Estate # 1241, Spartanburg County Estate Papers, SP41

 

Will of William Lipscomb.

 

In the name of God Amen.  I William Lipscomb of Spartanburgh District State of South Carolina being in my sound mind and memory make this my last Will and Testament this seventeenth day of July in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and eight and in the thirty fourth year of American Independence. Item, I give unto my wife Elizabeth Lipscomb the Land whereon I now live the east side of main Thicketty, beginning on a Small Ash on the bank of the Creek about halfway between my fence and Thomas Littlejohn’s fence a straight line to a Polar in Mapps old field above the horse ford on the east side of McBees creek to continue a straight line to Burchfield’s east line along said line to his corner Post oak the east side of the little blue branch, thence a straight line to a red or black oak Steens & Austells corner along their lines to main Thicketty up Thicketty to the beginning, six choice Negroes one ox cart as much of the stock, tools & household furniture as she chooses to keep.  Item, I give unto my son William Lipscomb, Dec’d children four Negroes, Hannah, Dick, Bartlet & Coz them & their increase forever.  I give my grand Son David Lipscomb three hundred dollars and he is to receive three hundred out of his Fathers Wm. Lipscomb dec’d part and have an equal share with his brothers & Sister of the balance, the money to be left in my Execut’r hands to educate him except so much of said money as shall be laid out in educating him at the Latin Schools before my decease.  Item, I give unto my son David Lipscomb, eight Negroes, Vilit, Morris, Daniel, Larkin, Harrison, Roxy, Hannah & Bartlet, them and their increase forever.  Item, I give my son John Lipscomb six Negroes, Robbin, Nelson, Betty, Charity, Moses & Peter, them and their increase forever.  Item, I give my daughter Mary Littlejohn eight Negroes, Dafney, James, Jacob, Salley, Ann, Sam’l, Annesee & Peg them and their increase forever, also a tract of land whereon Thomas Littlejohn now lives beginning in Burchfield’s east line and running on the north line of the above described land to main Thicketty crossing the creek a straight line to a post oak corner on the hill the right hand side of the path that leads from my house to William Thomsons old place, thence along Thomsons line to Thomas Collinns line along Collines to Rosses along Rosses to Burchfields line along Burchfields to the Beginning.  Item, I give my daughter Nancy Wood six Negroes, Judy, Mime, Harry, Daniel, Sam’l & Adam them and their increase forever also two tracts of land one purchased of William Wood the other of Joseph Champion where on the said Nancy Wood now lives.  Item, I give my son Nathaniel Lipscomb seven Negroes, Viney & two children, Nelly, Tom, George & Asa them and their increase forever, also a Tract of four hundred acres on Muddy Creek Kentucky the land whereon the said Nathan Lipscomb now lives and has my bond for a write is included, the lines to run so as to not injure the other part of my land.  My son Nathan Lipscomb to have no part of my other lands or their value except he chooses to have his valued as all my other lands by four or five good men chosen by my Executors then the said Nathan Lipscomb may take it at valuation & draw an equal share with all my children.  Then the said Nathan Lipscomb shall receive two hundred dollars for his trouble in seeing after my lands.  Item, I give my son Smith Lipscomb, five Negroes, Ginne, Nancy, Garland, Milley & Annica them & their increase forever, also the above described land laid of for my wife after her death my son Smith Lipscomb to have full possession of it; all the above described lands to be valued & them that is on them may take them at valuation all my other lands not hereafter described to be lotted of and any of my children may take a lot or lots at valuation except more than one wants a particular lot then they may bid for it, draw for choice or sell on credit, the whole of my lands to be valued by four or five good men chosen by my Executors, my Kentucky lands also. I have three tracts in partnership with William Thomson known by the name of the limekiln Tracts, one conveyed by Wm. Bratton Sheriff, one by Capt. James Martain, the other we have said James Martain bond for a write to, Wm Thomson is to have half that is recovered if all or any, to pay half the expense and have half the profits, which lands will be sold at the discretion of my Executors as they may think best, my son John Lipscomb to deduct out of his equal part four hundred dollars for the land deeded from me to him unless he choose to have that valued as my other land then my son John Lipscomb is to receive his equal part. The Negroes, household furniture and stock that my wife don’t make choice of be equally divided among my children so that the Negroes remain in the family and at my wife’s death all that part of the Negroes household furniture & stock and their increase and tools that my had be equally divided as my other property.  My will and desire is that my wife should live with my son Smith Lipscomb they having the liberty of cropping together. If any of my children die leaving no child their brothers & sisters shall receive their equal part and if any should die leaving a child or children then my grand child or children shall receive their fathers or mothers equal part.  My will and desire that my sons David Lipscomb, John Lipscomb, Nathan Lipscomb & Smith Lipscomb be my Executors and that my Executors do perform as above. In witness I have hereunto set my hand and Seal the day and date above written.

