In the name of God Amen, I, James Corbett, Senior,of the State of South Carolina and District of Sumter (Planter) andbeing of sound mind and memory but sensible of the uncertainty ofhuman life, and being desirous of disposing of my Estate, both Realand Personal and mixed while I have capacity of mind to do so, dohereby make and ordain and declare this to be my last Will andTestament in the manner following, to wit &endash;

Item1: I give and bequeath to my son JesseCorbett the sum of five dollars, to my son James Corbett, Jr., fivedollars, to my son Samuel Corbett, five dollars, and to my son-in-lawStephen Hanks the sum of five dollars, to be paid to each of them bymy Executors or Administrators.

Item 2: I also give and bequeath to my son SamuelCorbett an old negroe man named Abraham, which he now has inpossession.

Item 3: I desire that as soon after my decease aspracticable, that my Executors or Administrators shall sell all myEstate both Real and Personal to the highest bidder (that shall notbe otherwise disposed of in this Will) on a credit of one and twoyears.

Item 4: I give and bequeath to my friend Col.William I. Reynolds the following named negroes, to wit my old negroewoman Vancy, and her three children namely, Eliza, Preston andIsabella, and their increase, said W. I. Reynolds to take thenegroes, Vancy, Eliza, Preston and Isabella as his propertyimmediately after my decease as Trustee or Guardian.

Item 5: I further give and bequeath to W. I.Reynolds my Mill Tract of Land situated on both sides of the BeaverDam and containing five hundred and forty acres.

Item 6: I give and bequeath to my friend W. I.Reynolds five hundred dollars to be paid to him by my Executors orAdministrators out of my Estate for said negroes.

Item 7: It is my will and desire that myExecutors or Administrators shall invest the proceeds of the sale ofthe Estate in Bank Stock (of property not herein otherwise disposedof) until my Grandsons hereinafter to be named, shall become of legalage.

Item 8: I will and bequeath to my followinggrandsons, share and share alike equally, the money above mentioned,the proceeds of the sale of the Estate not otherwise willed ordisposed of and also the money I may have in hand or that may accrueto me from bonds or notes at the time of my death, share and sharealike, namely, to the two oldest sons of William B. Corbett, to thetwo oldest sons of Jesse Corbett, to the two oldest sons of HamptonCorbett, to the two oldest sons of Samuel Corbett, to the two oldestsons of James Corbett, Jr., to the two oldest sons of my daughterBetsey, the wife of Stephen Hanks, and if one grandson should diedbefore marriage the next oldest to heir his portion, these legaciesto be paid to each by my Executors or Administrators as they attainthe age of twenty-one years.

9th and lastly, I do hereby appoint and nominateCol. W. I. Reynolds and James Corbett, Jr., the Executors to this mylast will and testament, hereby revoking and annulling all formerwills by me made, and in testimony whereof I have hereunto set myhand and Seal, this the tenth day of April, eighteen hundred andforty-five, and in the sixty-ninth year of the Independence of theUnited States of Amerca -----------

Signed, sealed, declared and published by JamesCorbett, Sr., as and for his last will and testament in our presence,who at his request and in his presence have hereunto subscribed ournames as witnesses &endash;

John Moseley, John I. T. Hatfield, John Reynolds=

James ( X ) Corbett, Senr. (SEAL)

his mark

Recorded in Will Book D-2, Page 203. Recorded11th day of Sept., 1846.

W. Lewis, Ordy. Bundle 120, Page 4

(Original will lost. Copied from WillBook.)