York County, South Carolina Wills (1770-1812)
Micro-film #C1689
& C1695
Abstracted by Paulette Haynes, Anderson, IN, 1992
In some cases there was no probate date for these
wills. These wills are probably arranged by case & file in the state
archives which might include more information and the probate dates.
The
micro-films I have are not arranged that way, but rather by number and book.
There are also a few estates, but not all, from Bk. B
(1800-1811)
(4)
ADKINS (Atkins), SAMUEL of Four
Mills Creek, near the old Nation Ford, York District, 5 Dec 1801
Wife:
Sarah, who made her elopement from my bed, five shillings sterling for her
part, and that her son, John do receive one shillling and no farther devid of my
estate.
Wife: Rebeccah during her widowhood use & benefit of the
plantation, six negroes, all goods, chattels and moveables. (two
wives?)
Rebecca's son: Robert Willis
Rebecca's daughter: Mary
Willis
My sister: Mary Foster, her three children, viz, Henry Foster,
Catherine Foster, John Foster.
Executors: John Hutchison and Mr. Read,
the schoolmaster.
Witnesses: Robert McSwain, Lewis Croxton, Benjamin
Croxton
Proven: 31 Jan 1802
ALDERSON, ANN (estate) administrators are William Alderson and Jeremiah Alderson, 18 Oct 1811. Bk. B-747
ALDERSON, BENEDICT (estate) inventory of goods, chattels and effects of Benedict Alderson, deceased appraised by Wm. Craven, Jno. Campbell and James Richardson, 3 Jun 1795
ALLISON, JOHN of York District, 5
Jun 1804
Son: Albert Allison, the plantation whereon I now live, known
as Lattimore's Place.
Wife: Elizabeth, use of house for raising of my
children.
Sale of a tract of land willed by my father to me in the
state of Tennessee. Authorized executrix & executors to adjust my
dispute with Col. Wm. Hill respecting several tracts of land lying in the State
of North Carolina.
Executors: Wife, Elizabeth, Richard Allison, James
Mitchell, Wm. Smith
Witnesses: C. Hager, John McCall, Jos.
McKerrie
Codicil: 5 Jun 1804; dispositions regarding several negroes
now in possession of Col. Wm. Hill and Mrs. Hill.
Proven: 6 Aug 1804
ALLISON, HUGH of York County, 19
Jan 1799
Sons: Robert, Alexander, Hugh
Daughters: Margaret,
Rosannah, Martha, Catharine
Grandson: Robert Johnson, son of
Martha
Executor: Robert Allison
Witnesses: Isaac Hope, Robert
Love, Catren Hope
Proven: n.d.
ANDERSON, WILLIAM (estate) administrator is Thomas McCullough, 9 Oct 1810. Bk. B-714
ARNOLD, JOSEPHUS n.d.
Wife:
Delphy Arnold
Son: William, piece of land leased from the Catawba
Indians of 73 acres.
Son: John (under 18 years of age)
Daughter:
Polly
Daughter: Rebecca Lovens
Executors: Wife, Delphy
and son, William
Witnesses: William Arnold, Thomas Drennen
Produced:
1 Nov 1802
ASHMORE, WALTER of York County, 23
Nov 1790
Wife: Cleranah ?
Daughters: Mary, Mary and
Eleanor
Sons: William and Walter
Executors: --
Witnesses:
Walter Davis, Thomas Blankenship, Richard Blanks
Proven:
n.d.
BARNHILL, WILLIAM (estate) administrator is Robert Barnhill, 1808 Bk. B-538
BARR, THOMAS receipts for shares: J. Barr 31 Aug 1785; Thomas Barr 29 Sep 1795; Jenny Barr 29 Sep 1799; Joseph Dawson 1802; Robert Ferguson 1802; Moses Dickey Barr 1802; William Barr 1802; Benjamin White 17 Dec 1807; Nancy Barr 20 May 1807; Isabella (widow?) 1810. Bk. B-147 & 568
BELL, ROBERT of York County, 12 Oct
1802
Sons: John and Robert
To: Jenny Crow or her
guardian
Son-in-law: James Davis
Executors: Sons, Jon. Bell
and Robert Bell
Witnesses: John Davis, John Bell, Elizabeth
Bell
Proven: n.d.
