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Date: Sun, 15 Dec 2002 21:24:26 EST

Yes, you answered my questions and here is Delina B. Hamer's will. You have
my permission to post it on your website.

Please note:
That the copy I have is not signed but a xerox copy of a carbon.
The interest rate was higher then than now!
I think it's funny that her two girls are listed with their name (M. Eloise
and Sue H.), but that her sons are only initials.

State of South Carolina,

County of Marlboro,

In the name of God, Amen.

I Delina B. Hamer, of the County of Marlboro and the State of South
Carolina, being of sound and disposing mind, but realizing the uncretainty
(uncertainty??) of life, do make, ordain, publish and declare this as and for
my last will and testament, hereby revoking all wills and instruments of a
testamentary nature heretofore by me made.
Item I. I commit my soul to the gracious God who gave it, and direct
that my body shall be decently interred, and that all expense incurred
therefor (therefore??) be paid out of my estate.
Item II. I will and direct that my executor hereinafter named, shall
pay all of my just debts with the first money coming into his hands.
Item III. I will, devise and bequeath to my daughter, M. Eloise Hamer,
all my personal property of every kind and money and choses inaction.
Item IV. I will, devise and bequeath to my son, J.B. Hamer, in fee
simple, all that piece, parcel or tract of land bounded by lands of C.C.
Hamer, J.A. Stanton and others, this being the only tract of land owned by me
in Marlboro County. Provided, however, that my son J.B. Hamer, shall within
three years after my death pay to my following children: A.B. Hamer, One
Thousand Dollars: Sue H. Woodley, One Thousand Dollars: R.C. Hamer, One
Thousand Dollars; C.C. Hamer, One Thousand Dollars, and M. Eloise Hamer, One
Thousand Dollars. It is my will and desire that J.B. Hamer shall have three
years after my death to make these payments without interest. However, if
they are not paid at the end of the third year, then they are to draw
interest at the rate of seven per cent. per annum after the third year and
until paid.
Item V. I will, devise and bequeath unto my following children, A.B.
Hamer, Sue H. Woodley, R.C. Hamer, and C.C. Hamer, all that certain piece,
parcel or tract of land, which I inherited from my sister, Disy Baldwin
Galloway, (which is one-seventh, 1/7, of all lands which Disy Galloway died,
seized and possessed of) situate in Richmond County, State of North Carolina,
on Big Mountain Creek, share and share alike, the child or children of a
deceased child or children to take per stirpes, in fee simple.
Item VI. I will, devise and bequeath to M. Eloise Hamer and J.B. Hamer
my house and lot situate in the Town of Bennettsville, in fee simple. I have
heretofore given them a deed for this lot, but I have requested them not to
have same recorded until after my death.
Item VII. I will, devise and bequeath to my daughter, M. Eloise Hamer,
in fee simple, all interest in and to that piece, parcel or tract of land on
which I now reside. I have only a life estate in this tract of land, the
remainder is invested in my daughter, M. Eloise Hamer. See original Deed to
me.

Item VIII. It is my will and desire that M. Eloise Hamer and J.B. Hamer
do keep my grandson, Daniel Curtis Hamer, until he finishes his education at
the Tatum School, then send him to some business school and allow him there
to acquire a business education, the said M. Eloise Hamer and J.B. Hamer to
pay his expenses while in school.
Item IX. I hereby nominate, constitute and appoint my son, J.B. Hamer,
as executor of this my last will and testament, and if he shall for any cause
not qualify as such, then I nominate, constitute and appoint my son, C.C.
Hamer, as executor of this my last will and testament.
In witness whereof, I the said Delina B. Hamer, do hereunto set my hand
seal this the 29th day of October, A.D., 1914.

Delina B. Hamer (SEAL)

Signed, sealed, published and
declared by the said Delina B.
Hamer to be her last will and
testament in the presence of us,
who at her request and in her
presence and the presence of each
other, do subscribe our names as witnesses thereto.

J.W. Gandy
D.D. Strauee
A.L. Hamer

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