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Chester
County, South Carolina
contributed by
Mary
Brocklebank
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WILL OF HALCOTT JONES PRIDE
"In the name of God, Amen, I Halcott Jones Pride being of
sound mind & memory do hereby make & declare this to be my last
Will & Testament, as to all my worldly goods. Imprimis - I give &
bequeath to my BROTHER FREDERICK L. PRIDE, forty shares of Bank Stock in
the State Bank of North Carolina with the dividends due
thereon.
Item. I give & bequeath to my BROTHER CADWALLADER
JONES forty shares also, in the same Bank, with the dividends due thereon.
Item. I give to FREDERICK L. PRIDE & CADWALLADER JONES jointly, the
bond due me by Dr. Strachan of Petersburg, VA, with the interest thereon, in
order to purchase a carriage for AMARYLLIS and a set of plate for REBECCA JONES. Item. I give to Mrs. Winnifred Sharp of
Petersburg VA, two hundred dollars. Item. I give to FRED.K L.
PRIDE negro George, as a satisfaction for all claims of any nature. Item.
I give & bequeath to my SISTER LUCY P. GREEN, to her sole, separate
& exclusive use, and benefit, not subject to the interference or
control of any person or persons whatever, with full power to dispose of
it as she may think fit & proper, My land & plantation on the Catawba river, Chester District together
with all my stock of horses, hogs, cows, also the crop of Cotton, Corn,
Fodder oats, with all the plantation utensils of ever description
including Waggon, Cotton Machine & [indecipherable], to her the said
LUCY P. GREEN I give the said property. Item. I give & bequeath to my
Said SISTER LUCY P. GREEN to her sole, separate, & exclusive use &
benefit not subject to the interference or control of her husband [Allen
Jones Green] or any person or persons whatever all my negroe Slaves of
every age or description (excepting man George) with full &
discretionary power to dispose of them as she may think fit to her the
said LUCY P. GREEN & to her alone do leave & bequeath the
aforementioned property. Item. I give to the said LUCY P. GREEN all my
furniture. Item. I give to ALLEN J. GREEN my gig and gig horse, together
with my new bridle & saddle. Item. I give & bequeath to
CADWALLADER JONES my Bureau & all my books in N. Carolina. Item I give
to William Agurs a full suit of clothes Coat, Vest, pantaloons
& shoes of the best that he may choose from T. P. Halls store. Item I
give five dollars each to the following negroes, Lewis, Charley, Howell,
Osborn, Peter, Elam, Billy, Doll, Jacob, Levi, Fanny, Sillah, Joe, &
to all the other grown slaves $2 each.
In confirmation of all which I hereunto set my
hand & seal this 8th day
December 1816."
CODICIL I appoint and nominate FRED. K L. PRIDE AND ALLEN J. GREEN Executors of this my
last Will Testament;
Halcott J. Pride
SECOND CODICIL: I wish ALLEN JONES GREEN only to qualify as
Exr of my Will; I desire that my debts be first attended to;
Halcott J. Pride
1 Transcribed as written by Mary
Brocklebank from copy purchased from the South Carolina Department of
Archives and History, Columbia, South Carolina, together with estate
papers. Solid uppercase of names added and items within brackets
(not parenthesis).
2 John B. Strachan: $2,000 bond was due 20 October 1816 on estate
list of assets. On 22 November 1817 the bond was paid over to Cadwallader
Jones and F. L. J. Pride.
3 Amaryllis Sitgreaves (daughter of Martha Cobb Jones and Judge John
Sitgreaves) wife of his brother Frederick L. J. Pride.
4
Rebecca Edwards
Long (daughter of Lunsford Long and
Rebecca Edwards Jones) wife of his brother Cadwallader Jones.
5 Rose Hill Plantation
6 William
Agurs was the plantation overseer;
paid wages as overseer from estate of $213.72 for year 1816 on April 29,
1817.
7 Hyder Ali Davie
(son of Gen. William R. Davie and Sarah Jones). He was cousin
to Amaryllis Sitgreaves their mothers being sisters (both daughters of
Allen Jones and Mary Haynes)
8 This is probably Robert Karr Crockett brother of Elijah
Crockett.
SOUTH CAROLINA CHESTER DISTRICT
BY E. SYLES ORDINARY
&C
"Personally appeared before me Robt K. Crockett & David
Patton who being duly Sworn as the Law Directs doth make Oath and Say that
they saw HALCOT J. PRIDE Sign Seal publish & pronounce & declare
the within to be and Contain his last will & testament & that he
the Said HALCOT J. PRIDE was then of Sound & disposing Mind Memory
& understanding to the best of their knowledge and belief and that
they the Said Robt K. Crockett & David Patton did Sign their Names as
Witnesses thereto at the Request of the Testator in his presence at the
Same time. Qualified ALLEN JONES GREEN Executor.
Given under my
hand the 31st day March the Year of our Lord 1817."
Robert K. Crockett
David
Patton
SOUTH CAROLINA CHESTER DISTRICT
BY E. SYLES ORDINARY
&C
"David Patton affirmed & being Sworn Saith on his oath
he Saw the said HALCOT J. PRIDE write and acknowledge & publish the
above two Codicils to be a part of his Last will. The interlining in the
first Codicil of the words J. Green was done in his presence. Sworn and
solemnized before me this 31 day March 1817.
TRANSCRIBER NOTE:
Halcott Jones Pride
was born Halcott Pride Jones (son of Cadwallader Jones and Mary Pride),
and died with the surname of Pride as a result of an inheritance directive
of his only maternal uncle Halcot Briggs Pride: "Bequests condition that
they severally assume, after they attain full age, the surname of Pride."
His brother, Frederick Lafayette Jones had a separate bequest with the
same directive, and so became Frederick Lafayette Jones Pride.
Halcott inherited a plantation in Northampton
Co. whereon I now live known as Monte Cailloux, Longs Island in Roanoke
River. The plantation had been given the same name as that of
the Petersburg, Virginia plantation. In 1813 the family moved from North
Carolina to the Catawba.
Note: Will of Halcott Briggs
Pride dated 24 November 1794, and proved Northampton County, North
Carolina Court, December 1795.
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