Wm Lipscomb

 

Signed Sealed in the presence of us

William Bostick

Joshua Richards

John Herrin

 

Will proven by the oaths of William Bostick & Joshua Richards April 11, 1810

 

Recorded in Will Book A, page 11

Recorded  9 day of Nov. 1810

 

Christopher Golightly O. S. D.

Box 17, Package 3

 

History of Spartanburg County, J. B. O. Landrum, 1900, Pages 371-374

 

THE  LIPSCOMB  FAMILY.

Among the first settlers in the original county of Spartanburg was William Lipscomb, the ancestor of nearly all the families of this name who have ever resided in said county.

It is stated that just after the close of the Revolution he was moving with his family from Louisa county, Va., to Georgia, and that on the way his wagon broke down near Thickety Creek. While awaiting repairs he concluded to look around over the country, and was so well pleased that he decided to make settlement in that immediate vicinity. He made entry of a large scope of lands on Little Thickety and Goucher creeks, which has been in the family ever since. He was born in Virginia, March 28th, 1731, and died March 13th, 1810, aged 79 years. He had five sons and two daughters, viz.: Smith (known as Judge L.), John, David, William, Nathan, Nancy and Polly.

Of these sons Smith Lipscomb, the eldest, had four sons and two daughters, viz.: William (Billy Pete) who married a Miss Lockart, daughter of an old settler; Jammie, who married a Miss Ferguson; Wyatt, who married Rebecca Lockart, sister of William's wife; David, who married a Miss Macomson; Betsey, who married Hiram Lockart (brother of the wives of William and Wyatt), and Nancy, who married Spencer Morgan, a Baptist preacher.

Of these sons, William (or Billy Pete) had eight children, as follows: Agnes, who married John H. Wood; Josaphine (now deceased) who married Crawford Miller; Christina P., who married John J. Lipscomb; Alexander, who married a Miss Jane Finley (daughter of Daniel Finley, Esq.); Moses, who died during the war unmarried; Smith, who married Miss Sarah Goudelock; Jimmie, unknown; Hiram, who married Miss Janie Holmes; and Wyatt, who married Miss Mildred Streetman of Texas.

John Lipscomb, one of the sons of the elder William Lipscomb, had four sons and four daughters, viz.: John, William, Smith, Edward, Betsey, Agnes, Polly and Nancy. Of the four sons, Edward Lipscomb, Esq., had eleven children, as follows: Nazareth, who married Rev. M. C. Barnett; Elizabeth, who married Willis Smith; Sarah, who married A. N. Poole; Clara, who married K. C. Watkins; Evelina, who married Willis Smith (second wife); Narcissa, who married Captain A. B. Bryant (killed in the army); Elias, who married Artemia Golightly; William L. (Billy Cap), who married Nancy Elizabeth, daughter of Wyatt Lipscomb; Smith Lipscomb, father of R. S. Lipscomb, who married Sallie Wood, and who died in Virginia during the civil war; John J., who married Christina Lipscomb, and Nathan, who married Mary, daughter of Russell Wilkins. Of the four daughters of John (son of William Lipscomb, the elder) mentioned, Betsy married Frank Littlejohn; Agnes married Thomas Littlejohn first and afterwards to Drury Wood (cousins); Polly married John Wilkins, and Nancy married Dr. Nance.

Of the daughters of the elder William Lipscomb mentioned, Nancy married William Wood and Polly married Thomas Littlejohn.