Will Probate, SC, York, ANDREW PATTERSON 1816 Case #34 File #1422 ANDREW PATTERSON, deceased JOHN CURRENCE et. al., administrator CT 1816 Page 1 of 27 ** PAGE BREAK ** Will Probate, SC, York, ANDREW PATTERSON 1816 The last will and testament of ANDREW PATTERSON deceased August 21st 1816 Recorded book D Page 133, 134 and 135 Page 2 of 27 ** PAGE BREAK ** Will Probate, SC, York, ANDREW PATTERSON 1816 In the name of God Amen. This 13th day of May in the year of Our Lord 1816 I ANDREW PATTERSON of York district and state of South Carolina being very weak and sick of body but of perfect mind and memory thanks be to almighty God for his mercies to make an ordained this to be my last will and testament in Manor in form following viz. THIS my desire is that at my death my dear and beloved wife ELIZABETH [PATTERSON] have one negro girl named MIMY and all the household and kitchen Furniture. AND also one young Diome Mare and Colt and two cows and calves and 3 dry cattle at her own choosing and also 1/3 of my stock of sheep and Hogs. AND also my loom and tackling also all my farming utensils as long as she sees cause to farm and it is also my desire that the moiety of money coming from my father's estate to me beloved to my wife ELIZABETH. AND it is also my desire that my negro man OSBURN be sold for cash as much as need requires and the remainder on credit. AND it is also my desire that my son JOHN GREEN PATTERSON have all my lands that I now possess and that my wife have her living of said land during her life or widowhood. AND it is my also desire that out of the proceeds of the property sold that my funeral expenses and my just debts be paid that the remainder be part to be put interest for the education the education of my son JOHN GREEN PATTERSON. AND I do hereby utterly disallow, revoke, disannul all former will or will Testaments legacies or bequests whatsoever. AND I do hereby ratify and confirm this and no other to be my last will and testament. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this the day and year above written. ANDREW PATTERSON {seal} Signed Sealed published and declared by the said ANDREW PATTERSON has his last will and testament in presence of us. JOHN CURRENCE MARY THOMPSON Page 3 of 27 ** PAGE BREAK ** Will Probate, SC, York, ANDREW PATTERSON 1816 South Carolina York District Proved the last will and testament of ANDREW PATTERSON deceased by the oath of JOHN CURRENCE one of the subscribing Witnesses the same August 21st 1816 BENJAMIN CHAMBERS, OYD At same time qualified JOHN CURRENCE administrator and ELIZABETH PATTERSON administratrix with the will annexed BENJAMIN CHAMBERS, OYD Page 4 of 27 ** PAGE BREAK ** Will Probate, SC, York, ANDREW PATTERSON 1816 Appraisement bill of the goods and chattels of ANDREW PATTERSON deceased late York district and state of South Carolina August 24th AD 1816 [INVENTORY LIST] Made by us whose names are hereunto subscribed ISAAC CAMPBELL ALEXANDER BARNETT WILLIAM CURRENCE Page 5 of 27 ** PAGE BREAK ** Will Probate, SC, York, ANDREW PATTERSON 1816 JAMES BIGGER agent for ELIZABETH PATTERSON she being herself present settlement surviving administratrix with the will of ANDREW PATTERSON deceased annexed viz. JAMES BIGGER Sworn to before me August 29th 1831 BENJAMIN CHAMBERS, OYD Page 6 of 27 ** PAGE BREAK ** Will Probate, SC, York, ANDREW PATTERSON 1816 Memorandum of the goods and chattels sold at public venue September 13th 1916 estate ANDREW PATTERSON JAMES BIGGER JAMES BRYANT [BRIAN] JOHN CLARK JAMES COOK WILLIAM ELMORE THOMAS FERGUSON THOMAS GILLILAND DANIEL GRAHAM MARTIN GRISSOM JAMES