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Subject: [ADAMS-L] Will of William Adams of Va/SC
Date: 7 Feb 2002 08:38:18 -0700

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William Adams



William Adams' will is in Box 2, Pkg 23 at the Abbeville South Carolina Courthouse. It was signed 29 Sept 1794 and recorded 15 March 1795.

It reads as follows: In the name of God Amen. I William Adams of the State of South Carolina and County of Abbeville farmer and being very sick and weak, but in Perfect mind and memory, thanks be giving unto God, Calling into mind the mortality of my Body, and knowing that it is appointed for all men Once to die do make and ordain this my last will and Testament, that is to say Principally and first of all I give and Recommend my Soul into the hand of Almighty God that gave it, and my body I recommend to the Earth, to be buried in decent Christian burial. At the discreation of my Executors nothing doubting but at the general Resurrection I shall receive the Same again by the mighty Power of God and as touching such worldly Estate whereverwith it hath pleased God to bless me in this life, I give, devise, and dispose of the same in the following manner and form first I Constitute, make and ordain my Dearly beloved wife Mary and son John Adams my Sole Executors. First I give a!
nd bequeath to my son William Adams Two Dollars in Cash, second I give and bequeath to my daughter Rosey Moor one cow caled Reed Thirdly I give and bequeath to my son John Adams one Rifle gun and one half of what Tobacco is on the Plantation with one part of what Corn grows on the old land and one half of the corn what grows on the new land was cleared last year, and all the rest of my Goods and Chattles, are to be equally divided between my Son Andrew and my Daughter Nancy after my loving wife receives her Dowry, and I do hereby utterly Disallow, Revoke and Disannul all and every other Former Testaments, Wills, Legacies, bequests and Executors, by me in any wise before named, willed, and bequeathed and confirming this and
know other to be my Last will and Testament. In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my Hand and Seal this Twenty-ninth Day of September and in the year of our Lord One Thousand, Seven Hundred and Ninety Four. Signed, Sealed, Publish and Pronounced and Declared by the said William Adams as his Last Will and Testament in the presence of us, who in his presence and in the presence of each other have hereto Subscribed our names.
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William Adams was a revolutionary War soldier. He served in the Company of SC Malitia commanded by Captain John M. Jenkins (see SC historical Magazine Vol III, page 123.Born 1743 in Va, died 1795 in SC.

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