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Holladay Family
Clarendon County, South
Carolina Genealogy Trails
Transcribed and contributed by Thomas
"Butch" Holladay III
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Will of Elizabeth A.
Holladay
July 23, 1936
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, )
CLARENDON COUNTY.
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IN THE NAME OF GOD,
AMEN:
I, Elizabeth A. Holladay, make this my Last Will
and testament.
I. I give and bequeath all my personal
property to my beloved nieces, Virginia A. Bagnal and Lynwood
Holladay, share and share alike.
II. I give and devise
all my real eatate to my brother, Andrew Mithchell Holladay,
in fee simple.
III. Should my said brother predecease
me, then I give and devise all my real estate to his children
(except A. Manly Holladay), share and share alike, in fee
simple.
IV. Should any of the children of Andrew
Mitchell Holladay named as devisees herein, have predeceased
me leaving issue living at my death, then such issue shall
take the parent's share.- Those who predecease me without
issue taking nothing hereunder.
V. The devise of said
real estate is subject to any mortgage or mortgages over same
which said mortgages and my funeral expenses shall be paid by
said devisee or devisees.
VI. I have excluded my
nephew A. Manly Holladay and his children as devisees because
I have already aided him financially.
VII. I hereby
nominate, constitute and appoint my nephew Milton Ravnel
Holladay executor of this my Will to serve without
bond.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF I have hereunto set my hand
and seal this the Third day of July, A.D.
1936.
Elizabeth A. Holladay (SEAL)
Signed, Sealed,
published and Declared )
by the said Elizabeth A. Holladay
as )
and to be her Last Will and Testament )
in our
presence who at her request and )
in her presence and in
the presence of )
eachother hereunto subscribe our names )
as witnesses. )
F.C.
Kudy____________________
R.A.
Chandler_________________
Charlton
Durant_______________
Transcribed by Thomas B. Holladay, III -
Great-Grandson of Andrew Mitchell Holladay from a certified
copy from Clarendon County
Courthouse |
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Will of Thomas
Holliday
December, 9th. 1641
Minchinhampton,
England
In the name of God, Amen. I Thomas Holliday of
Challford in the County of Gloucester,Gent. beinge sicke in
bodie butt of sound mind and of good memory thanks be given to
God , doe make and ordaine this my last willand testament in
manner and forme following, namely.
Imprimis. I
bequeath my soule into the hands of Almighty God my maker and
unto Jesus Christ my only saviour and redeemer by whose Death
and passion I hope to be saved and by none other meanes:
my bodie to be buried in Christian burrial according to the
direction of my overseer and Executor and as concerning my
wordly substance I give and bequeath it as
followeth:
ITEM. I give to my daughter Elizabeth thirty
pounds of lawfull money when shee shall accomplish the age of
eighteene yeares his to be paid out of my land by my own haire
my sonne Thomas or his haires to my land that then shall
be.
ITEM. I give to my daughter Mary thirty pounds of
lawfull money when shee shall accomplish the age of eighteene
yearesthis to be paid out of my land by my haire or his haires
as above said.
ITEM. I give to my sonn Daniell twenty
pounds of current money when he shall accomplish the age of
one and twenty yeares to be paid as above said out of my land
by my haires.
ITEM. I give to my sonn William twenty
pounds to be paid by my haire when my sonn William shall
accomplish the age of one and twenty yeares.
ITEM. I
give and bequeath unto my sonnes Daniell and William all that
land that I bought of Edmund Waite to be equaly divided
betwixt them when the eldest of them shall accomplish the age
of one and twenty yeares.
ITEM. I give and bequeath
unto Edith my wife fowerteene pounds a yeare after my haire
comes of age if she keeps her selfe widdow and then to have it
soe longe as shee shall keepe her selfe widdow; and if shee
doe nott keepe her selfe widdow then shee is to have butt tenn
pounds a yeare.
Also shee is to hold all my meanes until my
haire comes of age towards the bringinge upp of my children
and the payment of my debts.
