short, use what you like. But if you use our stuff, mention us as the source. Brent R. Brian Martha M. Brian BrianMitchellGenealogy@gmail.com Page 7 of 7 ** PAGE BREAK **