Will
of
CHARLES C. MOODY
State of South
Carolina
Sumter District
I,
Charles C. Moody of the aforesaid State and District being of sound mind, memory
and understanding do hereby make and declare my last Will and Testament in
manner and Form following--to wit—
I desire, First that
my just Debts and Funeral expenses be paid.
I give and bequeath
unto my brother Burrell Moody my negro man,
Peter, to him and his Heirs forever---
I give and bequeath
unto my sister Elizabeth RICHARDSON, my two Negroes Maria and her child Sam to
her, the said Elizabeth Richardson, during the term of her natural life and
after her death, said negroes Maria and Sam to go over and belong to her children
William, Martha, Elizabeth Frances, Thomas, and Alice and their Heirs forever
---
I give and bequeath to my brother James A. Moody, All that tract of Land Containing
fifty six acres, and bounded north by lands of I.A. FRASER, East by Lands of
Wm. WHEELER, south by lands of S.J. MURRAY and west by the Sumter Landing Road—I
further give and bequeath to my Brother
James A. Moody, a Tract of Land of Twenty six acres on the west
Side of the Sumter’s
Landing Road and adjoining Lands owned by Isaac LENOIR, commonly known as the
MCLAUGHLIN Tract to him and his Heirs forever—
I give and bequeath
to my sister Sarah R. ATKINSON, a negro girl Catherine and her future issue, to
her, the said Sarah R. Atkinson, during the Term of her natural Life and after
her death, said negro girl Catherine And her future issue to go over and belong
to the children of said Sarah R. Atkinson and their heirs forever---
It is my desire also
that the net proceeds of my crop, together with the proceeds of the sale of my
furniture, farming and kitchen utensils, and also of the sale of my Cattle, Horses,
and Hogs, be equally divided between my brother Burrell and my sister
Elizabeth, my sister Sarah and my brother James and their Heirs---
It is further my
desire that my nephew Sloman Moody be paid whatever is due him by me as
administrator of my brother William H. Moody, and for that purpose I desire my
Executors to use a certain Bond I hold against E.M. ANDERSON for Five hundred
dollars, and should there be any residue after said debt is paid to my said
nephew Soloman, such residue to be equally divided as above between my brother
Burrell and James and my sisters Elizabeth and Sarah.—
I do hereby appoint
my brother Burrell Moody and my friend, W.J. Atkinson, Executors of this my
last Will and Testament---In witness whereof I have affixed hereto my hand and
seal this Fourteenth day of March, In the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and
fifty.
Signed, sealed and
published as and for the last will and Testament of the Testator in our
presence, who at his request and in his presence have subscribed our names as
witnesses.
M. T. Harvin
Charles C.Moody (Seal)
J. W. Atkinson
James Atkinson
(Recorded in Will
Book D 2 Pge 344)
Recorded 16th
Day of May 1850
W. Lewis Ordy
Bundle 125, Pkge 20