Plowden CJ Weston Estate File ...
 

[Georgetown County, SC:  Georgetown County Courthouse:  Wills, Microfiche #448 Transcript of the entire contents of the fiche made Apr 23, 2004.  Photocopy of all documents held by Janet Wright, j.wright@comcast.net] [Microfiche Header for the entire file] #448 Weston, P.C.J. Weston, Emily F Executrix Filed: February 6, 1864 [1. Document written on lined paper, last will and testament of PCJ Weston]  The State of South Carolina Horry District I, Plowden Charles Jennet Weston of All Saints Parish in the State aforesaid do make publish and declare this present writing executed in Duplicate as and for my last Will and Testament, hereby revoking all former and other Wills by me, at anytime, heretofore made....... It is my Will and I do hereby direct that all my just debts funeral and Testimentary expenses be fully paid and satisfied......... I give bequeath and devise unto my dearly beloved wife Emily Frances Weston my entire property and Estate real and personal of whatever the same may consist and in whatever country situated and being....... I do hereby nominate constitute and appoint my said wife Emily Frances Weston and William Clement Drake Esdaile Esquire of Burley Manor, Hants, England, Executrix and Executor of this my Will..... In witness whereof I the said Plowden Charles Jennett Weston, in the presence of the persons whose names are hereunto subscribed as Witnesses have set my hand and seal this thirtieth day of October Anno Domini Eighteen Hundred and Sixty Three to this my last Will and Testament, in duplicate form with the intention of sending the exact counterpart hereof to England for safekeeping in consequence of the hostilities which now exist between the Confederate States and the United States of America.... [original signature] Plowden Charles Jennett Weston Signed Sealed published and declared by the said Plowden Charles Jennett Weston, as and for his last WIll and Testament in our presence, who in his presence, and in the presence of each other, and at his request, have subscribed our names as Witnesses... [original signatures] Elizth Collins Haselbury Somerset Wm P Porter Georgetown SC Jos T Walsh of Conwayboro, S.C. [2. continuing on same lined paper, different hand] South Carolina Horry District By J. A. Thompson Ordinary H. D. Whereas I have first received from E. Waterman Esq. Ordinary of Georgetown District, a special power to prove the last Will and Testament of Plowden C.J. Weston in common form.  Therefore Personally appeared before me Jos. T. Walsh who being duly sworn on the Holy Evangelist of Almighty God, doth make oath and say that he was present and saw Plowden C.J. Weston sign, Seal, publish pronounce and declare the within instrument of writing to be and contain his last will and Testament.  That he the said Plowden C.J. Weston was then of sane and disposing mind memory and understanding to the best of this deponents knowledge and belief, and that he the said Jos T. Walsh together with Elizabeth Collins and Wm P Porter signed their names as witnesses thereto, at the request of the Testator in his presence and in the presence of each other. [original signature] Jos T Walsh Sworn to before me February 12th 1864 J. A. Thompson ord’y H. D. I do solemnly swear that this writing contains the true last Will of the within named Plowden C.J. Weston Deceased, so far as I know or believe, and that I will well and truly execute the same by paying first the debts and then the Legacies contained in the said Will, as far as the goods and chattels will thereunto extend and the Law charge me, and that I will make a true and perfect Inventory of all such Goods and chattels so help me God. [original signature] Emily F. Weston Sworn to Feby 12th 1864 J.A. Thompson ord’y H.D. [3. unlined page with seal, different hand] State of South Carolina Georgetown District By Eleaser Waterman, Esq. Ordinary for Georgetown district To J. A. Thompson, Esquire, Ordinary for Horry district I, Eleaser Waterman, ordinary as aforesaid having full confidence in the integrity, cure, circumspection, and fidelity of you the said J. A. Thompson, Ordinary forthe district of Horry, do hereby authorize you to have proved, in common form, the  enclosed Will of Plowden C. J. Weston, late of All Saints Parish, in this district deceased by having one of the subscribing witnesses take and subscribe the usual oath in such cases, that you have the said probate written on the opposite page of this paper in which the will is written. That you also, in having the will so proved, administer to Mrs Emily Frances Weston the usual oath as Executrix, and then hand to her the usual Letters Testamentary as Executrix, which oath have also expressed in writing on the following page containing the original will, and [words obscured by seal]dimus so executed, with your actings and doings return to one[words obscured by seal]bation or disallowance.