State of South Carolina

In the name of God Amen, I Josiah Gayle ofClaremont County in the State aforesaid, being in a low State ofhealth but of sound mind and memory but recollecting the mortality ofmy body and knowing that it is appointed for all men once to die, doMake and ordain this to be my last Will and Testament, I recommend mysoul to Almighty God that gave it and my body to be buried in aChristian like decent manner at the discretion of my Executors; andwith respect to what worldly Goods it hath pleased God to blefs mewith After the payment of all my just debts I give and dispose of itin the manner and form following.-

Imprimis I give and bequeath unto my son in lawJohn Harvin, and my daughter-in law Rebecca Harvin five shillingssterling each to be paid unto them by my Executors out of my Estatewithin twelve months after my death.-

Secondly; I give unto my three grand children myson Josiah's - Children, Sarah Rembert, and Richard and Josiah Gaylefive Shillings Sterling each, and to my Grandson John Harvin son ofmy daughter Mary five Shillings Sterling to be paid as above--------

Thirdly I give and bequeath to my grand sonWilliam Gayle son of my daughter Ann one Negro girl named Feby, withall future ifsue to him and his heirs and afsigns forever-

Fourthly, I give unto my daughter-in law LevinahGayle five Shillings Sterling; to be paid as above , also giveLevinah's son Samuel five Shillings Sterling to be paid in the samemanner---- Fifthly I lend unto my daughter Ann Berwick one negro girlnamed Lydia during the natural life of my said daughter, and at herdeath the said Negro girl Lydia is to be returned to my Estate withall her ifsue, and equally divided amongst My heirs in the samemanner as the remainder of my Estate is divided below, I give untoher my said daughter two feather beds and furniture--

Sixthly I give and bequeath unto my two Grandchildren John and Sarah Gayle, son and daughter of my son Ambrose one Seventh part of my Estate, after taking out what it disposed ofabove, which Seventh part of my said Estate is to be equally dividedbetween my

said two said Grand Children John and Mary and inCase one of them should die Before he or she comes of age or Marriesthe part of the Deceased is to go to the surviving one, but in casethey both die before they come of age and leave no lawful ifsue thentheir parts is to return to my Estate and to be divided amongst myheirs equally-

Seventhly and lastly I lend all and singular theremainder of my Estate not disposed of above equally between my sixChildren, namely Christopher, Caleb, and Ransom, Dorothy, Elizabethand Ann during their natural lives to be equally divided amongst themand at their death I give and bequeath all the said property of mysaid Estate, unto the Children of those Children of Mine which willbe my Grand Children, that is to say at the death of my sonChristopher I give the share of my Estate which I lent to him untohis Children their heirs and afsigns forever, and so in like manner Ido to all the others---

And I do hereby nominate and appoint, my sonChristopher and my friend Huberd Rees my true and lawful Executors tothis My last Will and Testament, made this 17th day of December1794.

Signed, Sealed & c. in the presence of

Peter Williams his

Mary Williams Josiah x Gayle (Seal)

Richard Hampton mark

Recorded Will Book AA, Page 459

Recorded June 3rd, 1822

William Potts, Ord. S.D.

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