TRANSCRIPT OF TIIE CHRISTIAN GOMILLION WILL AND RELATED PAPERS

State of South Carolina, Barnwell Dist.

In the name of God Amen I, Christian Gomillion of the State and Dist aforesaid, Being in Sound mind & perfect memmy, and

Knowing it is appointed unto all men to die do make ordain Constitute and appoint This my last Will and Testament. (That is to) First of all I commit my Soul to God who gave it and my Body to the Dust to be Buried at the discretion of my friend

Then I desire my river tracts of Lands Should be Sold at public Sale, and all my Just debts to be paid with the money thence arising, and the overplus, if any, to be Equally divided among all my Sw"Viving heirs after One Hundred Dollars are given a piece to Elder, Diney & Nancy and One Hundred and fifty to my Son Bartlett.

Item, I Give and bequeath unto my beloved Wife, Catharine during her natural life, my land whereon I now live bounded by the Charleston and Barnwell Roads, together with my negro fellow named Solomon and all my Stock of Horses, Cattle, Hogs, etc., Household & Kitchen Furniture, Farming Utensils & wagon and at her Death to be sold and Divided Eqrulily among my Surviving Heirs; Exclusive of one Horse or mare which my Wife may give Elder, my Son, at discretion, and the aforesaid Land. Item, the money Owing me by Guignard to be Eqrulily divided among my Heirs when collected.

Item, I give and bequeath Unto my son Andrew, all my Land Lying on the East side of the Barnwell Road. Item, I give & bequeath to my son Jesse all my Land Lying on the South Side of the Charleston Road.

And I do hereby revoke all other wills & testaments heretofore by me made at any time, and Do further ordain Constitute and appoint my Beloved Son Andrew Gomillion Executor of this my last will & testament

Signed & Sealed in presence of us This ninth day ofDec Welcome Ussery One Thousand Eight Hundred & Twenty Three John Porter his

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South Carolina ] By Orsamus D. Allen Esq. Ordinary Barnwell District] Personally appeared before Mr. John Porter who being duly sworn, on the Holy Evangelist of Almighty

God doth make oath and say that he saw Mr. Clui.stian Gomillion make his mark to the foregoing will, and that he Published, pronounced, and declared the same to be and contain his last Will and Testament, that he, the said Christian Gomillion, was then of sound and discerning mind, memory, and understanding, to the best of the deponents Knowledge and belief, and that Mr. Welcome UsselY and Wife Gincey UsselY together with the deponent, signed their names as Witnesses thereto, at the request of the Testator in his presence and in the presence of each other.Given under my hand the Eleventh day of December, in the Year of our Lord, one thousand, eight hundred and twenty three. Orsamus D. Allen, O.B.April the 17th

Gomillion, Andrew Executor Qualified April 17, 1823 by O.D. Allen

Bamwell District, South Carolina These are to authorize and empower you, or any three or foW" of you, whose names are hereunder written, to repair to all such pans and places within this district as you shall be directed unto by Andrew Gomillion, Executor of the last will and Testament of Christian Gomillion late of

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the district aforesaid, deceased, heresoever any of the goods and Chattels of the said deceased are or do remain within the said parts and places, and which shall be shown unto you by the said Andrew Gomillion, Executor of aforesaid, and then view and appraise all and every the said goods and Chattels, being fIrst sworn on the Holy Evangelists of Almighty God, to make a true and perfect Inventory and appeasement thereof, and to cause the same to be returned under your hand, or any three or four ofyou, to the said Andrew Gomillion on or before the 17th day of June now next ensuing. Dated this 17th day of April, Anno Domini, 1824, and in the 48th year of American Independence.

To Messrs. Robert Willis, Welcome) Orsamus D. Allen O.B.D Ussery, Toliver Martin, Benjamin O'Dom) or any three of them and John Porter)

Memorandwn. This 30th day of April 1824, personally appeared before me Josiah Walker, Esquire, one of the Justices of the Quorum for the district aforesaid. Welcome USSety, Tolliver Martin and Benjamin ODom being three of the appraisers appointed to appraise the goods and Chattels of Christian Gomillion, deceased, who being duly sworn, made oath, that they would make a just and true appeasement of all and singular the goods and Chattels, (Ready money only excepted) of Christian Gomillion, deceased, as shall be produced by Mr. Andrew Gomillion, Executor of the last will and Testament of the estate of the said Christian Gomillion, deceased, and that they would return the same certified under their hands unto the said Andrew Gomillion, Executor as aforesaid, within the time prescribed by Law. Sworn to before me, the day W. Ussery and year above written. Tolliver Manin Josiah Walker, J.Q. Benjm. O'Dom

A true and perfect Inventory of all the goods, Chattels, and personal Estate ofMr. Christian Gomillion, late of Barnwell District, South Carolina, deceased, made by us whose names are hereunto subscribed, the 30th day of April in the year of 1824.

I Negro man, Solomon 400.00 I Mare & Colt 75.00 J Mare & Colt Do. 85.00 31 Head of Cattle at 65 per head 186.00 35 Head ofHoggs 45.00 1 Srock ofFodder 4.50 I Lot of Com & Peas 25.00 I Wagon 25.00 Farming Utensils, Axes, Hoes, Plows, Saws, etc. 16.50 I flalf of a cross cut Saw 3.50 I Shot Gun 5.00 1 Scythe & Cuttlllg Knife 2.50 1 Grind Stone 75cts., I Loom ('I) and Harrows 3.00 3.75 2 Old Saddles 5.00 Kitchen Fumiture 7.75 I Man's Saddle 3.00 I Lot of pails, Piggins, 2.00 3 I Head of Geese 15.50 5 Beds and fiuniture & 3 Bed Steads 70.00 I Clock 10.00 2 old tables .50 I Lot of Crockery Ward 4.50 I Chest 2.00 8 Chairs 3.00 1 Cup Board 2.00 7.00 4 Bees Hives at 1.50 6.00 1 Spinning Whtlel & Cards and Red 3.00 1 Tub & Tray l.00 Ibs of Bacon at 10.00 per Cwt. 30,00

$ 1042.50 Reed. 14th of ]wle 1824

W. Ussery ToliverMarlin Appraisers Benjm ODom

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