[Words obscured by seal]der my hand and seal of Office at sixth day of February, on ethousand eight hundred and sixty-four and fourth of the Independence of the Confederate States of America [Seal] [signature, same hand as letter] E. Waterman, Ordinary [4. Lined paper, turned sideways; appears to be the outside fold of the will:] #448 The Last Will & Testament of Plowden C.J. Weston of All Saints Parish State of South Carolina recorded 2/4/53 Will Book D, page 434 [5. Certificate, printed words shown here in italics, handwritten additions in bold text:] Warrant of Appraisement for Executors Printed and sold by A. J. Burke, 40 Broad St The State of South-Carolina Georgetown[was Charleston, crossed out] District By Eleaser Waterman, Esquire, Ordinary These are to authorise and empower you, or any three or four of you, whose names are hereunder written, to appear to all such parts and places within this State, as you shall be directed unto by Emily Frances Weston Executrix named in the last Will and Testament of Plowden C. J. Weston late of All Saints Parish deceased, wheresoever and of the Goods and Chattels of the said deceased are or do remain within the said parts and places, and which shall be shown unto you by the said Emily Frances Weston and there view and appraise all and every the said Goods and Chattels, being first sworn on the Holy Evangelists of Almighty God, to make a true and perfect inventory and appraisement thereof, and to cause the same to be returned under your hands, or any three or four of you, to the said  Emily Frances Weston on or before the thirteenth day of April now next ensuing. Dated the thirteenth day of February Anno Domini 1864 and in the eighty-eighth year of American Independence E. Waterman, Ordinary To Francis Weston Charles Alston Sr. J. R. Sparkman J W LaBruce or any three or four of them Ordinary’s Office Recorded, Book,  Page [next page, same document?] MEMORANDUM This Eighteenth day of March 1864 Personally appeared before me Francis W Heriot Esquire, one of the Justices assigned to keep the Peace in Georgetown District, Francis Weston , Charles Alston Jr. J R Sparkman and J W LaBruce being Four of the appraisers appointed to appraise the Goods and Chattels  of Plowden C. J Weston deceased:  Who being duly sworn, made oath, that they would make a just and true appraisement of all and singular the Goods and Chattels of Plowden C. J Weston  deceased, as shall be produced by Emily Frances Weston the Executrix of the Estate of the said P C J Weston deceased, and that they would return the same certified under  their hands, unto the said Emily Frances Weston within the times prescribed by law. Frs W Heriot Magistrate Francis Weston Charles Alston Sr Ja R Sparkman J W LaBruce [6. Negroes belonging to Hagley Plantation Estate of Plowden C. J. Weston 1864.     age   Antony 43 driver Tenah 38 prime hand Hannah 18 half hand Martha 15 half hand Samuel 13 half hand Willoughby 24 prime hand Baby 2   Little Anthony 16 half hand Abraham 15 stable boy Abel 27 sheep minder August 21 ditcher Betsey 20 prime hand Ben 19 Ditcher Billy 35 Ditcher Betty 35 prime hand Cain 36 ploughman & ditcher Clarinda 35 prime hand Carolina 38 watchman & cowminder George 15   Quanco 10   Willard 8   Quasheba 4   Baby 2   Cato 40 ditcher Mary 35 child’s nurse Simon 19 lead plough Cudjoe 29 ditcher Daniel 38 ditcher Mary 37 half hand Dick 21 ditcher Flander 25 Carpenter Ceely 24 workwoman(sickly) Baby 2   Fortune 20 ditcher & carter Friday 33 ditcher Clarinda 30 prime hand Joshua 7   Caroline 1   James 35 ditcher Frank 11   Chloe 12   Sandy 9   Napoleon 5   Molly 2   Joe 40 ditcher John 21 ditcher & ploughman S John 30 ditcher Rose 8   Delia 6   Agrippa 3   