USA > South Carolina > South Carolina and its people > Part 12
Note: The text from this book was generated using artificial intelligence so there may be some errors. The full pages can be found on Archive.org (link on the Part 1 page).
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8 | Part 9 | Part 10 | Part 11 | Part 12
JOHN THOMAS (LS)
Signed and acknowledged in presence of us JOEL GRAVES, JAS. SMITH.
Probated April 7, 1814 Goodlett, O. G. D. Recorded in Will Book C., Pages 15-17 WILL OF WILLIAM THRUSTON
IN THE NAME OF GOD AMEN,
I, William Thruston, of the District of Greenville and State of South Carolina being v in body but of sound mind and memory do make and ordain this my last will and T. ment in manner and form following.
Ist, I give and bequeath to my beloved wife Rebecea Thruston one Negro Girl 11 .! Phoeby and one called Dicy two feather beds with as much furniture as she may cho take my large trunk, Desk and book case with as much household and kitchen furnit !!! she may choose to take for her own use, also my Riding Chear and harness a horse be a :
her own choosing, during her natural life in Lieu and right of her dowry; and at the death of my wife I give and bequeath the said Negro Girl Dicy and her increase to my grand- daughter Rebecca Thruston to her and her Heirs forever, and all the balance above named to my wife to be sold and equally divided among all my children.
2nd, I give and bequeath to my Grand Son William Thruston Son of John Thurston one Hundred Dollars.
3rd. I Give and bequeath to my Grand Son William Thurston Son of Street Thruston one Negro boy called George to him and his heirs forever the Said Negro to remain in pos- session of my Son Street Thruston till William comes of Age to receive the same by law. 4th, I Give and bequeath to my Grand Son William Thruston Son of Beverly Thurston one hundred dollars.
5th, I give and bequeath to my grand Son Lewis Thruston Son of Richard Thruston one hundred dollars.
It is my will and desire that the above named Legacies be kept at Interest by my Exec- utors until my said Grand Sons shall respectively arrive to lawful age. It is also my will and desire that My Negro man Peter and my Negro Woman Doll be allowed to choose which of my children they will live with.
6th, It is my will and desire that all the balance of my Estate both real and personal of every nature and kind be sold ( vis) the personal property on a credit of twelve months and mv Land whereon I now live on a eredit of one and two years and the money arising from said sale and also the debts that is due me after all mv just debts are paid be equally divided between all my children namely William John Street Richard and Beverly-but it is to be understood the above named Legacies are first to be paid before the division is made between my said children.
Lastly I do nominate and appoint my son William Thruston and my friend Spartan Coodlett Executors of this my last will and testimony.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this tenth day of May Eighteen Hundred and Twenty Six.
Signed Sealed and deelared to be his last will and testament by the Said Testator in presence of us who at his request and in his presence and in presence of each other have witnessed the same.
DAVID JOHNSON MARTHA N. GOODLETT SPARTAN GOODLETT
It is my desire that there be no Inventory or appraisment made of my Estate.
WILLIAM THRUSTON (LS)
Probated February 15, 1828
S. Goodlett.
Recorded in Will Book B, Pages 101-102 File No. 489 Apt. 7.
Material in Possession of Miss June Chastain, Liberty, S. C.
South Carolina, Anderson, October 19th, 1832
Dear Cousin I take the opportunity to write you a few lines to Inform you that it is out of the question for me to come down to your settlement at this time to see you and the rest of my friends and relations the reason that I can't come I am So throng gathering in my vorn and my mare has to pull in the waggon and we are neighbouring and I can't quit till we get through, but when ever I am done halling and the camp meeting is over I will come down if my health is preserved, but must come up with Moses and stay with us during the camp meeting and see what sort of meetings we have in Pendleton, and don't fail to come for .I am very anxious to see you. I would like to see as many as can come up to the meet- JAMES A. HASLET. ing. Toll the gearls that I am a coming I believe this is all now, expecting to see you soon. I am yours truly,
Written to Mr. T. M. Vernon, Abbeville, South Carolina via Moffitsville.