HEMPHILL J. P. HEMPHILL SAMUEL HEMPHILL NATHANIEL HENDERSON JAMES LAWRENCE JOSEPH LAWRENCE JOHN NEAGLE ROBERT PATRICK JR. WILLIAM PATRICK SENIOR JOHN SMITH JOHN SMITH ZACHARIAH STANTON GEORGE TURNER JOHN WADDLE WILLIAM WILLIAMS PARSON ZOOKER [LOOKER] September 13th 1816 JOHN JACKSON Page 7 of 27 ** PAGE BREAK ** Will Probate, SC, York, ANDREW PATTERSON 1816 JOHN CURRENCE one of the executors of the last will and testament of ANDREW PATTERSON deceased settlement THOMAS H. DOUGLAS SAMUEL HEMPHILL JOHN JOHNSTON JOHN NEAGLE WILLIAM NEAGLE JOHN WADDLE Sworn to September 17th 1821 BENJAMIN CHAMBERS, OYD Page 8 of 27 ** PAGE BREAK ** Will Probate, SC, York, ANDREW PATTERSON 1816 Received at WILLIAM CURRENCE and HUGH CURRENCE administrators of the estate of JOHN CURRENCE deceased who was one of the administrators with the will of ANDREW PATTERSON deceased annexed being myself the surviving administrators of said deceased with his will annexed the following notes with the interest thereupon up to the present date being considered all the money due in notes of hand from the estate of the aforesaid JOHN CURRENCE deceased delivered over to ELIZABETH PATTERSON the administrator & administratrix aforesaid. J. A. CAMPBELL JOHN CLERK JAMES MCCULLY JOHN NEAGLE WILLIAM NEAGLE JAMES WALLACE ROBERT WATSON WILLIAM WATSON GARWAY WILSON JAMES WOOD ODAM WRIGHT WILLIAM WRIGHT WILLIAM YOUNGBLOOD Page 9 of 27 ** PAGE BREAK ** Will Probate, SC, York, ANDREW PATTERSON 1816 ANDREW PATTERSON September 17th 1821 JOHN CURRENCE executor of ANDREW PATTERSON deceased will settlement 17th September 1821 BC, OYD Recorded book E Page 577 Page 10 of 27 ** PAGE BREAK ** Will Probate, SC, York, ANDREW PATTERSON 1816 The amount of the notes brought over LENES D. KERR & JOHN KERR note receive ELIZABETH PATTERSON September 17th 1927 test BENJAMIN CHAMBERS ELIZABETH PATTERSON the surviving administratrix with the will of ANDREW PATTERSON, deceased, annexed, acknowledges to be indebted to the aforesaid estate in the above sum or amount of notes and the interest that is due there in being $1401.03 Sworn to before me September 17th 1827 BENJAMIN CHAMBERS, OYD Page 11 of 27 ** PAGE BREAK ** Will Probate, SC, York, ANDREW PATTERSON 1816 ELIZABETH PATTERSON surviving administratrix with the will of ANDREW PATTERSON annexed Settlement September 17th 1827 Recorded book h Page 209 and 210 Page 12 of 27 ** PAGE BREAK ** Will Probate, SC, York, ANDREW PATTERSON 1816 South Carolina York District By BENJAMIN CHAMBERS Esquire, ordinary of York District. To JOHN CURRENCE and ELIZABETH PATTERSON. Whereas ANDREW PATTERSON late of the District of York deceased, lately died having whilst he lived, and at the time of his death, divers Goods, rights and credits, within the district aforesaid; by means whereof the full disposition and power of granting the administration, with the will annexed, of all in singular the goods, rights and credits of the said deceased, and also auditing the accounts, calculations and reckonings of the said Administration, and a final disposition of the same, to me is manifestly known to belong. I Desiring the goods, rights and credits of the said deceased, maybe well and truly administered, converted and disposed of, do hereby Grant unto the said JOHN CURRENCE and ELIZABETH PATTERSON in whose vitality, and this behalf, I very much confide, full power by the tenor of these presents, to administer the goods, rights and credits of the said deceased, which to him and his lifetime, and at the time of his death, did belong; and to ask, levy, recover and receive the same, and to pay the