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WILL OF DAVID BROCK
In the name of God Amen,
I David Brock of the district fo Greenville and State fo South Carolina being in my usual health and understanding and being desirous of making a disposition of such worlkly estate as it hath pleased God to bless me with in this life, do make and ordain this following to be my last will and testament, hereby revoking and making void all former wills by me made.
Item 1st, at my eath I recommend my soul to be disposed of by a merciful and beneficient God through his son Jesus Christ, and my body to be decently buried by my children and friends.
Item 2nd, I give and bequeath unto my son Lawrence Brock and my soninlaw Alfred Gilreath in trust for the sole use and benefit of my daughter Juliet Burns during her Natural life, my negro girl Dorcus and her increase from the date of this will, the aforesaid trustees to have the sole controul and management of the aforesaid negro girl and increase at their discretion for the sole benefit of my aforesaid Daughter Juliet Burns and her family during her, the said Juliet's life, and , at her death, the said negro girl and her increase if any, to be equally divided among the legal children of my said daughter Juliet, and should she (Juliet) leave no legal children then and in that case, the said negro girl and increase to return to my Estate and be equally divided among all any then living Children or their representatives, the representatives of any of my children to take the Share that their paarent or paarent swould have taken if living.
Item 3rd I give and bequeath unto my daughter nancy my negro boy Ned to her and her heirs forever.
Item 4th I give and bequeath unto my daughter Epidocia Gilreath and her heirs forever five hundred dollars to be paid to her as soon as convenient after my decease adn should I, previous to my death, deliver to her a negro of any kind it is to be considered in lieu of this legacy.
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Will Book "B" pages 178-179 packet apt 1, File 32
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