Columbiany County, Ohio, 3rd M 17th 1830 Respected uncle and aunt
I am ashamed to acknowledge that we have never answered your very aeceptible letter of June the 2nd 1828 I wish you to over look it not as a want of friendship but merely tuglect of duty it is more sattisfaction for me to receive letters than to write them as I am a very poor hand at it with you all which appears to be cousin Rebecca I wish O it is a great consolation that we ean communicate our feelings to each other when so widely separated we reseved a letter from cousin Thomas Ward last week which gave us an account of his many suffering it causes us to believe we are remembered by some we had allmoste forgot and expected we were forgotten by them cousin T W V wished to be informed the names t little cousins I expect he remembered my own sisters and brothers except Peter T B and Walter H my half brothers Isaae H. James F. Ahmy . Hansil and the 2 youngest are twins lason and John sister Hannah had a son and a daughter she calls them Eli and Amy Beedv. Yster Amy does not live at home but she is often to see us and often we converse about
3
₹
1
1
1
you in that land and she tells us to write and give her love to you all Brother and Sister vou request mc in a letter to inforin you how I liked this state my mind was so unsettled th .. t I did not think proper to rite and I hardly know what to say now tho I believe to bee a hard new country to settle in but I do believe it will bee a good old country for our land llt .. proves insteed of wareing out our oldest land is our best land. As for my part I have found it to bee a hard State to settle in tho I have a tolerable improvement now about fif :: acres land the timber all off of a considerable part of it and a saw mill that will cut abort three thousand Feet a day, intch plank are $00.62 1/2 sents; weather boarding are fifty sent, per hundred eatch as there is no other circumstanc that occurs to my mind as the childr .... have ritten the perticullars of he letter I conclude vour well wishing brother.
PETER WARD ROBERT & E VERNON
I Re Ward neglected informing you we wish you to write to us all Rebe and T and M Vernon do write after receiving this ( word) letter my heart flows with love to you and all farewell as I have not concluded I imforme you that Joseph and Anne are so ingaged that they do not expect to write but wishes to be rememberd to you and all of the relatives alo Hannah wished me to send her love to you all when we wrote we are all in tolerable health at present for which we should be thankful to the auther of all good for his wonder fast blessing as I believe with out health we can enjoy but little satisfaction on this earth health and peace of mind are truly blessings from heaven my mother wishes her love to you all tho she never expects to see you cousin R H V inpartich as she wrote about ( word ) her part of the letter but mother cannot write my love to Uncle T V and Sarah and tell them to write to ant Elizabeth she cannot remember you but would be pleased to see you cousin T W V wished to kow our waits my father and mother and Ann and my self are prety neer one wate from 1 hundred and 25 to 1 hundred and 35 and brothe William the same Joseph weys from 1 hundred and 45 to 50 Amy E wevs one hundred and 40 cousin Rebecca wishes us to (word ) part to our selves of the trouble you have seen we do and I believe we feel it more than if we were there as we are so far from the part of our relations we feel for aun! Mary Maclusky would be pleased to here from her and cousin Margaret R Page please to send our love to them when you write and tell them we would write if the distance was no: so far we do not expect a letter would get to them if we would write they children all join me in love to you all I add no more but remane your well wishing neice and cousin
REBECCA H. WARD Rolbert and Elizabeth Vernon (Written to Mr. Robert Vernon, Abbeville District, S. C.)
EMMY JEANNE THOMAS CLEMENTS of VAN NUYS, CALIF. noted GENEALOG ?. and ARTIST will begin the HISTORY OF THE CRAWFORD FAMILY, which will beg:" this MAGAZINE in JANUARY 1953. Mrs. Clements was born in Dallas, Texas., but .: most of her carly vears in Wichita Falls where she went to school majoring in COMMERCI ART. She is the daughter of Mr. J. A. Thomas who still resides there. EMMY JE!\' moved to California in 1932 and married Mr. [. Dow Clement of the NEW ENGL!' CLEMENT FAMILY, who has been connected for the past 25 years by COLUMBIA IN TURE STUDIOS as a sound technician. MR. CLEMENT'S hobby is AMATEUR RADY His call letters are WGNTR and has been in the radio game since he was a small boy.
date he has talked to 176 different countries over the world. Another hobby he has is stamp collecting.
Besides GENEALOGICAL RESEARCH WORK Mrs. Clement's other hobbies consist of the following: Ceramics, China Painting, Textile Designing, Painting in Oil, Water Colors and other mediums, collecting books and antiques, and HERALDRY beside GENEALOGY AND . HISTORY.