debts in which the deceased stood obliged, so far for that his Goods, rights and credits will extend, according to their rate and Order of law; being first sworn on the holy evangelists of almighty God, to make a true and perfect inventory thereof, and to exhibit the same to the ordinaries office, in Yorkville in order to be recorded, on or before the first day of October now next ensuing; and to render a just and true account, calculation and Reckoning of the set Administration, when thereunto required: and I ordain, depute and constitute you, the said JOHN CURRENCE administrator and ELIZABETH PATTERSON administratrix with the will annexed of all and singular the goods, rights and credits of the said deceased. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal the 21st day of August Anno Domini 1815 and in the 41st year of American independence. BENJAMIN CHAMBERS, OYD Page 13 of 27 ** PAGE BREAK ** Will Probate, SC, York, ANDREW PATTERSON 1816 JOHN CURRENCE and ANDREW PATTERSON executor of the last will and testament of JOHN PATTERSON deceased settlement JOHN CLARK WILLIAM CURRENCE for STEVENS GEORGE HORTON REUBEN MCCONNELL ROBERT PATRICK ANDREW PATTERSON GEORGE ROSS CHRISTOPHER TURNER Page 14 of 27 ** PAGE BREAK ** Will Probate, SC, York, ANDREW PATTERSON 1816 South Carolina York County Received of JOHN CURRENCE and ANDREW PATTERSON executors of last will and testament of JOHN PATTERSON deceased one negro boy named JOSEPH bequeathed to me by the last will and testament of the said JOHN PATTERSON deceased. As witness our hand is third day of August 1815 signed Thomas Ferguson Mary Ferguson [PATTERSON] Sworn to before me March 21st 1816 BENJAMIN CHAMBERS, OYD Page 15 of 27 ** PAGE BREAK ** Will Probate, SC, York, ANDREW PATTERSON 1816 State of South Carolina York District BY BENJAMIN CHAMBERS Esquire ordinary of York District. THESE are to authorize and Empower you, or any three or four of you, whose names are here under written, to repair to all such Parts in places within this state, as you should be directed onto by JOHN CURRENCE and ELIZABETH PATTERSON administrator and administrative tasks with the will annexed of the goods and chattels, rights and credits of ANDREW PATTERSON deceased, wheresoever any of the set goods and chattels are or do remain within the set parts and places, which shall be shown on to you by the said JOHN CURRENCE and ELIZABETH PATTERSON and their view and appraise all and every the said goods and chattels, being first duly sworn on the holy evangelists of almighty God, to make a true and perfect inventory and appraisement thereof, and to cause the same to be returned under your hands, or any three or four of you, under the said JOHN CURRENCE and ELIZABETH PATTERSON on her before the first day of November next. Witness BENJAMIN CHAMBERS Esquire. Ordinary of the sub District, the 21st day of August in the year of Our Lord 1816 and in the 41st year of American independence. TO MISTERS: WILLIAM PATRICK, ALEXANDER BARNETT, ISAAC CAMPBELL, ROBERT PATRICK and WILLIAM CURRENCE BENJAMIN CHAMBERS, OYD MEMORANDUM that on the 24th day of August in the year of Our Lord, 1816 personally appeared before me JOHN JACKSON one of the justices assigned to keep the peace and for the district above ALEXANDER BARNETT, ISAAC CAMPBELL, WILLIAM CURRENCE, and ROBERT PATRICK Senior being for the appraisers appointed to appraise the goods and chattels of ANDREW PATTERSON late of York District South Carolina deceased who being duly sworn, made of, that they would make it just in truth basement all and singular, the goods and chattels of the said