Person:James Gore (10)

Will Transcript

Will of James Gore

In the Name of God Amen, I James Gore of Camden District In the Provence of South Carolina being weal in Body but of Sound Mind and Disposing Memory do Make and Ordain this my Last Will and Testament in Manner and Form following Hereby Revokeing all Others Wills and Testaments by me Heretofore Made Imprimis my Will and desire is that all my Debts be paid by my Executors Hearafter Named as soon as possible after my Deasise [Decease].

Item I give and devise to my son John Ashford Gore one Hundred Acres of Land lying on Sandy Creek being part of the Tract given to my Son In Law and the Lower End of the said Tract and where he now lives to him and his Heirs for Ever.

Item I give and devise to my Son Joshua Gore one Hundred and Twenty Five Acres of Land lying on Both Sides of Sandy Creek it Being part of a Two Hundred acres Tract Which I Purchest [Purchased] of Zachary Isbell and bying Lowest down the Said Creek and Joyning the land of George Tanihill with his inpovement [improvement] on the Land to him and his Heirs for Ever.

Item I give and devise to my son Elezar Gore Fifty acres of land with the Plantation where on I now live after my Wife decase [decease] and likewise the Remaining part of the above Tract of Two Hundred acres whereon I now live to him and his Heirs forever ~

Item I give and devise to my two Gran[d]sons Michael Conden and David Gore Two Hundred Acres of Land Joyning [Joining] Land Surveyed by James Sept and likewise the Land of John Roden to them and their Heirs for Ever.

Item my will and desire is that the Overplust of my Personal or My Movables Estate above my Wife's Thirds be all Equilly [Equally] devied [devided] amonst [amongst] all my Children to them and their Heirs For Ever.

Lastly I do Hearby Nomonate {Nominate] and Appoint my Beloved Wife Elizabeth Gore and my Son James Gore Excutors [Executors] of this my Last Will and Testament and I do Hereby declare this to be only to be My last Will and Testament Sealed and Signed with My Own proper hand This third day of April one thousand Seven Hundred and Eighty three.

[Signed] James Gore [Seal]

Signed Sealed and delivered In Peresance [Presence] of us

Test:

George Thomas

Elisha Gore

Michael Gore

Recorded in Will Book A-1, Page 241

Recorded October 29th 1784

J.P. J.W. Harbirt

Apt. 28, Pkg. 981

Notes

As you are aware, 16 March 1768 in Frederick County, Maryland, James Gore deeded to Michael Gore "for the natural love and affection the said James Gore hath for his son Michael Gore" a tract of land called "Gores Adventure." This James Gore and his wife Elizabeth subsequently moved to Chester County, South Carolina, where Michael Gore witnessed the 1783 will of James Gore as well as the 1788 will of Elizabeth Gore. Mical Gore was also named as a son in the will of Elizabeth. [Pearlman, Agnes Branch. Gore Family Search Via a Circuitous Route]

1.   Pearlman, Agnes Branch. The Gore Family Search via a Circuitous Route.

   https://occgs.com/projects/rescue/compiled/Agnus%20Pearlman%20Research/Gore%20Family%20Research-Virginia.pdf

2.   South Carolina, Wills and Probate Records, 1670-1980.

   Name James Gore
   Residence Date Abt 1783
   Residence Place Camden, South Carolina
   Will Date 3 Apr 1783
   Probate Date 3 Apr 1783
   Probate Place Kershaw, South Carolina, USA
   Inferred Death Year 1783
   Inferred Death Place South Carolina, USA
   Item Description Index and Will, Vol 1, Books C, A1, 1770-1841
   Individuals Listed (Name) Relationship
   James Gore Testator
   John Afhford Gore Son
   Joshua Gore Son
   Eliazar Gore Son
   Michal Donden Grandson
   Davis Gore Grandson
   Elizabeth Gore Wife
   James Gore Son

3.   Find A Grave.

   CPT James Gore II
   Birth 7 Apr 1707
   Prince George's County, Maryland, USA
   Death 29 Oct 1784 (aged 77)
   Kershaw County, South Carolina, USA
   
   https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/148341503/james-gore