CARRINGTON, JOHN inventory presented 6 May 1807 by administrators Hillary Montgomery and Sarah Carrington. Bk. B-529
CATHCART, HUGH (estate)
administrator is Agness Cathcart, 23 Apr 1808.
Bk. B -613
CHISM, NANCY (estate) administrator is John Wilson, 27 Sep 1811. Bk. B-767
FARIES (Faris), JAMES of York
County, 5 Jan 1802
Wife: Jean
Son: James Faris
Son:
Richard Faris
Grandson: Elias Faris
Son: William
Faris
Son: Alexander Faris
Daughter: Margaret, married to
David Strain
Daughter: Agness, married to Benjamin
Garrison
Daughter: Jean, married to John Adare
Daughter:
Susannah, married to John Faris
Daughter: Ann, married to James
Faris
Executors: Wife, Jean and son, James Faris
Witnesses:
James Faris, Richard Faris, John Kerr
Presented: 5 Mar 1802
FARIS, JEAN of York District, 5 Nov
1807
Daughter: Ann Faris
Daughter: Jean
Adair
Granddaughters: Polly Adair and Polly Brown
Executors:
James Faris and Alexander Faris
Witnesses: John Barnett, Galoway
Wilson
Presented: 7 Dec 1807
FARRIES (Faris), ROBERT of York
District, 16 Jun 1803
Children: Moses, David, Sarah, Anne, Hannah,
Robert, Mary, Isabella Gordon, John McWhorter.
Wife: Hannah
The
raising of my children
To: James Bigger when has complyed with his
indenture.
Executors: Wife, Hannah and her brother John, my son
Moses
Witnesses: Robert Love, Samuel Hemphill, Joseph
Carrol
Qualifying executors: Hannah Faris, John Faris, Moses Faris, 5
Dec 1803
FARRIS, WILLIAM of York District, 18
Apr 1805
Wife: Nancy
Sons: David, John, James, Joshua,
Isaac
Daughters: Margaret, Mary,
Sarah
Executors:--
Witnesses:--
Recorded: 15 Nov 1805
FREEMAN, CHRISTOPHER (estate) administrators are Margaret Freeman and Mc--- Freeman, 2 Jan 1804. Bk. B-348
GARRISON, DAVID (estate) administrators are Ann Garrison and John Watson, 7 May 1810. Bk. B-697
GILL, JAMES (estate) administrator is Mary Gill, 28 Oct 1809. Bk. B-676
GOOD SR., JOHN 11 Oct 1805
Wife
(but not named)
Two sons: John Good Jr. and James B. Good
Daughter:
Ann Good
To Mary Bratton, $2.00
To Margaret Plasco, $2.00
To Jane
Hemphill, $2.00
Executors: Wife, and John Good
Witnesses:
Henry Good, George Good, John McKenney
Proven: 18 April 1807,
qualifying executors, Martha Good, John Good
GORDON, NANNY of York County 12 Oct
1791
Sons: James, Samuel, Hugh, William
Daughters: Eliner
Henry, Margaret Elder
Oldest daughter: Nanny Floid
Granddaughter:
Mary Gordan, daughter of Robert Gordan
Youngest son: Hugh
"My
seven children"
Executors: Sons, John and Hugh
Witnesses:
Robert Faries, John Gordan, Nelly Henry
Proven: 30 Apr 1792
GRAHAM, JEAN of York County, 16 Aug
1790
Daughter: Margaret Templeton, land joining John Caranhan on Turkey
Crk.
