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Will of John Spencer, St. Bartholomew's Parish SC, 11 Feb 1736
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IN THE NAME OF GOD AMEN this Eleventh Day of February in ye year of our Lord one Thousand Seven hundred and thirty Six [11 Feb 1736] That I John Spencer of St Bartholomews am very sick & weak of Body but of Perfect mind & memory thanks to Almighty God therefore Calling to mind ye Mortality of my Body & Knowing it is appointed To all men once to Dye [sic]
Principally & first of all I Recommend my Soul to Almighty God my Saviour & Redeemer & my body I Recommend to the Earth from whence it came nothing Doubting but I shall receive the same by the Power of God & Touching Such Worldly Estate as it has pleased God to bless me with in this life I Leave and bequeath as followeth.
My will is that all my Debts which I Lawfully Owe may be paid As Imprimis
IMPRIMIS I Leave and Bequeath unto my beloved Brother Richard Spencer five hundred [500] Acres of Land upon Combea River as also Six Negro Men for him to injoy [sic] at my deces [sic: decease] with all my Debts that is due unto me.
Item I leave and bequeath unto my Dear Father Anthony Spencer & Barake Noreman Junr [Barak Norman Jr.] five hundred Acres of Land in Pon Pon
Item I Leave and bequeath unto the said Barake [Barak] Norman two Negros One boy and one woman Named Hexoreco[?] & Pegg
ITEM I bequeath unto my dear father Anthony Spencer aforesaid two Negros named Sambo & Samson
Item I bequeath unto my beloved Brother Richard Spencer aforesaid all my Horses and Hoggs with all my Carpenters tooles [sic]
Item I apoint [sic] and Ordain My beloved Father Anthony Spencer Rd [Richard] Spencer & Barake Noreman Senr [Barak Norman Sr.] Exors [Executors] of this my Last will and Testament & I revoke & Disanul [sic] all other wills & Testaments
In Witness whereof I fix my hand & Seal the day & Year Above mentioned. ---------
John Spencer (SEAL)
Signed Sealed Published and pronounced in Presence of us --- C
Thomas Syllvant. [sic: Sillavant]
Sarah Singleton
George Barnett
Personally appeared Before Me Thos [Thomas] Sillavant & Geo: [George] Barnett and md. [made] Oathe on the holy Evangelists that they Saw John Spencer Sign Seal and Deliver his Last will WILL [sic: repeated] and Testament & that they Saw Mrs Singilton [sic: Singleton] Sign as one of the witnesses.
Given under my hand & Seal this 1st Day of July 1737 [01 Jul 1737]
Rd. [Richard] Waring
Charles town July 5 1737 [05 Jul 1737] Swore the three Executors to this will
J: Hammerton
So [South] Carolina
Recorded 27th September 1738 [27 Sep 1738].
Recorded in Will book 1736-40, on page 221.
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- South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Microfilm ST0511. Wills (WPA transcripts). Series S213216, Volume 4, Pages 90-91.