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Greenville
Co. South Carolina
Will
Book A, page 229
Written
2 January 1814
Transcript
of Last Will and Testament of
Micajah
Jenkins
Will
of Micajah Jenkins -- Greenville Co., South Carolina, In the name of
God amen.
I
Micajah Jenkins of Greenville District in State of South Carolina,
being weak of body and a perfect mind and memory thanks be to God for
it and calling to mind the mortality of my body and knowing that it
is appointed for man once to die I make constitute and ordain this my
last Will and Testament Principally and first of all I recommend my
body to the Earth to be buried in a decent Christian Burial at the
Direction of my Executors and as for such worldly estate wherewith it
has pleased God to bless me with in this life I give Devise and
Bequeath in manner and form following...
In
premise I give and bequeath unto Scissals Jenkins my well beloved
wife all the whole of my Estate both real and personal for her freely
to enjoy and posess without hindrance or molestation during her whole
life and at her decease my Will is that what Negroes may remain
living of my Estate to be Equally divided among my Lawful Brother
Owen Jenkins' Children Lawfully begotten of his body and my will
further is that my plantation and Land to be given to my well beloved
Brother Owen Jenkins for him freely to possess and as for the rest of
my personal Estate I leave to the discretion of Scissala Jenkins my
well beloved wife for her to distribute of the same as she may think
proper. I also constitute and appoint Scissala Jenkins my well
beloved wife my executrix with my well beloved brother Owen Jenkins
my Executor of this my last Will and Testament, and I do hereby
disallow revoke and disannul all former Wills Legacies and Bequeaths
heretofore willed or Bequeathed Ratifying and Confirming this and no
other to be my last Will and Testament witness my hand and seal this
second day of January Eighteen Hundred and fourteen...
Signed,
sealed and Published, Pronounced
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In
the presence of us
John
H. Hammond
Jonas Edwards |
signed:
Micajah
Jenkins [seal] |
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