Daughter: Nancy
Executors: Daughter, Margaret Templeton
and trusted friend, Hugh Berry
Witnesses: James Wilson, George
Templeton, William Templeton
Recorded: 30 Apr 1792, Inventory Bk. A
#60, 17 Mar 1792
HANNA, JAMES of York County, 13 Feb
1797
Wife: Jane Hanna
Daughter: Elizabeth
Grandson:
James Hanna, son of William Hanna
Grandson: James Hanna, son of
Robert Hanna
Granddaughter: Rosannah Berry Hanna, daughter of Robert
Hanna
Daughter: Margaret
Daughter: Deborah
Son: James
Hanna
Executors: Wm. Hanna, Robert Hanna, and wife Jane
Hanna
Witnesses: Nathan Cooper, Sarah Hanna, James Hanna
Proven:
n.d.
HANNA, WILLIAM (Colonel) 3 Dec
1810
Estate administrator William C. Hanna. Bk.B-731
HOOD, JAMES (estate) administrators are Elinor Hood and John Adkinson, 10 Sep 1806. Bk. B-493
HOPE, ADAM (estate) administrator is Agnes Hope, 7 May 1804. Bk. B-381
HOPE, JAMES (estate) administrators are Eleanor Hope and William Byers, 4 Jun 1804. Bk. B-367
KNOX, JAMES (estate) appraisment of the estate of James Knox, deceased, 21 Nov 1795; among other items, 640 acre land tract and 1/2 still containing 77 gallons. Appraisers, John Harris, James Stewart, Thomas Magill.
KNOX, SAMUEL of Mecklenburg County, 5
May 1794
Wife, Mary
Widow and three daughter, Jean, Sarah and
Mary.
Grandson: John Pettis (Pettus)
Grandson: Stephen
Pettis
Granddaughter: Agnes Pettis
Granddaughter: Mary Pettis,
daughter of George Pettis
Granddaughter: Mary Candlish negroes Tom,
Will and Phebe; also seven tracts of land. (Mary Candlish is under age 18,
Alexander Candlish her father? if he returns to these
parts)
Granddaughter: Rebecca Pettus
Grandson , Samuel Knox Pettus,
son of William Pettus.
Brother: Robert Knox
To: William
Pettus; grandson Stephen Pettus.
To: John Pettus, son of George Pettus, three
tracts of land.
Make provisions for completion of a brick house being
built by Thompson Hartgrove and Charles Wright, to be 20 feet high above the
stone work.
To: Samuel Knox, son of brother John, a horse
Grandson:
Samuel Knox Pettus
Wearing apparel divided between brothers Matthew and
David; James Tagert the best hat.
Excutors: Wife, Mary, William
Pettus, James Tagert.
Witnesses: James F. Gordon, Joseph Knox, George
Pettus
Probated York Co. District Court, April 1800, Bk. A-20; Mecklenburg
Co. Bk. D-138
KOLB, JAMES of York County, 13 Dec
1802
Four children whose names are now, Mary Love, Margaret Feemster, Ruth
Love and Silas Kolb, to be paid $3.00 each.
Daughters: Jean Kolb,
Catharine Kolb, Elizabeth -- Kolb.
Son: Joseph Kolb
Present wife:
Elizabeth Kolb
Executors: Wife, Elizabeth and son-in-law, William
Feemster of Chester Co.
Witnesses: David Gordan, Ezekiel Morris, Elinor
Leech
Proven: 1 Jun 1807
LATTIMORE, ROBERT of Craven
County, 25 Oct 1784
Wife: Ann Lattimore
Son: George
Lattimore
Grandsons: Estate to be divided among often (after?) named
grandsons, viz: Robert Love and James Love; Robert Lattimore, son of
Arthur Lattimore, as much as both the above named; and Hezekiah and James
McKenzie equal to the above named Loves; and Arthur and James Kennedy the
same.
Executors: Son-in-law, Joseph McKenzie and son-in-law, Andrew
Love.
Witnesses: Joseph Howe, Mathew Bigger
Codicil: to daughters,
viz, Rebecca McKenzie, Anne Love and Nancy Kennedy, one dollar
each.
Presented: n.d.
