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Memorial of William Godfrey, 656 Acres, Berkly County, SC, 17 Nov 1763
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South Carolina
William Godfrey
656 acres
Qt Rt 1/ Pro [Quit-Rent 1-shilling Proclamation Money]
Certified by R. [Richard]
Lambton Dy. Aud. [Deputy Auditor]
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A memorial Exhibited by William Godfrey to be registered in the Office of his Majestys Aud. [Auditor]
General, Pursuant to the acts of assembly in that case made & provided
Of a Plantation or Tract of Land, Contg [containing]
656 acres Situate in Berkly County on a place called Beech hill, bounding Eastwardly & Southwardly on Lands belonging to the Estate of John Norman Deced [Deceased]
, Westwardly on Land belonging to the Estate of Thomas & Paul Jennings decd [deceased]
& on land belonging to the Estate Dixton Dixton [sic: repeated; also probably mispelled “Diston”]
decd lately the property of Doctr [Doctor]
Samuel Stevens by virtue of a deed of sale from Rolins Lowndes dated the 5th day of September 1750 [05 Sep 1750]
. Who by his Last Will and Testament bearing date the 24th day of July 1759 [24 Jul 1759]
appointed his Exors [Executors]
, Samuel Stevens & Josiah Smith, to sell and dispose of the Same, who in pursuance of the Said Will did after giving due & Legal notice Sell the aforesaid Tract of 656 Acres of Land at Public Sale to William Godfrey the memorialist and highest bidder as by Indenture of Lease & Release bearing date the 1st & 2nd day of April 1763, will more fully and at large appear. Qt Rent 1/ Pro [Quit-Rent 1-shilling Proclamation]
money pr [per]
hundred acres.
In Witness whereof he hat hereunto set his hand the 17th day of November 1763 [17 Nov 1763]
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{signed} W Godfrey
Source
- South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Microfilm ST0090. Memorial books (Copy Series). Series S111001, Volume 6, Pages 196-197, Item 2.