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WILL OF
JAMES BOYD
In the name of God Amen. I James Boyd of the State of South Carolina & District of Abbeville being of sound and disposing mind & memory but weak in body calling to mind the uncerty of life, & being desirous to dispose of all such worldly Estate as it hath pleased God to bless me with do make & ordain this my last Will and Testament In the manner & form following that is to say
First I commend my Soul into the hands of Almighty God who gave it, & my body to be deacently interrd in a Christian Manner
Item 2nd. It is my will & desire that all my Just debts & funeral Expences be paid & for that purpose my Executors hereafter named are autherised to Sell all my property personal and real on such credit as to them shall seem most proper & all money arising there - from (after the debts paid) to be distributed among my legatees as follows
Item 3rd.It is my Will & desire that my beloved wife Sarah Boyd Shall have all the property that she brought with her of Every sort what Ever as her own right to her & her heirs for Ever
Item 4th It is my will & desire that my beloved wife sarah Boyd have One Thousand Dollars out of the money of my Estate during her natural life or Widowhood If She should marry then refund Five Hundred Dollars to my Executors to be applyd by them as a devidend to my heirs & the other Five Hundred Dollars be here during her natural life & at her death to be paid over to my heirs free of Interest
Item 5th. It is my Will and desire that all the ballance of money be put to Interest for the benefit of my Children to board clothe & educate as shall be deamed most prudent by my Executors (viz) Frances Eliza Boyd Thomas Boyd & William Benjamin Boyd Each to shear & shear alike Each to receive its shear as the come of age or the girls marry Should any of the children die before the come of age or receive there shear there respective Shear to be equally divide between the remaining Children the right & title of the above I give to them & their heirs for Ever
I also give one side saddle between my two daughters untill the need one Each also three trunks to hold their cloths In Further I reseve to my heirs 7 assigns to Acres of land Including the present grave Yard as a family burial ground & lastly I do hereby nominate constitute & appoint my brother John L Boyd Executor of this my last will & Testament hereby revoking & annulling all & Every other will or Testament by me heretofore made & ratifying & Confirming this & no other as my last will & Testament
James Boyd (LS)
Signed seald published &
declared by the said James
Boyd as for his last will &
Testament in the presence of
us who at his request & In his
presence & in the presence of each
other now subscriber our Mames as
Witness thereunto This Fifth day of J
January
A.D. 1840.
-James Murray
-F.B.Clinkscales
-Andrw. Gilespire Sen Qualified John L.Boyd Exr
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