Will, SC, York, Nancy MCCAW, 1845 CASE #7 FILE #270 NANCY MCCAW DEC 'D WILLIAM HACKETT ETAL EXOR. Page 1 of 5 ** PAGE BREAK ** Will, SC, York, Nancy MCCAW, 1845 WILL OF NANCY MCCAW South Carolina } York District } In the name of God Amen. I, NANCY [BRATTON] MCCAW, of the Dist and State aforesaid desirous of disposing of my worldly estate and being of sound and disposing mind and memory do make this my last will and testament in manner and form following viz. FIRST I will desire and so direct my executors herein after named to pay up promptly all debts that I may owe at my decease and to cause a suitable slab to be placed over my grave. SECOND I will bequeath and devise to my executors herein after named my brick house and lots in the village of Yorkville; my tract of land near the said village containing three hundred and eighty one acres according to a plat of the same made by WILLIAM CAMPBELL, Deputy Surveyor, 26th of April 1839; My negroes MOLLY and her two children Ellen & Ben; and his three children, the increase of said females slaves that may hereafter be born previously to my death; and also all such other property as my son ROBERT may choose and desire to have the use and possession of in trust and upon condition for my said executors to have and to hold the said property both real and personal to and for the use and benefit of my son ROBERT MCCAW during his natural life the legal Title to remain in my executors and be vested in them, And the rents and profits to be applied to the supports and maintenance of my son ROBERT, during his natural life, as aforesaid, and at his death the said property to be disposed of as is herein after directed. THIRD It is my will and desire, and i hereby authorize and direct my executors to sell at public outcry all the remainder of my real and personal estate as well that i now am in possession of as also that belonging to me under the will of my son JOHN MCCAW deed not specified above except my negro PETER, BETTY and LUCY who are to be disposed of as herein after directed at such times and upon such terms as they may think most advantageous to my estate, the sales when collected to be vested in some sound and safe bank stock or to be loaned out to individuals the payment, well secured, and the interest therein to be paid annually. It is further my will that all moneys loaned by me which are well secured and upon which the interest is secured to be paid annually, are to remain at interest as they are now unless my executors should think it safest and best to have the same collected. FOURTH I will and direct that the dividends and interest arising from monies loaned out by me or vested in bank stock or loaned out by my executors as directed above be applied by my executors to the support of my son ROBERT during his natural life. FIFTH upon the death said son, ROBERT MCCAW, I will bequeath and desire to such children of said ROBERT MCCAW as may then be that is alive, at the death of said ROBERT MCCAW, all the real and personal estate mentioned in the second and third clause of this my will also all the bank stock money loaned at interest and all the rest, residue and remainder and herein of my estate except as herein before and herein after stated to have and to hold the same to them, the said children, share and share alike, the child or children of a deceased child of said ROBERT MCCAW, if any such there may be alive at the death of said ROBERT MCCAW, to take the share which his her or their parent would have taken if alive at my son ROBERT’s death. Page 2 of 5 ** PAGE BREAK ** Will, SC, York, Nancy MCCAW, 1845 SIXTH Should my son ROBERT at his death leave no child or grandchild of his, then alive, then I will and devise to AGNES BRATTON daughter of JOHN S. BRATTON, deceased, my brick House and lots in the village of Yorkville, also my MILLER tract of land to have to hold the same to her and the heirs of her body forever that is her children. And if she should leave no children alive at her death then the said house and lots and lands to be divided amongst the sisters of said AGNES BRATTON who, may be alive at her death, share and share alike. SEVENTH Should the contingency happen pointed out in the sixth item of this, my will, viz: should my son ROBERT at his death leave no child or grandchild him surviving then I give bequeath and desire all the real and personal estate, the rents and profits of which are given to him for life except as herein before and after stated, the same is otherwise disposed of to my executors hereinafter named in trust to hold the same for the benefit of such of the Children of my brothers and sisters alive at my son ROBERT'S death, as they, my executors, may think most worthy to receive the same hereby requesting desiring and enforcing my said executors the said estate and carrying this part of my will into effect to settle and secure on said children the respective of my estate given to them for and during their natural lives and at their respective death to such children as he or she may leave alive. EIGHTH I will give to AGNES BRATTON, above named, my gold watch my bed that I usually sleep in together with it furniture and bed stead and my wearing apparel. NINTH I will and give to JOHN S. BRATTON and MARY BRATTON children of my brother WILLIAM [BRATTON], each two hundred dollars. TENTH *SKIPPED IN DOCUMENT* ELEVENTH I give to my nephew FRANCIS ERWIN [IRWIN] two hundred dollars. TWELFTH I will and direct that my slaves PETER, BETTY and LUCY be permitted, by my executors, to live with whom they please without any person requiring or exacting any service or labor from them, and that they be supported and maintained in comfort and ease out of the interest of a sufficient fund out of my estate to be set apart by my executors for that purpose. THIRTEENTH Having thus disposed of all my estate I will and declare that if I am possessed of of anything not included in the above I will and desire my executors to hold the same as well as any legacies that may fall back into my estate should such their be upon the trusts and to and for the use and purpose set forth and declared in the second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh clauses of this will. FOURTEENTH Whereas in the third clause of this my will I have directed my executors to sell certain property now I hereby declare and mean such of the persons named by me as executors as may qualify before the ordinary. LASTLY I nominate and appoint WILLIAM HACKET, G. W. WILLIAMS and W. WILLIAM WRIGHT executors of this my last will and testament, hereby revoking all former wills by me made. Page 3 of 5 ** PAGE BREAK ** Will, SC, York, Nancy MCCAW, 1845 In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 23rd day of October 1845 NANCY MCCAW {seal} Signed, sealed, published, and declared by said NANCY MCCAW as and for her last will and testament in the presence of us who in her presence of each others signed our names as witnesses thereto The words on the third page "except as herein before and after stated the same in otherwise deposed of" interlined before signed JOHN S. MOORE JOHN H. ADAMS J. M. ROSS Recorded------- Will Book 3 P-151 Case No. 7 File No. 1356 Page 4 of 5 ** PAGE BREAK ** Will, SC, York, Nancy MCCAW, 1845 ###### # # ##### ####### # # ##### ####### # # # # ## ## # # # ## # # # # # ## ## # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # ###### # # # # #### ##### # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # ## ### # # # # # # ###### # # ##### ####### # # ### ##### ####### # # Transcribed from original documents by Brent R. Brian & Martha M. 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