Person:Lewis Fail (2)

Last Will & Testament: In the name of God amen I Lewis faile of the State of South Carolina and district of Lancaster being in Perfect mind and memory calling to mind that all Men was appointed once to die do ordain this my last Will and testament in manner and form following

first I give and bequeath unto mary fail my beloved Wife fifty acres of land on the lower and being part of four hundred and sixty acres more or less lying on the West side of Great Lynches Creek being the place Whereon I now live also two feather beds and furniture Horses and cattle hogs geese and household furniture and Plantation tools and two negroes fellows named Sesar and Sam and the Sheep also to her During her life or widow hood and after her death or marriage the Said negroe Sam to be sold and the money Equally divided between my Son Jacob faile and Catherine faulkenbury my daughter. And After my Wife's Death or marriage my Will is that that I have given her Shall fall to my children namely John faile Jacob faile Thomas faile William faile Catherine faulkenbury to be Equal divided among them and after my Wife's death or marriage I give all my land unto my son William and Thomas the lower part to Willam and the upper part to thomas Except five acres to John faile on! the upper Side more or less to them and to their heirs and assigns for ever. 2dly I give after my Wife's death to James mcvey Mary Mcvey Elizabeth mcvey Sarah mcvey Catherine mcvey Rebecca mcvey George mcvey to Each one Dollar thirdly lastly I appoint John faile my son and mary faile my Wife to be my Executor to this my last Will and testament revoking and disallowing all other wills legacies and bequests heretofore made ratifying and confirming this my last Will on the ( )th day of April in 1812 having hereunto Set my hand and Seal in the Present of us Lewis faile

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The original is said to be in a safe deposit box in Lancaster SC. Cynthia Benua <[email protected]>

he following is information from Fail's book on pages 12 and 92.

3) Lewis Fail (e) b. 5 February 1751, probably in Johnston County, North Carolina, “removed from the vicinity of Little Pedee, North Carolina and settled on Lynch’s Creek, Lancaster County, South Carolina.” “Married in Barnwell county, South Carolina ca 1774 to Mary Free of Dutch descent. Issue; … 3 William Fail These five children are listed in Lewis Faile(e)’s will written in 1812. (4) William Fail b. Lancaster County, South Carolina, 15 November 1784; d 27 March 1832 near Blossom Springs, Washington County, Alabama; m in Charleston, South Carolina to Elizabeth Feshpemurs (Fesperman) d 1859 in Washington County, Alabama.

!Source: Faile/Fail/Fails Family Trail #(3) 7 Locale: "removed from the vicinity of Little Pedee, NC and settled on Lynch's Creek, Lancaster, SC"

1800 Census F400 LANCASTER CO SC FAIL Lewis M-032 050 17 01311-01201-01 Paul R. Sarrett, Jr. Internet: [email protected]

!CENSUS: 1810 South Carolina, Lancaster, page 07 Fail, Jacob, John & Lewis

Faile, Lewis

 State: South Carolina               Year: 1800
 County: Lancaster                   Roll:
 Township: Unknown Townships   Page:  17

FAILE, LEWIS

 State: SC Year: 1800
 County: Lancaster District Record Type: Federal Population Schedule
 Township: 01311-01201-01 Page: 17
 Database: SC 1800 Federal Census Index

The following is taken from The Fail/Faile/Fails Family Trail by Welton Ruel Fail:"removed from the vicinity of Little Pedee, North Carolina and settled on Lynch's Creek, Lancaster County, South Carolina."These five children are listed in Lewis Fail(e)'s will written 1812. The 1800 United States Census for Lancaster County, South Carolina shows his family thusly:1 male 10-163 males 16-261 male 26-451 male 45 and on1 female 10-162 females 16-261 female 45 and onAccording to this census he had eight children. Evidently two daughters and one son had died by 1812 when his will was written. Included in his will were several people by the name of McVey and I can only presume they were his grandchildren byone of his daughters who was deceased at the time the will was written.Sometime around 1800, Lewis Fail added an 'e' to his name to make it FAILE. His sons John, Jacob and Thomas and their descendants accepted this spelling of the name. Son William and his descendants retained the original spelling of the name,FAIL.Lewis Faile helped establish American Independence as shown by"Stub Entries to Indents issued in payment of Claims against South Carolina growing out of the Revolution, No 67, Book 4, Issued 7th July 1784 to Mr. LEWIS FAILE for one pound fifteen shillings Sterling for Ten bushells corn for Continental use in1781."There is belief among his descendants now living in Lancaster, York and Kershaw Counties, South Carolina that Lewis Faile fought in the Battle of Buford in the Revolutionary War. I have found no documented proof of this, however, I do notquestion their belief. Many men fought in one or two battles during the American Revolution who never "signed up" or enlisted for a period of service.I do not know when nor where Lewis Faile and Mary Free Faile died, but it was probably between 1812, the date of his will, and 1820, as they did not appear on the 1820 Census.In 1816, three sons, William, Jacob and Thomas supposedly left South Carolina to go to Tennessee."They did not like the country, so did not unload their wagons, but traveled on. They followed the Tennessee Trace to what is now Washington County, Alabama."At that time Alabama was a part of the Mississippi Territory. Another report from family members says"They stayed in Tennessee six weeks before pushing on."Further mention of this move is made in family history of each of these men.