Person:Stephen Smith (69)

Records

Stephen K. Smith is mentioned in the will of his father-in-law, Richard Durrett (1705-1784), as follows:

Item. wereas I an William Flynn is justly indebted to Stephen K. Smith's estate thirty-two pounds in lieu of money. I leave two Negroes a boy and a girl in the hands of my executors for his tow children if they are satisfied with them the boy by the name of Will I let my grandson Austin Smith have and a Negro girl by the name of Jude I let my granddaughter Mary Smith have if the have not satisfied with the two said Negroes my executors shall sell the said Negroes and pay the debt and divide the balance between the two grandchildren. I also give my grandson Austin Smith one mare and saddle one cow and calf one ewe and lamb one small trundle bed and furniture and five pounds to school him and the work of his Negro to maintain him which I desire may be left in the hands of my son-in-law Robert Sanford till he comes to the age of eighteen and if my two said grand children Austin Smith and Mary Smith should but die before the come of age or have an heir lawfully begotten of their body that what I have given shall return to my estate and be divided between my five daughters, Elizabeth Watts, Ann Sanford, Francis Wills, Agatha Flynt, Mildred Williams.