McKNIGHT, JOHN of York County, 20
Jun 1785
Wife (but not named)
Son: Robert
Daughters: Mary,
Sarah, Eleanor, Isabella, Betsy
Land on Serats Creek 96 District to be
sold.
Executors: Wife and son Robert
Witnesses: John Blackney,
William Fowler, James Fowler
Inventory presented by Mary McKnight and Robert
McKnight, executors; Bk. A #13 n.d.
McNIGHT, MARGARET (widow) of York
District, 17 Dec 1800
Three daughters: Mary, Isabella, Elizabeth (all
unmarried)
Grandson: John McNight
Granddaughter: Margaret
McClelan
Grandson: John McNight Lindsey
Grandson: Moses
McCleave
Son: Robert McNight
Daughter: Sarah Hog
Executors:
Daughters, Isabella and Elizabeth
Witnesses: Jo. Brown, A. Egger,
Elizabeth --- illegible
Proven: 26 Jun 1801
MULDOON, DAVID of York District, 5
Jun 1800
Wife: Mary
Wife's daughter, Elizabeth
My daughter,
Elinor
Son: Elias
Daughters: Sarah, Rebecca,
Lucinda
Executors: John Downing, David Daniel
Witnesses: Mary
Neeley, James Cathey
Presented: 13 Jun 1801
MURPHEY, JAMES of Fishing Creek,
York County, 18 Jul 1787
Son: John Murphey
Grandsons: James
Murphey, Robert Murphey, Alexander Murphey
Daughters: Susanna Sadler
and her daughter Mary Miles; Rachel Sadler and her son, Isaac Sadler, Mary
Sadler
Executors: Son, John Murphey, Richard Sadler
Witnesses:
John Adam, John Brevard, Thomas Hale
Presented: n.d.
NASH, LUCY of York District, 5 Feb
1808
Son: Francis --- Nash
Daughter: Polly Turner
Nash
Executors: John Adams, Samuel Neely
Witnesses: D. Boyers,
R. Barron
Proven: 20 Feb 1809
RAY (Wray) SR., HENRY of York County,
26 Aug 1789
Wife: Agness
Daughters: Isabell and Sarah
Son:
Henry
Executors: Son, Henry and Alex. Galloway
Witnesses:
Isaac Gillham, Thomas Gillham, John Creige
Recorded: 28 Dec 1789,
inventory Bk. A #31
REA, FRANCES, 2 Feb 1804
Residing on
the waters of Crowders Creek in York District.
Wife: Sarah Rea (if she
survives)
Sons: William, Alexander, Francis
William to care for
plantation, wife and daughters, Mary Rea, Elizabeth Rea, Sarah
Rea.
Granddaughter: Rachel Jamison
Executors: Wife, Sarah Rea
and son William Rea, John Henry
Witnesses: Robert Adams, David Jackson,
James Montgomery
Proven: 5 Aug 1805
ROSS, RACHEL of York County, 1 Apr
1790
Sons: James, Alexander, William
Niece: Rachel Murphey,
daughter of John Murphey
Excutors: George Ross, Andrew
Love
Witnesses: J. Ross, William Carson Sr., William
Carson
Inventory presented 17 Jul 1790, Bk. A #48
SADLER, JOSEPH of York District, 9
May 1812
Wife: Elizabeth Sadler, the plantation containing 100 acres
where I formerly lived on joining land with Richard Sadler Senior deceased on
Fishing Creek.
Executor: Wife, Elizabeth Sadler
Witnesses:
Samuel McNeel, John Bratton, David Sadler
Proven: 11 Jun 1812
SADLER SR., RICHARD of York
District, 10 Jan 1804
Wife: Jane Sadler
Oldest son: David
Sadler, $20
Second son: Richard Sadler, $20
Third son: Joseph
Sadler, $20
Daughter: Eleanor Black, $20
Executors: Wife,
Eleanor and son, David
Witnesses: George Reed, David Leech Sr., Jos.
