Will, SC, Chester, WILLIAM RICHARDSON DAVIE 1819 State of South Carolina I WILLIAM RICHARDSON DAVIE of the district of Chester and State aforesaid declare and publish the following will as my last will and testament. First I give and bequeath to my daughter MARY HAYNES DAVIE the following negro slaves, to wit: ROSE with her following children SAM, JOHN, ELISH, DEEL, PATTY & OSIAN, the negro woman GINAS, wife of SAM, the woman WEAVER and her children WINNY & FRANCIS, the negro woman HARRIOT and her two children ALLEN and SOPHIA, and the negro woman NIELY and also such issue as any of the said women may have at my death. ITEM I give and bequeath to my daughters SARAH JONES DESAUSURE in addition to the slaves I have already given her the following to wit: ANTHONY & his son SHADRACK. ITEM I give and bequeath to my daughter MARTHA REBECCA DAVIE the following negro slaves old KATE & her son PETER; PHILLY, wife of PETER, HARRY, son of PHILLIS, old BEN, black GINUS and her following children to wit, DAVE, LETT, JENN, MARY, ALFRED & LUCINE together with the negro man BATT and the negro woman CHARITY and such issue as the said CHARITY and LETT may have at my death. ITEM I give and bequeath to my daughter MARY HAYNES DAVIE the sum of three thousand dollars to be paid out to her as soon as the same can be raised out of the proceeds or crops of my estate in manner herein after mentioned. ITEM I give and bequeath to my daughter SARAH JONES DESAUSURE the sum of four thousand dollars to be paid to her as soon as the sum can be raised out of the proceeds or crops of my estate in manner herein after mentioned. ITEM I give and bequeath to my daughter MARTHA REBECCA DAVIE the sum of three thousand dollars to be paid out to her as soon as the same can be raised out of the proceeds or crops of my estate in manner herein after mentioned. ITEM It is my will that the negro slaves so bequeathed or above to my daughters MARY HAYNES DAVIE, SARAH JONES DESAUSURE and MARTHA REBECCA DAVIE shall be delivered to them as soon as the demand against my estate and the money legacies bequeathed in this will shall be paid except one negro woman or girl as a maid to my daughter MARY & also to my daughter MARTHA REBECCA to be a home by them respectively when they think proper from among the Negroes bequeath to each of them above. AND I do hereby positively direct that every proper exertion be made for the payment as soon as practical of the above money legacies. ITEM I give and bequeath to my daughter MARY HAYNES DAVIE and MARTHA REBECCA DAVIE that is to each of them the sum of two hundred dollars to be paid to them respectively and annually on the first day of May in every year until the said negro slaves so bequeathed to them by this will shall be delivered to them agreeably to this will. ITEM I have given to my daughter MARY HAYNES DAVIE the gold watch now in her possession also the piano-forte and I now give and bequeath to her a bed, bedstead and the “piece pary” furniture to it to be chosen by her self unless I should give her such before my death, also the bedstead she now uses and a bed with necessary furniture to it to be chosen by her after her sister hath made choice. Page 1 of 5 ** PAGE BREAK ** Will, SC, Chester, WILLIAM RICHARDSON DAVIE 1819 ITEM I bequeath to my daughter SARAH JONES DESAUSURE my diamond ring bequeathed to me by my friend STEPHON CABARRIS. ITEM I give and bequeath to WILLIAM RICHARDSON DAVIE, eldest son of ALLEN JONES DAVIE, the following Negroes, to wit: DURHAM and MARTICE and their children LITTICE, SIMON, & HARRY and also all the money his father ALLEN JONES DAVIE may owe me at my death, together with such issue as the said MARTICE may have at my death. ITEM being desirous to provide a residence for life for my friend and kinsman ROBERT KERR it is my will and I so devise that he be permitted to reside on the land I bought of JOHN RIVES during his natural life with liberty to cultivate as much of the cleared land as my may think fit and get what timber he may want from and of my adjacent land. ITEM in addition to what I have already given my son HYDEN ALLY DAVIE I also give to him the following negro slaves HARRY with his wife TILLA and their children, to wit: TAYLOR, STEPHON, ASA & JONAS and such other issue as the said TILLA may have at my death, also the negro and TOM and his wife PIG and their child CHLOE, and such other issue as the said PIG may have before my death, also CUDGO and his sone PHILL, als the negro man BEN and his sister PLEASANT and such issue as the said PLEASANT my have at my death, also the negro man BILL and his wife PATT with her children LILEY, FANNY, WILLIAM & WARREN and also such issue as the said PATT may have more at my death, also old JOE & his wife LINE, also the negro man called DANIEL and the negro woman called EDIE and her daughter AMY. These negro slaves shall remain in the hands of my executors as part of my estate until my debts and money legacies are paid as herein & hereafter this will directed. ITEM I give and devise to the Governor of the state of South Carolina and his successors forever four acres of land to be laid off adjoining the present public grave yard in my land on the south side thereof in trust for the use of the people in my neighborhood as a burying ground forever and as a site for a house for the public worship of God should any Christian Congregation think proper so to unite. ITEM I give and devise all the rest and residue of my lands and real estate in the state of South Carolina to my son FREDERICK WILLIAM DAVIE to him and his heirs forever, subject, however, to the encumbrances mentioned in this will and it is my will and I do so devise that in case of the death of my said son FREDERICK WILLIAM without issue male living at the time of his death then in that case I give and devise the land and real estate so devised as above to the said FREDERICK WILLIAM to his brother HYDEN ALLY DAVIE, to him and his heirs forever, subject, however to the encumbrances in this will mentioned and in case the said HYDEN ALLY DAVIE shall die without issue male living at the time of his death, then in that case I give and devise the said lands and real estate to the eldest son’s issue male of my son ALLEN JONES DAVIE then living when such event shall take place, that is of the sons he may have living at that time my to him and his heirs forever, subject to the encumbrances directed in the will and should my said son FREDERICK WILLIAM have issue male and such issue male of my said son FREDERICK WILLIAM should or shall die in that case it is my will and I do devise the lands and real estate so devised and described above to my son HYDEN ALLY DAVIE and his heirs and then to the eldest issue male living at the time of ALLEN JONES DAVIE under the same limitations and on the same contingencies and in the same order and manner as above directed and devised should my son FREDERICK WILLIAM die without any issue male living at the time of his death to them and their heirs forever and should my son HYDEN ALLY DAVIE have issue male living at his death have issue male living at his death and Page 2 of 5 ** PAGE BREAK ** Will, SC, Chester, WILLIAM RICHARDSON DAVIE 1819 such issue male shall die without leaving issue male living at his death then and in that case I give and devise the said lands and real estate so described & devised above should they have so listed under the above contingencies in such issue male to the eldest issue male then living of my son ALLEN JONES DAVIE being of his sons living at my death to him his heirs and assigns forever. ITEM it is my will and I do hereby devise and direct that until the demands against my estate and the money legacies bequeathed by this will are fully discharged and paid my negro slaves bequeathed to my daughter and then bequeathed to my son HYDEN ALLY and those bequeathed by the residuary clause of this will to my son FREDERICK WILLIAM that is all my negro slaves except as is in this will excepted shall be kept and worked together on my plantations on the Eutatea River and the proceeds of the crops shall be applied to the above purpose of the payment of debts and legacies until they are fully discharged. It is to be clearly understood as my will and I so will and direct that all the mules and horses heretofore used on the plantation the stock of every kind, plantation tools & utensils of every kind, with those of the Blacksmith Shop remain to be used with the Negroes on the plantation as heretofore until the above object of the payment of debts & legacies shall be completely affected. ITEM it is my will and thereby directed that my mills shall be kept in repair ad the expense of my estate until the above object of paying debts and legacies effected and the profits and proceeds thereof applied also jointly with the proceeds of my other estate to the raising and paying the money so required. ITEM I give and devise to my son ALLEN JONES DAVIE the lands I bought of ARMSTRONG in the state of Tennessee, to him and his heirs. ITEM I give and bequeathed to my said son ALLEN JONES DAVIE all the silver plate given to my late wife, his mother, by his grandfather General JONES. ITEM in addition to what I have already given my son HYDEN ALLY DAVIE I also give and bequeath to the said HYDEN ALLY DAVIE twelve hundred and fifty dollars unless I should advance that sum to him before my death, in which case this legacy is revoked. ITEM I give and bequeath my gold watch