Isaac
Bogan
South Carolina]
Be it
remembered that I Isaac Bogan of the Union District ]
District & State aforesaid, being weak in
body but of perfect mind and disposing Memory ,Glory & Praise to God
for the same and calling to mind the shortness and uncertainty of human
life , Have thought fit to make and publish this my last will and
testament in the Manner following ( that is to say)
When it shall please the Lord to call me from
this transitory world I recommend my soul to the mercy of God who gave it
and my body to the earth .
To be decently buried at the discretion of my
executors herein after named and touching such worldly estate as it hath
pleased the Lord in his infinite Mercy to bless me with, I have thought
proper to dispose of in the following manner, [ VIZ] My Will and desire is
all my just debts and funeral charges shall be first satisfied and be paid
out of my personal estate and the remainder of my estate both real and
personal. I do dispose of it as follows [viz]
I give to my loving wife Easter the
house wherein I now dwell during her natural life together with all the
utensils or husbandry , Also fifty Acres of cultivated land , I also lend
unto my loving wife two negroes namely my negro Harry & my negros
wench Bell together with four cows & calves . Also ten head of hogs
also one work horse one bed & furniture- I give and bequeath unto
my Grandson
Giles Sumner one negro girl called Mary & and in case the said
Giles Sumner die without heir the negroe girl called Mary to be sold and
equally divided among my children -I lend to my daughter
Hannah Jones one negroe girl named
Phillis during her natural life & after her decease to the heirs of
her body forever- I give &bequeath unto my daughter
Easter one negro girl named Dice
also two cows and calves & twenty dollars in cash and a horse valued
at twenty dollars also one Saddle and Bridle one feather bed and furniture
-I give & bequeath unto my son James
Bogan one mare & two Colts ,
also one negro boy named Ned I give bequeath unto my son Michael Bogan , Two Hundred acres of land more or less situated and
lying on Dutchman Creek.
I give &bequeath unto my son’s Charles &
Caswell Bogan the first tract of
land whereon I now live containing five hundred Acres more or less - I
give & bequeath unto my son Isaac
Bogan one negro boy named Lewis -I
give &bequeath to my son William
Bogan two hundred & twenty
five acres of land lying & being on Shoaly Creek being a part of four
hundred and fifty acre tract whereon my father John
Bogan now lives & my will
& desire is that my son William Bogan
should have that part of the land
that lies on the east side of the said creek--I also give and bequeath
unto my son William Bogan one bay horse now by the name of his Property ; I give
& bequeath unto my son John Bogan
two Hundred and Twenty five Acres
more or less situate on the west side of the above mentiond Shoaly Creek
,also I give & bequeath my son John Bogan
one bay mare now by the name of
his property , My will and desire is that all the property that has not
been given in Legacies untill such time as the youngest children comes of
age ,then to be equally divided among my six sons , William Bogan ,Caswell Bogan ,Charles Bogan
; and last of all I do hereby
constitute -nominate and appoint my loving wife Easter Bogan
Executrix & Thomas White my
Executor to see this my last Will & Testament Executed and hereby
revoking &making void & of none affect all other former wills and
testaments by me hereto fore made & declaring that this sheet of paper
contains my last Will & testament , I have hereunto set my hand &
affixed my seal this 12th day of April 1805 signed sealed
published & pronounced & declared by the said Isaac
Bogan
William Bogan ] ISAAC BOGAN [ L.S ]
John Lancaster
( her mark )
Apsley Lancaster..
Children were Isaac Bogan’s wife was Easter, Daughter Easter Bogan and
Hannah Jones. Son’s Isaac Bogan Jr., William Bogan, John Bogan,
Caswell Bogan, Charles Bogan, James Bogan, Michael Bogan
NOTE: John Lancaster and his wife Apsley O’Shields Lancaster signed
Issac Bogan’s will
transcribed and contributed by Patrick O'Shields
August 2010
Will of Thomas Hyatt
State of South Carolina Dec 28 ,1842
Union District
In the name of God Amen
I Thomas Hyatt of said State and District being in a low state of
health but thanks be to God in perfect mind and memory thus thought proper
to arrange my temporal concerns in the following manner and form.
1st I desire that all just debts that I may have unpaid to
be honorably paid by my executors.
2nd I give unto my seven oldest Children
Nancy Gallman, Milley Ward, Elizabeth Belew, Jesse Hyatt, Sarah Ann Jackson, James Hyatt, and William Hyatt one dollar each.
3rd I give unto my
Mary Ann. Amanda. One Cow and one bed
Furniture and a Saddle.
4th I give unto My beloved wife all the rest of my estate
both real and personal during her life after her giving to my Youngest
daughters
Harriet and Caroline to each
of them one Cow and bed and furniture and Saddle when they become of age
or marry and after the death of my wife . All the property that she may
have to be equally divided between my four youngest daughters Mary Ann,
Amanda ,Harriet and Caroline,
I do by virtue of these presents hereby nominate
constitute and appoint my dear wife and son Jesse Hyatt my true and
lawfull executors to execute this my Last Will and testament thereby
revolking all former wills by me made in witness where of the said Thomas
Hyatt doth here unto set his hand and affix his seal this twenty eight of
Dec, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hunderd and forty two,
signed sealed and Acknowledged by the Said Thomas Hyatt to
be his last will and testament in the presents of us who is in the
presents of each other have subscribed our names,
Thomas Hyatt
James G Fenandis his
--mark
Jefferson White.
Jonathan Newberry
Recorded in Will book -B Page 319 box 29
package 19 recorded 20th of Feb 1843
The father of Jesse Hyatt who married Elizabeth Comer, of
Union County
Transcribed and researched by Patrick
R and Doris O’Shields, August 2010