For the past fourteen years she has been working on the Crawford Family Genealogy. While engaged in this work she discovered among her Crawford ancestors, JAMES CRAW- FORD, of the WAXHAWS, S. C., who married JANET HUTCHINSON, sister of ELIZABETH HUTCHINSON JACKSON, mother of PRESIDENT ANDREW JACKSON. Also that it was this ancestors plantation that the President was bom. "This intrigued me and I wished to know more of the CRAWFORD FAMILY. In searching for this family history, like a snowball, I managed to gather many other family histories. Some of the lore, I shall pass on to you, has in past years almost become lost to present members of the families. Most of these stories and genealogies come from books so old as to be now considered among the RARE BOOK class by dealers. All I have done is put them together in such a manner to make them presentable to the present generation so that they can take great pride in the exploits of their ancestors, and keep them for the future generations to cherish. I hope that you all like them."
The Editor of this Magazine takes great pride in being able to present this material to the many readers who are already interested in THE CRAWFORD FAMILY. So if you have any additional data on this family that you wish to see published along with data send it on in, so it can be fit in with the above material.
PAULINE YOUNG, EDITOR
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA RICHLAND DISTRICT
WHEREAS, John Dickey, Esquire, being desirous to move with his Family to the Wes- tern country and wishing to carry with him the good report of his Fellow Citizens,
To all whom it may concern: Know ye that John Dickey, Esquire, has been a resident of the District and State, above mentioned, twenty-nine years, Sixteen of which he has acted as one of the Justices assigned to keep the peace for the above named District, and during the late Revolutionary Contest, supported the cause of Liberty with Firearms, and has ever conducted himself as a worthy and useful Member of Society, and we trust will be Received and Treated as such.
October the 8th, 1804.
Claiborne Clifton, J. P. Fred. Meyer, Coln. William Goodwin
John Howell, Jr. Cap. John Hamilton
John Partridge
Sam Mckinstry, J. P.
Samuel Blue
Robert Bottom
W. H. Taylor, Capt.
Robt. Thompson, J. P. Hicks Chappell
T. C. Goodwin, S. C.
Wm. Meyer
James Goodwin, L. C.
John Hopkins, I. C.
Malichi Howell
Tocl Adams
1. W. W. Lemore David Wade
Hugh Neale
James Hopkins
STATE OF MISSISSIPPI COUNTY OF PIKE
I, Nell W. Gay, Notary Public for Pike County, Mississippi, do hereby certify that the above and foregoing is a true and correct copy of an instrument of writing as fully as same appears of record on the Original, which is now before me and which is in the possession of Miss Nannie, Gillis, great granddaughter of the said John Dickev.
Given under my hand with seal at McComb, Mississippi, this the eighteenth day of October, A. D. 1948.
( SEAL )
(s) NELL W. GAY, Notary My Commission Expires August 6, 1949
(Sent in by FRANCES P. OTKEN, LIBRARIAN, McCOMB PUBLIC LIBRARY, Mc- COMB, MISS.)
QUERIES
(This department is free to subscribers but for quicker results use WANT AD PAGE. Takes from 2 to 3 months to come out, receive so many. Printed as received. )
Tracing the Landreth, Fender and Long Families through Virginia, across South Carolina and into Indiana. Desire correspondence.
MRS. VERA B. FARNES, 855 KANSAS AVE, LOVELL, WYOMING
Want names and dates of parents of JASON FRANKLIN FULLBRIGHT born October 16, 1827 in Buncombe County N. C. married Ann Hutchinson, born December 24, 1824 where and who were her parents). Jason Franklin said to be the son of LEVI FULL- .RIGHT, want dates on him, married January 8, 1827 Thompson, Ga., said to have had a daughter who married a JOSEPH SMITH and Elizabeth went to Utah to live with them after Levi was killed in Civil War. Levi is said o be the son of Jacob ( when born and mar- ned) and ELIZABETHII WISEL ( where and when born).
Benjamin Higgins
Jas. Mckinstry
John Howel, Sr. Capt.
MRS. RAYMOND CROW, 4425 CALDER AVE., BEAUMONT, TEXAS
Want information as to the parents, children pertaining to McNEIL BEVIL and h; JANE BLAIR. An account is found in Union District Courthouse, S. C. Book T, Page 45. also the same information is found in Miscellaneous Records Vol. G., Page 374-5 in t. Archives of the Historical Commission of S. C. in Columbia, S. C. of a MeNEIL BEVIL w .. . made his wife a free dealer in business. Is this the same McNEIL BEVIL who was born in S. C. in 1797? Name also written Bevell, Bevil.
DONALD B. SPENCER, 1020 MARBLE AVE., MEMPHIS 7, TENNESSEE Want information on EVERARD GARRETT, his parentage and descendants. He married ELIZABETH FREEMAN in 1808 in N. C. He is thought to have left Hartford County. N. C. before 1830. If so, where did he move? Correspondence invited on southern KENT, GAR- RETT, FREEMAN families.