Feemster
Proven: 6 Jan 1810
THOMPSON (Thomson) JAMES of York
District, 11 Jun 1808
Brother: Nathaniel Thomson, the tract in North
Carolina, Burkham ? County.
Sister: Mary Ann Edmiston
Brother:
Moses Thomson
Brother: Samuel Thomson
Sister: Betsy Hann
Grier
Two brothers: Alexander Thomson and John Thomson
Executors:
Alexander Thomson, John Thomson
Witnesses: Edward Byers, John
Cain, John Lusk
Proven: 7 May 1810
THOMPSON, SAMUEL of York
District, 3 Mar 1811
Brother: Nathaniel Thompson, $250 to be paid by
Moses Thompson.
Brother: Moses Thompson, one negro due me from my
brothers Alexander and John Thompson, to be worth $500
Sister: Mary Ann
Edminston, $250 to be paid by Robert Grier.
Sister: Betsy Hannah
Grier
To my venerable mother.
Two brothers: Alexander and John, property
and money due me from the estate of James Thompson
Executors: Alexander
Thompson, John Thompson
Witnesses: Thomas Brown, Robert
Grier
Proven: 5 Aug 1811
WALKER, THOMAS, 14 Jun 1795
Land
in Rutherford County, North Carolina.
Son: James, under twenty one
years of age
Daughter: Peggy
Wife: Mary
Other children (but
not named)
Executors: Wife, Mary, Felix Walker, William
Smith
Witnesses: James Simpson, William Smith, R.
Wilkinson
Presented: n.d.
WATSON, GEORGE of York District, 13
Sep 1808
Wife: Mary Watson
Stepdaughter: Ruthey
Bratton
Executor: Hugh Bratton
Witnesses: Robert Bratton, J.
Thompson
Presented: 24 Jun 1809
WATSON, JAMES of York District, 5
Sep 1802
Sons: David Watson, John Watson
Son: William, the
plantation on Buckhorn Fork of Bullocks Creek
Son: Samuel Watson
To:
Elizabeth Findley
Son: Aaron Watson, the plantation I now live
on.
Daughter: Jean
Daughter: Ann Hemphill
Son:
David
Executors: Sons, David, John and Samuel
Watson
Witnesses: Katherine Watson, David Watson, Samuel
Watson
Presented: n.d.
WATSON (Colonel), SAMUEL of York
District, 1 Mar 1809
Wife: Elizabeth Watson
Son-in-law: John
Eakin
Son: James
Son: Robert Watson
Sons: Hugh,
William, David
Son-in-law: John Berry
To: Betsy
McWhorter
Grandchildren: Samuel Watson, son of James Watson; Samuel
Watson, son of John Watson; Samuel Watson, son of David Watson; Samuel Watson,
son John Berry, James Watson, son of Samuel Watson, Sarah and Samuel Watson, son
and daughter of Robert Watson
Each of the aforesaid grandchildren receive
$20.
What may come on the Hill & Capt. Haynes bond
Seven
sons.
Executors: Son, John and Samuel Watson.
Witnesses: Hugh
Watson, Robert Watson, Catherine Watson
Presented: 27 Nov 1810
WATSON SR., WILLIAM of Fishing
Creek, York County, 20 Aug 1798
Wife: Violet Watson, the
estate.
Also her sister's children and one third to Hugh Berry.
Sisters:
Elizabeth Walker and Alice Alexander
Cousin: Watson Walker, son
of Felix Walker
Executors: Wife, Violet, Hugh Berry, Col. William
Bratton, John McCan.
Witnesses: Jos. Gabie, John Gabie, Roger
Berry.
Inventory presented 12 Nov 1798, Bk. A #143
WATSON, WILLIAM of York District,
23 Aug 1809
Wife: Mary Watson
Son: James Watson, ten
dollars.
Grandson: James Watson
Two sons: David and
Robert
Executors: Son, David and Robert
Witnesses: Will.
Pettus, Samuel Smith, Archibald Steel
Presented: 6 Apr 1812