IN THE NAME OF GOD AMEN I Joseph Norman of Berkley County in the Province of South Carolina being sick of Body but of sound and disposing Mind and Memory thanks be to God and calling to Mind the uncertainty of this Life do make and Ordain this to be my last Will and Testament,
First and principally I commend my Soul into the hands of Almighty God hoping through the Merits of his Son Jefus [Jesus] Christ my Redeemer to Receive full Pardon for all my Sins And as to such Worldly Eftate [Estate] as it hath pleafed [pleased] Almighty God to blefs [bless] me with I give and difpofe [dispose] thereof as follows first I Will that all my Debts and funeral Expences [sic] be paid and discharged
Item I Give and Devife [Devise] unto my Loving Son George Norman all my Lands at Stone in St Pauls Parish being Eight hundred acres to him and his heirs for Ever, I also give to my said Son George the Tract of Land I now live on being four hundred and Sixty four Acres to him and his heirs for Ever,
Item I Give the Three hundred Acres which was Left me by my father to be equally Devided [sic] amongst my Loving wife Mary Norman and my two Daughters Margaret and Rebecca Norman to them and their heirs, I also Give to my Loving Wife Mary Norman and to my two Daughters Margaret and Rebecca Norman Lots in Charles Town on Franting [sic: Fronting] the Street called Fred (Tradd) Street and the other fronting the Street call'd Church Street to be equally Devided [sic] amongst them to them and their Heirs
Item I Give and bequeath unto my Loving Wife Mary Norman and to my three Children George Norman Margaret Norman and Rebecca Norman all my Slaves Goods and Chattells [sic] of all kinds whatsoever to be equally Divided Amongst them, farthermore [sic] my Will is that my Son George shall have his part Delivered to him when he shall arrive at the Age of twenty One Years by my Exors hereafter named and to my Two Daughters Margaret and Rebecca as they shall Arrive at the Age of Eighteen of Day of Marriage and in cafe [case] any of my three Children should happen to Die before they Attain such Age or Marriage then I Will and Order that the part or share of him or her so dying shall go to the Surviving Children, but if it should so happen that all my Children should Dye [Die] before they Attain such Age And Marriage I will and Order that the parts and Shares of the said Three Children shall be equally Divided between my Loving Sisters Sarah Chriftie [Christie] and Rebecca Singellton and to my Loving Coufins [Cousins] Sidgwick Lewis Sarah Lewis and Elisabeth Lewis and I Do hereby Appoint my Loving Friend [sic] Zachariah Villeponteaux and Richard Singellton and my Loving Sister Rebecca Singellton Executors and Executrix of this my Las Will and Testament,
And Lastly I do hereby Revoke Anull [sic] and make Void all former and other Wills heretofore made declaring this only to be my last Will and Testament
In Witnefs [Witness] whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal this Twentyforth day of January One thoufand [thousand] Seven hundred and forty Six Seven
Signed Sealed Published and Declared Joseph Norman (Seal).
by the Testator Jofeph [Joseph] Norman to be
his last Will and Testament in pres-
ence of us--
Isaac Peronneau This Will was proved before his
Robert Hume Excellency the 26th March 1747
Ann Hume by the Oath of Isaac Peronneau
And Zachariah Villeponteaux and
Richd Singelton Exors therein
named were quallified [sic] at the same
time.
Recorded 26 March 1747.
Recorded in Will Book 1740-1747 Page 379.
Source:
South Carolina Will Transcripts, Charleston Co., Vol. 5, pp 647-48
Repository:
South Carolina Department of Archives & History
8301 Parklane Road
Columbia, SC 29223-4905
Online: http://www.state.sc.us/scdah/