HAZEL AHRENS, OSKALOOSA, KANSAS
Want ancestry of Rev. ROBERT B. WALKER born in S. C. in 1776 (where) married a dtr. of DR. JAMES ALEXANDER, was licensed by the Presbytery of S. C. in 1794 to preach, was pastor of the Bethesda Presbyterian Church, McConnells, S. C. 40 years. After resigning his charge, he came to De Soto Co. Miss. and died April 10, 1852. ELIZABETH FREEMAN in 1808 in N. C. He is thought to have left Hartford County, N. C. HUGH MILLING in Fairfield Dist. S. C. 1777. Mother was MARY BURNEY. MISS LIDA LAKE OWENS, 6th FIRST ST., GRENADA, MISS.
CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS
5 cents per word
GEORGIA RESEARCH. REVOLUTION- ARY SERVICE. EARLY COUNTY REC- ORDS. REASONABLE
RATES. MRS. ALBERT FISHER, BOX 485, DECATUR, GEORGIA.
$10 Reward to first person furnishing cor- rect names of Nancy Thomas' parents. Nan- cy was born in Edgefield or Chester Dist. S. C. in 1778. Her only sister was Leah and brother James Tillet Thomas. Her father-Thomas-was killed in S. C. dur- ing Revolution. Nancy's first husband was John Hughes. Second was Robert Savage. Her only child, Sarah Hughes, married Chesley Crosby and moved to Conecuh Co. Alabama in 1818. MRS. L. P. GUICE, 2331 SO. 22 AVE. BIRMINGHAM, ALA- BAMA.
KNOW YOUR ANCESTORS! VIR- GINIA RECORDS SEARCHED. ELIJAH T. SUTHERLIN, RINGGOLD, VIRGINIA.
Thomas Brexey married 1805 Abbeville, S. C. Susan Clark. Ref. Waddell's So. Car. Marriages. He was son of Thomas Brexey, lost at sea prior to 1796, at which date his wife, Rachel Mackie Brexey was married to Rev. Barnabas Strickland. Correspon- dence solicited wih descendants. FRAN- CES POWELL OTKEN, 524 THIRD ST., McCOMB, MISS.
MUDD FAMILY HISTORY
Family records of early Maryland, Vir- ginia and Massachusetts beginning in 1640. European connections where known. Com- plete records of family to present. 3.900 related families referred to. Life and fam- ilv of Dr. Samuel A. Mudd, "Prisoner of Shark Island"; complete record of Lincoln- Mudd relationships; lists of Mudd soldiers of all wars to and including World War I;
many illustrations, photos and charts. Co:11- plete name index; 1465 pages, 8 1-2 x 11. blue library buckram binding. Price $15.01. Special price for dealers, libraries, et L'mited edition, private publication. R. 1) MUDD, M. D., 1001 HOYT ST., SAG !. NAW, MICHIGAN.
ROBERT JOHNSON born 1763 in N. C. served in Revolution from Newbern Di: Want proof that LITTLETON JOHNSON (born Jan. 30, 1796 who went to Miss was his son. WILLIAM LEWIS served : the Revolution from N. C .;; had son |0 SEPH born 1788, who with son WILLIAM! born 1822 ( prob. other children ) came t. Illinois. Want dates and proof. MITi. FRANK E. RICHIART, 604 W. PENNSY VANIA AVE., URBANA, ILLINOIS.
CATAWBA FRONTIER, 1775 -. 1.
MEMORIES OF PRISONERS. STRACTS OF 106 APPLICATIONS. PER COVER, $2.00. MARY E, LAZEN !. COMPILER, 2333 NEBRASKA AVI WASHINGTON 16, D. C.
HERALDIC ARTIST Your COAT OF ARMS handpainted brilliant colors on china or ceramic w and fired on for permanent beanty m. lovely future heirlooms of your fal ..
WONDERFUL GIFT for that special one at any time. Write for prices Sorry to late for additional Christmas . ers. EMMY JEANNE THOMAS ( !! ENT, 6612 ANDASOL AVE., VAN NU. CALIF.
HAYES STUDIO, Abbeville, S. C. Spr ists in old family portraits. Can make tures from old letters, papers. R.Iva !. rites.
HECKMAN BINDERY, INC. Bound-To-Please®
MAY 05
N. MANCHESTER, INDIANA 46962
Need help finding more records? Try our genealogical records directory which has more than 1 million sources to help you more easily locate the available records.