ANDREW PATTERSON deceased, as shall be produced by JOHN CURRENCE and ELIZABETH PATTERSON of the estate the estate of the deceased, and that they would return the same certified under their hands and unto the said JOHN CURRENCE and ELIZABETH PATTERSON on her before the first day of November next. Sworn the day and year above written before me JOHN JACKSON, QU Page 16 of 27 ** PAGE BREAK ** Will Probate, SC, York, ANDREW PATTERSON 1816 State of South Carolina York District KNOW ALL MEN by these presents, that we JOHN CURRENCE, ELIZABETH PATTERSON, JAMES DUFF and MOSES BIGGER are holden and firmly bound and BENJAMIN CHAMBERS Esquire, ordinary for the District of York in the full and just some of $2,500 lawful money of this state, to be paid to the said BENJAMIN CHAMBERS were his successors, ordinaries at this District, or there certain attorney or a signs. To which payment well and truly to be made, we bind ourselves, and every of us, and our and every of our ears, executive and administrators, for the whole, and in the whole, jointly and severally, firmly by these presents. Sealed with our seals, and dated the 21st day of August in the year of Our Lord 1816. THE CONDITION of the above obligation is such, that if the above bound JOHN CURRENCE administrator and ELIZABETH PATTERSON administratrix with the will annexed of the goods, chattels, rights and credits of ANDREW PATTERSON deceased, to make a true and perfect inventory of all and singular the goods, chattels and credits of the said deceased, which have or Shall come to the hands, possession or knowledge of the said JOHN CURRENCE and ELIZABETH PATTERSON or into the hands or possession of any other person or persons for them and the same so made, do exhibit into the said Court of ordinary, when they shall be there until required, and such goods, chattels and credits too well and truly administer according to law, and do make a chest in true account of his acting and doings there in when required by the said court, and all the rest of the said goods, chattels and credits which shall be found remaining upon the account of the said Administration, the same being first allowed by the said Court, Shall deliver and pay under such persons respectively as our as are entitled to the Same by law, and if it Shall Hereafter appear that any last will and testament was made by the said deceased, and the same be provided in cord scratch and the same be proved in court, and the executive team certificate of the probate there, and the said JOHN CURRENCE and ELIZABETH PATTERSON do in such case, if required, render and deliver of the said letters of administration, then this obligation to avoid, else to remain in full force. Signed and delivered in the presence of JOHN CURRENCE ELIZABETH PATTERSON MOSES BIGGER JAMES DUFF Page 17 of 27 ** PAGE BREAK ** Will Probate, SC, York, ANDREW PATTERSON 1816 ELIZABETH PATTERSON surviving administratrix of the last will and testament of ANDREW PATTERSON deceased with the will annexed settlement J. A. CAMPBELL JOHN CLARK DANIEL CURRENCE JOHN G. EAKIN JOHN KERR Z. D. KERR JAMES MCCULLY JOHN NEAGLE WILLIAM NEAGLE JAMES WALLACE JOSEPH WALLACE WILLIAM WATSON GEORGE WILSON JAMES WOOD SAMUEL WRIGHT WILLIAM WRIGHT WILLIAM YOUNGBLOOD by last settlement had six for JACOB PETERS Sworn to before me January 21st, 1828 BENJAMIN CHAMBERS, OYD Page 18 of 27 ** PAGE BREAK ** Will Probate, SC, York, ANDREW PATTERSON 1816 JOHN CURRENCE and ANDREW PATTERSON executors of last will and testament of JOHN PATTERSON deceased settlement of said estate JOHN CURRENCE ROBERT DAVIDSON WILLIAM EAKINS