Charles 1   Johnno 50 Gardener Dolly 53 1/4 hand H Johnny 32 ditcher Lavinia 30 prime hand T U Johnny 35 Trunk Minder Rachel 35 prime hand Milly 15 half hand Richard 12   Jack 10   Cretia 19 prime hand Baby 1   W Johnny 45 watchman Sal 45 Child’s Cook Peter 10   March 20 ditcher & ploughman Napoleon 30 ditcher Sarah 27 prime hand Ned 56 ditcher Judy 50 Midwife Jack 18 lead plough Neptune 40 ditcher & fisherman Poonah 35 prime hand Pemba 1   Quanco 45 ditcher Patience 45 weaver Juba 15 half hand Blanche 12   Joshua 6   C Quanco 50 Cooper & driver Mousiah 50 head nurse Pompey 28 Carpenter Simmon 40 watchman & ditcher Martha 15 half hand Kit 12   Ellen 14   Israel 10   Mildred 8   Mary 8   Maria 4   Titus 50 ditcher & carter Nancy 45 prime hand Sylvia 17 half hand Cilla 15 half hand Yanickey 1   Hannah 8   Philip 6   Tom 28 Carpenter Nancy 25 prime hand Becky 4   Baby 1   Frank 45 ditcher Kate 35 prime hand Susannah 2   George 5   Pocahontas 55 Nurse Toney 70 Superannuated Yambo 21 ditcher Will 35 ditcher Cumsee 30 prime hand Abraham 4   Dido 7   William 30 ditcher & ploughman Jim 5   Rachel 1   Amy 35 overseer’s cook (sickly) Amelia 35 prime hand Noah 8   Harriet 3   Bess 25 prime hand Charity 24 prime hand Joe 6   Dil 24 prime hand Baby 2   Hagar 45 Plantation Cook Elizabeth 15 half hand Cornelia 12   Hannah 30 prime hand Harriet 28 prime hand Baby 2   Laura 34 prime hand Phoebe 16 half hand Lucretia 14   Elvira 10   Fraser 4   Sylvy 75 Superannuated Venus 28 Overseer’s nurse Lony 24 prime hand Lucinda 28 prime hand Prince 3   Baby 1   Melissa 30 prime hand Nelson 4   A Tenah 35 prime hand Sibley 18 prime hand Jeremiah 12   Madison 5   Baby 2   Luckey 30 prime hand Abraham 4   J Rachel 25 prime hand Nelly 23 prime hand Hagar 12   J Nancy 35 Prime hand G Nancy 30 prime hand Sarah 3   Baby 1   F Sarah 12   Jenny 10     House servants   Hector 33 head servant Jenny 34 house servant Prince 32 Coachman Renty 33 Carpenter & house servant Gabriel 32 Carpenter & footman Caesar 23 footman Jack 23 footman Agrippa 16 groom Rachel 35 washerwoman Dolly 38 Sempstress & housemaid Phillis 33 Cook & sempstress Josephine   33 Washer & sempstress Selina 30 housemaid & sempstress Mary 32 housemaid Susanna 30 cook Ben 12   Gabriel 10   Peter 8   Josiah 6   Julien 4   Dido 2   Elizabeth 1   Alick 4   Maurice 2   185 Negroes at $2000 round $370,000 Miscellaneous Library $30,000 Silver & plated goods 2735 Furniture 3490 Musical Instruments 1200 Linen, glass, & china 1400 Carriages – four 1500 Horses – four- two old 2000 Mules – nine- three old 5400 Cows & calves – thirty three 1650 Oxen – twenty-six 3900 Sheep & lambs – sixty two  620 Poultry – one hundred & forty head 140 5 wagons & 3 carts – eight 800 Axes – forty   Hoes – eighty   “ all much used” 500 Spades - fifty   Reaphooks - fifteen   Ploughs – ten – old 100 Cypress plank – 4000 superficial feet 200 Flats – four – old & rotten 400 Small flat – one new 100 Carried forward $426135 [Next page] Estate of Plowden C Weston Brought forward              $426135 Iron Boat – one six oared 300  - Do -  one small leaky 100 Wooden Boat – three – old padling 30 Wine & liquors – 150 dozen 36000 Rough Rice – Jan 1 – 5000 bushels 15000 Corn – 250 bushels 750 Hogs – forty-four 1320 Deposited in Bank March 2 37600 In Factors hands 2000 xx for $799 Confederate 8 per Ct stock 700   $520435 Francis Weston Charles Alston Sr Ja R Sparkman F W LaBruce [7. Note on stationery paper] [Written sideways in margin:] Mr E Waterman Ordinary Georgetown S. C. [Body of letter:] Dear Sir Since the Appraisement  for Hagley was made, I have found a memorandum of my late husband rating his library at $15,000 (fifteen thousand dollars) and I wish to make this correction in the appraisement – also the wine was over-rated in quantity – I have had it counted since coming her  & find it 110 doz instead of 150 doz. I will thank you to let me know how I can properly correct the above items. Also please inform me whether I should be expected to keep an account with receipts, of my private expenses, to be presented to the Ordinary at the end of the year, or whether the appraisement already sent in is sufficient. Please direct yr answer to Conwayboro, where I intend returning in a day or two.   Yrs truly Emily F Weston Hagley April 12th   [Microfilm frame:  END OF THIS ESTATE]