and family seal to my son FREDERICK WILLIAM be delivered to him when he is twenty one years of age, and in case of his death before that time I give them to my son ALLEN JONES DAVIE. ITEM I give my arms and military accouterments to my son FREDERICK WILLIAM and in case of his death without a son, then to ALLEN JONES DAVIE, let them never forget that those arms were honorable employed in establishing the liberties of their country and I request that they may be preserved in the family forever. ITEM I give and bequeath to my son FREDERICK WILLIAM the whole of my library whether books or manuscripts and in case of his death before he is twenty one years of age I give them to his brother ALLEN JONES DAVIE. ITEM I give and bequeath to ISAAC, the son of COMBRUSH by the name of ISAAC MONCRUF his time of service and hereby also declare him free and manumitted forever. ITEM I give and bequeath to the said ISAAC MONCRUF the sum of five hundred dollars to be paid to him when he is twenty one years of age and thereby appoint my son FREDERICK WILLIAM guardian of the said Isaac and it is my will that he, the said Page 3 of 5 ** PAGE BREAK ** Will, SC, Chester, WILLIAM RICHARDSON DAVIE 1819 Isaac, shall be bound apprentice to the carpenter trade when he is eighteen years of age. ITEM I give and bequeath to my servant COMBRUSH the remaining of her time of service and hereby declare her free and manumitted forever, and I also give her the sum of fifty dollars and I charge my children and executors to see that this part of my will relating to the said ISAAC and the said COMBRUSH is carried conscientiously in to complete effect. ITEM I give to my servants NED, NANCY and KILLO the sum of ten dollars each. ITEM it is my will and thereby directed that whatever may be the state of my crops at the time of my death, whether growing, or housed that the proceeds of the same, after the supply of the plantation and family, and the proceeds of the mills, if any on hand, shall make part of the fund for the payment of debts and legacies as well as the money on hand or due to me. ITEM I give and bequeath to my son FREDERICK WILLIAM two hundred dollars to be paid to him annually until the debts and legacies are paid and he shall take under the residuary clause in this will. ITEM I give and bequeath all the rest and residue of my estate, whether real or personal, of whatever kind the same may be to my son FREDERICK WILLIAM DAVIE to him and his heirs, the slaves, horses, mules, utensils and other articles mentioned being subject to the directions of this will until debts and legacies are paid and I earnestly recommend this sister to his protection and unremitting attention and as I know not when or where I shall die or what my be the condition of my family at the time of my death, it is my will and I do hereby direct that my daughter MARY H. DAVIE & MARTHA REBECCA DAVIE shall of them or either of them choose to reside at my dwelling house and have use of my dwelling house, kitchen and other offices with the furniture of the house, my carriage and carriage horses, my servants, NED and COOK until they have received them whole of the property bequeathed to them by this Will, the stock of provisions and necessaries provided and on hand shall be considered for the use of them and their brother FREDERICK WILLIAM and a regular and sufficient supply of provisions set apart for them annually, should they so live together until the above event takes place and I do hereby will and direct that my dwelling house and all other houses on the plantation be kept in proper repair by the estate until the arrangements by this will directed are fully effected. ITEM I hereby appoint my son HYDEN ALLY DAVIE and my son in law WILLIAM F. DESAUSURE, guardians to my son FREDERICK WILLIAM and I recommend the care of the mind and morals of this young man most earnestly to them. ITEM I hereby appoint my son HYDEN ALLY DAVIE and my son in law WILLIAM F. DESAUSURE, executors to this my last will and testament, and also my son FREDERICK WILLIAM, when he shall attain the age of twenty one years hereby declaring this to be my last will, written all together with my own hand and express, I hope, in so plain a manner that my intentions cannot be mistaken, with my name written on each page. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this, the seventeenth day of September in the year of our Lord Eighteen Hundred and Nineteen. W. R. DAVIE {seal} Page 4 of 5 ** PAGE BREAK ** Will, SC, Chester, WILLIAM RICHARDSON DAVIE 1819 Signed and published in the presence of CADWALLADER JONES ALLEN TONY GREEN FRED L. G. PRIDE Probated March 3, 1821 Recorded in Book G Page 225 Apartment No. 14 Package no. 243 Page 5 of 5 ** PAGE BREAK **