JOSEPH MCKINRIE [MCKENZIE] JOSEPH WALLACE SAMUEL WALLACE POLLY WOLFE her part of Legacy left by JOHN PATTERSON A ADAM BONDS and ANNA [PATTERSON] BONDS receipt dated March 16th 1814 for one negro woman named SARAH and one boy child named ALISON in part agreeable to the last will and testament of JOHN PATTERSON deceased. Signed ADAM BOND ANNIE BOND test JOHN FARIES [SIC] Page 19 of 27 ** PAGE BREAK ** Will Probate, SC, York, ANDREW PATTERSON 1816 JAMES BIGGER agent for ELIZABETH PATTERSON surviving administratrix, with the will annexed, ANDREW PATTERSON deceased annexed settlement for her Sworn to before me March 8th 1820 BENJAMIN CHAMBERS, OYD Page 20 of 27 ** PAGE BREAK ** Will Probate, SC, York, ANDREW PATTERSON 1816 South Carolina York District BY BENJAMIN CHAMBERS Esquire ordinary of York District. ORDERED that the personal is state of ANDREW PATTERSON late of York District be sold by the administrator and administratrix with the will Annex at the following dwelling of said deceased on a credit of twelve months, agreeable to said deceased's will, by giving legal notice to sale after 10 a.m. on sale day. Given under my hand and seal August 21st 1816 BENJAMIN CHAMBERS, OYD Page 21 of 27 ** PAGE BREAK ** Will Probate, SC, York, ANDREW PATTERSON 1816 WILLIAM EAKIN receipt dated September 11th 1814 in full of Legacy willed to him for one hundred dollars. Signed WILLIAM EAKIN MARY PATTERSON, widow, receipt dated March 16th 1814 in full for all her share of her estate of JOHN PATTERSON deceased agreeable to deceased will. Signed MARY PATTERSON {her mark} Witness Adam beard JOHN Fearis Produced in order from POLLY WOLF to pay WILLIAM EAKIN her part of JOHN PATTERSON's deceased estate which was willed to her but not directed to any person Attest JAMES PATTERSON sworn to before me this 2nd day of February 1815 BENJAMIN CHAMBERS, OYD Page 22 of 27 ** PAGE BREAK ** Will Probate, SC, York, ANDREW PATTERSON 1816 JOHN CURRENCE one of the executives of the last will and testament of ANDREW PATTERSON deceased settlement SAMUEL CAMPBELL Sworn to August 7th 1820 BENJAMIN CHAMBERS, OYD Page 23 of 27 ** PAGE BREAK ** Will Probate, SC, York, ANDREW PATTERSON 1816 JOHN CURRENCE one of the executives of the last will and testament of ANDREW PATTERSON deceased settlement WILLIAM NEAGLE JACOB PETERS P. S. SPARROW Sworn to August 3rd 1825 BENJAMIN CHAMBERS, OYD Page 24 of 27 ** PAGE BREAK ** Will Probate, SC, York, ANDREW PATTERSON 1816 JOHN CURRENCE executor of the last will and testament of ANDREW PATTERSON deceased settlement MOSES BIGGER ROBERT PATRICK Sworn to May 1st 1819 BENJAMIN CHAMBERS, OYD Page 25 of 27 ** PAGE BREAK ** Will Probate, SC, York, ANDREW PATTERSON 1816 Mrs. ELIZABETH PATTERSON surviving administratrix of the will of ANDREW PATTERSON, deceased, annexed J. G. PATTERSON MILES SMITH WILLIAM TURNER Sworn before me BENJAMIN CHAMBERS, OYD Page 26 of 27 ** PAGE BREAK ** Will Probate, SC, York, ANDREW PATTERSON 1816 Received of ELIZABETH PATTERSON, surviving administratrix with the will annexed of ANDREW PATTERSON, deceased, and of JAMES BIGGERS [BIGGER] who acted as agent for said ELIZABETH PATTERSON in sundry settlements seventeen hundred & twenty three dollars & 69/100 cents & also received & gave my receipt for two hundred & ninety six dollars & 40/100 cents making in all the sum of two thousand & twenty dollars and 9/100 cents in full of what is coming to me from the estate of my deceased father, ANDREW PATTERSON & agreeable to his last will & testament. March 23rd, 1837 Signed JOHN G. PATTERSON Attest BENJAMIN CHAMBERS Page 27 of 27 ** PAGE BREAK **