====== Will of Mary Smith, Colleton County SC, 12 Dec 1755 ======

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In the Name of God Amen I **Mary Smith** of Colleton County in the Province of South Carolina being infirm in Body but of sound mind & memory do make ordain & Ratify this my Last Will & Testament hereby Revoking & disannulling all other whatsoever as followeth

I commend my Soul to Almighty God & my Body I commit to the Earth to be decently Buried according to the discretion of my Executors in hopes of a Glorious Resurrection through Jesus Christ to Eternal Life my Debts & funeral charges being first paid I dispose of all my Worldly Goods as followeth

Imps ''[Imprimis]'' I give and bequeath to **Martha Ellicott** one Negro Girl named **Dinah** when of age

Item I give and bequeath to **Wm** ''[**William**]'' **Ellicott** one Negro boy named **Toney** when of age

Item I give and bequeath to **John Ellicott** one Sorrel Mare named Bonny

Item I give and bequeath to **Martha Corbin** the Daughter of **Frances Corbin** deceased one Negro Girl named **Peg**

Item I give and bequeath to **Edmond Corbin** one Horse Colt come off the Mare Fly

Item the rest of my Personal Estate not yet giving ''[sic]'' away to be sold to discharge my Debts the overplus if any to be disposed of as followeth

Item Twenty Pound to be giving ''[sic]'' to **Mary Osgood** the Daughter of the Reverend Mr **John Osgood**.

Item Twenty Pound to be giving to **Sarah Norman** the Daughter of **John Norman**

Item the Rest to be Equally divided between **Edmond Corbin** & **Martha Corbin** & **Rebecca Norman** Children of **Sarah Norman** & Likewise to **John Ellicott** & **William Ellicott** & **Martha Ellicott** & **Sarah Ellicott** Children of **Amey Ellicott**

Lastly I constitute & appoint my beloved Friends **John** & **Sarah Norman** Executors of & Executrix of this my Last Will & Testament to manage and dispose of all the Worldly Estate it hath pleased God to <del>bless</del> give me as above & within mentioned

In Witness hereof I have set my Hand & Seal this twelfth day of December in the Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Second ~ King Defender of the Faith &c: Anno Dom one thousand seven Hundred & Fifty five ''[12 Dec 1755]'' ٪

{signed} **Mary Smith** (LS)

Signed Sealed Published pronounced & declared by the above named **Mary Smith** as for her Last Will & Testament in the presents ''[sic]'' of us who have subscribed our Names as Witnesses in the presence and at the Request of the said Testator the day & Year above written

**Jacob Holl**\\
**Richd** ''[**Richard**]'' **Bedon**\\
**Ann Hodge**

This Will was proved before the Ordinary the 29th Jany 1756 ''[29 Jan 1756]'' & at the same time Qualified **John Norman** Exor ''[Executor]'' within named - - - - -

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===== Sources =====

  * South Carolina Department of Archives and History. 
    * Microfilm ST0506. Will Books. Series S213027, Volume OO, Page 422.
    * Microfilm ST0514. Wills (WPA transcripts). Series S213216, Volume 7 (1752), Pages 427-428.


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