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Probate records of District 96 South Carolina will proved Aug 23, 1783 names
brothers, wife, son
Gideon Smith's Will, No. 18 - Box 87 - Pack 2140: Will dated August 20, 1779 in 96 District. Proven August 23, 1783. In the name of God Amen Whereas I Gideon Smith of the State of South Carolina and district of Ninety Six being in a low condition of health and in perfect mind and memory thanks unto God for this me-ies and calling to mind the mortality of my body and knowing that it is appointed once for all mankind to die, constitute make and ordain this to be my last will and testement and dispose of all my worldly goods which it was pleased God to Endow me with in manner and form following that is to say princepally and first of all I recommend my soul in the hands of God who gave it nothing doubting but at the general reserection I shall receive the same again My Body I recommend to the Dust from whence I came to be buried in a Christian Decent form at the descretion of my Executors I leave and bequieth and dispose as followeth:
I leave unto my beloved wife Jean all my Personal estate after paying all my debts except the land.
I leave bequeath to my well beloved son James I leave my Land and the proffits of the Land to be for the maintenance of the child till becomes of age.
and lastly of all I Leave James Steen & John Smith & Abraham Smith my whole and sole executors for to act and do as I was present.
Signed Sealed and Delivered in the pressence of us this 20th Day of August - 1779.
Witnesses: Robert Lusk, Joseph Jolly, John Jeffries. Signed: Gideon Smith
Original will in Abbeville Court House, Abbeville, South Carolina. Abstract contained in Abstracts of Old Ninety-Six and Abbeville District Wills and Bonds, Compiled by Willie Pauline Young, Liberty, South Carolina, ISBN 0-89308-036-5
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York Co., SC, Deed Book A:John Moore, of Craven Co., SC, to John Smith, planter, of same, July 25, 1777, 56 acres part of a grant of 800 acres to Guyan Moore by Gov. Gabriel Johnston of NC on Apr 3, 1752, then deemed in Anson Co., NC, now York Co., SC, on main Broad River which fell to John Moore, heir at law of Guyan Moore, and a part conveyed to John Smith, on the bank of river against an island. Wit. Daniel Smith, Gideon Smith, James Steen.
This would have been two years before Daniel died at Stono. John Smith, son of Henry & Amy lived at Smith's Ford on the Broad River, (which has some islands) in York County, SC.
This gives Gideon Smith's wife's name: Jane Steen I think their assumptions are accurate.
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From "Abbeville District Wills and Bonds":Smith, Gideon, Box 87, Pack 2140, will dated 20 Aug 1779 in 96 Dist. and prov. 23 Aug 1783. Exec. James Steen, John, Abraham Smith. Wit. Robert Lusk, Joseph Jolly, John Jeffries. Wife, Jean (Jane) Smith. Son James Smith.
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Probate records of District 96 South Carolina will proved Aug 23, 1783 names
brothers, wife, son
Gideon Smith's Will, No. 18 - Box 87 - Pack 2140: Will dated August 20, 1779 in 96 District. Proven August 23, 1783. In the name of God Amen Whereas I Gideon Smith of the State of South Carolina and district of Ninety Six being in a low condition of health and in perfect mind and memory thanks unto God for this me-ies and calling to mind the mortality of my body and knowing that it is appointed once for all mankind to die, constitute make and ordain this to be my last will and testement and dispose of all my worldly goods which it was pleased God to Endow me with in manner and form following that is to say princepally and first of all I recommend my soul in the hands of God who gave it nothing doubting but at the general reserection I shall receive the same again My Body I recommend to the Dust from whence I came to be buried in a Christian Decent form at the descretion of my Executors I leave and bequieth and dispose as followeth:
I leave unto my beloved wife Jean all my Personal estate after paying all my debts except the land.
I leave bequeath to my well beloved son James I leave my Land and the proffits of the Land to be for the maintenance of the child till becomes of age.
and lastly of all I Leave James Steen & John Smith & Abraham Smith my whole and sole executors for to act and do as I was present.
Signed Sealed and Delivered in the pressence of us this 20th Day of August - 1779.
Witnesses: Robert Lusk, Joseph Jolly, John Jeffries. Signed: Gideon Smith
Original will in Abbeville Court House, Abbeville, South Carolina. Abstract contained in Abstracts of Old Ninety-Six and Abbeville District Wills and Bonds, Compiled by Willie Pauline Young, Liberty, South Carolina, ISBN 0-89308-036-5
<http://www.steenplace.com/john1/nf592.htm>
York Co., SC, Deed Book A:John Moore, of Craven Co., SC, to John Smith, planter, of same, July 25, 1777, 56 acres part of a grant of 800 acres to Guyan Moore by Gov. Gabriel Johnston of NC on Apr 3, 1752, then deemed in Anson Co., NC, now York Co., SC, on main Broad River which fell to John Moore, heir at law of Guyan Moore, and a part conveyed to John Smith, on the bank of river against an island. Wit. Daniel Smith, Gideon Smith, James Steen.
This would have been two years before Daniel died at Stono. John Smith, son of Henry & Amy lived at Smith's Ford on the Broad River, (which has some islands) in York County, SC.
This gives Gideon Smith's wife's name: Jane Steen I think their assumptions are accurate.
<http://www.steenplace.com/john1/f565.htm>
From "Abbeville District Wills and Bonds":Smith, Gideon, Box 87, Pack 2140, will dated 20 Aug 1779 in 96 Dist. and prov. 23 Aug 1783. Exec. James Steen, John, Abraham Smith. Wit. Robert Lusk, Joseph Jolly, John Jeffries. Wife, Jean (Jane) Smith. Son James Smith.
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1800 Federal Census of Union District, South Carolina. The location may be due to a boundary change or they may have moved.
#240 David Smith
1 male under 10 years (James Smith)
1 male 16 to 26 years (James 'Gideon' Smith, son of Gideon Smith?
or John Smith, son of Daniel Smith?)
1 male 26 to 45 years (David Smith)
2 females under 10 years (Frances Smith, Delilah Smith)
1 female 26 to 45 years (Bershaba Harrington)
2 slaves
The age bracket for 16 to 26 years of age is an unknown male. Was the son of one of David's brothers (Gideon Smith or Daniel Smith) who were killed in the Revolutionary War?
Smith, Gideon, Box 87, Pack 2140, will dated 20 Aug 1779 in 96 Dist. and prov. 23 Aug 1783. Exec. James Steen, John, Abraham Smith. Wit. Robert Lusk, Joseph Jolly, John Jeffries. Wife, Jean (Jane) Smith. Son James Smith.
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