ITEM. My will is that if
any or either of my children shall happen to die before they
shall be of age to claim their legacies that then my will is
that his or her or their legacies shall be equally divided
amongst the rest of my children surviving.
ITEM. If my
haire refuse to pay all or any of the above bequeathed
legacies that then my will is that these legatees shall hold
the ground called The Hill under Cowcumbe and the old
tuckemill and all profits belonging durenge the term of one
and threescore yeares.
ITEM. I give and bequeath unto
Edith my wife all the rest of my goods, cattles, and chattles
both mouvable and unmouvable: my debts , funeral charges ,
being paid , and I make and ordaine her to be the sole and
only executrix of this my last will and
testament.
ITEM. I doe ordaine overseer of this my will
my two brothers-in-law Richard Batt and Henry Bannister; and
they are to have for their paines five shillings apeace to be
paid by my Executrix.
In witness hereof I have hereunto
put my hand and seale the 9th day of December 1641 in the
seventeenth yeare of the reign of our sovereign Lord King
Charles...
ITEM. My will is that my wife shall have the
house that shee now dwells in during the time that shee keeps
her selfe widdow and if she marry shee is to have that house
that my hatcher lives durenge her life.
Witness
hereunto James Witcombe Thomas Holliday...
Benjamin
Harmer
Samuell Wright
The Thomas Holliday of
this will was the Great-Grandfather of John "The Ranger"
Holladay. |
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Will of John
Holladay
Grandson of John"The Ranger"
Holladay
September 12th 1812
Sumter District, South
Carolina
In the name of God Amen.
I, John Holladay
Senr. Do make this my last will and testament . First I give
and recommend my soul to God Almighty that first give me
exsistance-& my body to the Earth in decent Christian
burial- at the discretion of my Executor. And as touching such
worldly estate as it has pleased God to bless me with in this
life I give & dispose of in the following form and manner,
Viz. First I give and bequeath to my beloved Wife Sussanah two
negroes for life time viz- Sam & Jeney- together with my
household furniture and plantation tools - & the lands to
me belonging- which said negroes, lands, furniture etc, after
her death is to then go to my son James for his part, & it
is my desire that James do see to and take care of his Mother
while she lives: he is to take charge and see to the
settlement of a bond or debt in Charleston. Secondly I give
and bequeath to my daughter Susanah a negroe names prince.
Thirdly I give and bequeath to my daughter Agness one negroe
named Bob. Fourthly I give and bequeath to my son William one
negroe named Abram. Fifthly I give and bequeath to my daughter
Hariot two negroes-Phoeby & Mary and as for Mary Spears
and John Holladay Junr. I give and bequeath Three Dollars to
be duvided equally between them- Viz it is my will &
desire that Bob left to my daughter Agness shall go to her
daughter Elizabeth Chester - when she marries. I do hereby
constitute and appoint my son James Holladay to be the whole
and sole Executor of this my last will and testament. In
witness whereof I set my hand and seal this 12th of September
1812.
Signed and sealed in presence of
John
Holladay (SEAL)
J. Ridgill J.P.
L.R. Gibson
Richd.
Ridgill |
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Will of Susannah
Holladay
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA}
In the name of God
Amen SUMTER DISTRICT }
I Susannah Holladay do make this my last will
andTestament. First I Give and Recommend my Soul to God
Almighty thatfirst Give it me Existence and my body to the
Earth in DecentChristian Burial at the Discretion of my
Executors. I dispose of mypart of the Estate of my Husband
John Holladay, Deceased in theFollowing way Viz.-
First
I give unto My Daughter Susannah RichbourgOne Hundred Dollars
Secondly I give unto my Duaghter Mary Spears
FiftyDollars
Thirdly I give unto my son James Holladay
theremaining part which is Coming to me be more or less. Aslo
JamesHollday is to pay out of his part all Just debts Against
me shouldtheir be any.
I do apoint James Holladay to be
the whole andsole Executor-in witness whereof I do Set my hand
and Seal this 23rdday of May 1819.
her
Susannah X
Holladay
mark
Signed Sealed in the presence of
Harmon
Platt
David Platt
James T.
Strange |
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