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Probated October 11, 1853
Will
Book 23 P-272
Case No. 21, File No. 1689
(contributed by Nan Lambert
Starjak)
Will of Elizabeth
Burns, State of South Carolina
Know all men by these presents that
I, Ellizabeth Burns, do make ordain and publish this my last will and
testament in manner and form as
follows, viz.
- 1st I will and direct that all
my just debts and funeral expenses to be paid.
- 2d I will bequeath and devise
all the remainder of my estate after the payment of my debts and
funeral expenses aforesaid to my four daughters Mary Young, Elivira
Burns, Elizabeth Burns & Jane Burns to them and their heirs
forever this is intended to include both my real and personal
estate.
Lastly I nominate and appoint David
B. Patton executor of this my last
will & testament. Given under my
hand and seal this 10th April in the year of our Lord
one thousand
eight hundred & forty nine.
Elizabeth Burns (her
mark)
Signed sealed & acknowledged by Eliz. Burns as & for
her last will &
testament in our presence who subscribed our names
as witnesses in her
presence & in the presence of each
other.
Thomas Thomasen
T. G. Wylie
J. M. Ross
Probated June 19, 1819
Case #
17
File #253
York Co., SC
Vol. 2, pp. 59-61
(contributed
by Nan Lambert Starjak)
Will of Isaac Enloe
In the name of God, amen. I,
Isaac Enloe of the district of York and state of South Carolina, being of
a good old age, & afflicted with divers infirmities; but blessed be
God, of perfect mind and memory & calling to mind the Mortality of my
body, knowing that it is appointed for all men once to die, do make and
ordain this my last will and Testament, and first of all I give and
commend my soul into the hands of almighty God who gave it; & my body
I commend to the earth from whence it was taken tob e buried in a decent
Christian manner at the discretion of my Executors nothing doubting but at
the general resurrection by the mighty power of God I shall receive the
same again --- And as touching such worldly estate as it has pleased God
to bless me with, I give, dispose of, and devise in the manner
following,
- First, I give unto my beloved
wife, Violet, all the lands I am now possess'd of during her life,
likewise all my negroes her life time, likewise all the furniture both
household & kitchen, likewise all my farming utensils her life
time.
- Likewise I bequeath unto my son
Asahel my rifle gun and her apparatus & three dollars.
- I also will & bequeath unto
my Granddaughter Louisa Ann Enloe daughter of Nathaniel Enloe my negro
boy named Hicks, to be hers at her grandmother's death ---
- I also will unto Nathaniel Enloe
all the borrowed money he owes me, & all the notes I have upon him
to be his own –
- At my wife’s death I also will
& bequeath unto my son Gilbert Enloe the money he borrowed of me
to buy Jerry with amounting to two hundred & seventy five dollars,
to be his own; also all the notes I have upon him (except an hundred
dollar note) to be given up to him. Likewise I allow him to have my
negro wench named Sil at his mother’s death.
- I also will unto my Daughter
Elizabeth McWhorter three dollars –
- I also Will unto my Daughter
Christiana Givens three dollars & all he notes and accounts I have
upon her husband William Givens, to be given up to her at her mother’s
death.
- I also will until my daughter
Jane Ewing fifty Dollars & all the notes I have upon her husband
William Ewing, to be given up to her at her mother’s death.
- I also will unto my daughter
Hannah Ewing the sum of two hundred dollars, & all the notes and
accounts I have upon her husband John Ewing, to be given up to her at
her mother’s death ---
- I also will & bequeath unto
my daughter Ruth Givens, or rather her daughter Eliza Givens, my negro
girl named Rose to be given up to her at her grandmother’s death
–
- I also will & bequeath unto
my grandson Russel Washington Black my negro girl named Narcissa to be
given up to him, if of age, if not to a Guardian chosen by him for his
use at his grandmother’s death, & as soon as he is of age, to be
his property. & if he should die before he has any heirs she is to
return back to my estate & be divided with the following lot –
- I also will and bequeath unto my
Sons Nathaniel & Gilbert Enloe, the following Negroes, Viz.,
Aaron, Cato, Phebe & Charles, to be equally divided between them
according to their value.
And I do hereby nominate and appoint
my sons Nathaniel & Gilbert Enloe to be the Executors of this my last
will and Testament, & I do hereby revoke, disallow, & disannul all
former wills & Testaments, Confirming this & no other to be my
last will and Testament – Given under my hand and seal this thirty-first
day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred &
eighteen, & in the
forty-second and forthy-third year of the
Independence of the United States of America.
Sign’d seal’d
pronounced & declared in presence Of us who in the presence of him
& of each Other have hereunto set our hands as dated
Above
Williamson Byers
George Gill (his mark) Isaac Enloe (his
mark)
Codicil
I also will and bequeath that my lands that I am
now possessed of at
wife Violet’s death to be sold at venue and my sons
Nathaniel and
Gilbert Enloe receive the price thereof and pay the rest
of my heirs as
mentioned in this my last Will and Testament each their
respective shares,
& the balance if any to divide it equally
between them. Given under my
hand and seal as dated
above.
Williamson Byers
George Gill (his mark) Isaac Enloe (his
mark)
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