Person:William Blythe (23)

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WILL OF WILLIAM BLYTHE:

Will of William Blythe, written, February, 1832 and probated 1837.

Greenville County, SC, Vol 1, Book B, Page 243-244 SC Greenville District

In the name of God, Amen. I William Blythe, Snr, being weak in body but sound of mind and memory do make and declare this my last will and testament in the following manner.

Item first it is my wish to be decently buried in a Christian like manner, and I recommend my body to the earth and my soul to God who gave it.

Item second it is my wish that all my just debts be paid.

Item third it my will beloved wife Barbary Blyth be decently supported out of the sells of my lands during her life.

Item four I give the bed which my beloved wife now uses and all of its furniture to her and for her to dispose of at her pleasure.

Item five as my sons John and William and Daniel and Jonathan and my three daughters Elizabeth and Polly and Sally have all been provided for and they have no interest in this my will.

Item six I give to my daughter Easter (Esther) one cow and calf.

Item seven I give to my son Thomas all my personal property to be sold to help my present necessities of clothing or for such as I have already had towards my present expense.

Item eight I give to my son David thirty dollars to him and his heirs forever to be paid out of the sell of my land.

Item nine I do hereby authorize my executors to sell all my land and keep arising there from at the interest for the support of my beloved wife during her life and if the executors can not agree on the sum for the annual support for her it shall be allowed by the ordinary, and at her death, I give all the balance of the money to be divided between my four children Absolum, Thomas, David and Easter to them and their heirs forever. And I do appoint my two sons, Thomas and David Blyth, my executors to this my last will and testament, and I do herby revoke all former wills heretofore mad by me, and this only is to put into execution by my executors as witness hereunto I do set my hand and seal this 12th day of February AD 1832.

Signed Wm (his mark) Blythe

Witnessed by James Pickett, James Mullinax and Rasha Forest. Probated: May 29. 1837

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   PVT William Blythe
   BIRTH 1750
   Bertie County, North Carolina, USA
   DEATH 1837 (aged 86–87)
   Greenville County, South Carolina, USA
   
   William Blythe was the husband of: Sarah Murphee, Sarah Osborne and Barbara unknown (no children).
   
   He was the father of:
   Absolom, Elizabeth, Esther, Sally, Thomas, JONATHAN, Daniel, John, William, David and Mary.
   
   (Jonathan Blythe - Jackson Blythe - Goliath Blythe - Will Johnson Blythe - SSgt. Andrew Johnson Blythe - Ronald Wodler)
   
   Harriet E. ANDERSON
   Melanie HESTER
   
   William Blythe was born Btn. 1740 - 1750 per 1830 SC Census, in Northeastern North Carolina and died Btn. 1832 -1837 in Greenville County, South Carolina. He married (1) Unknown; (2) Sarah Murphree said Abt. 1769 in North Carolina. Daughter of Daniel Murphree and Sarah Dempsey. She was born Bef. 1755 (Abt. 1739) in Bertie County, North Carolina; and (3) Barbary Nee Unknown or First Name Unknown.
   
   From a book titled "Blythe" by Brigance, Pat Hicks, 1936- (Main Author) The Blythe etc. families in Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and elsewhere. The emigrant, William Blythe/Bly/Blyth, who came from England to America in 1652 and his wife, Sarah, are believed to be the common ancestors of thousands of descendants in this book. William and his brother, John, arrived in the Yorke River, Va. on July 16, 1652. William later migrated from Yorke River to Isle of Wight Co., Va. He had at least two sons, William and Christopher. Another William Blythe (d. ca. 1749) identified as a landowner in Chowan and Bertie Counties, N.C. may have been a descendant or relative of Christopher. This William had three sons: William Blythe, enumerated in the 1790 Greenville, S.C. Census; James Blythe, found in 1800 Buncombe Co., N.C. (later Henderson Co.); and Thomas Blythe, enumerated in the 1790 Pendleton Co., S.C. Census. Majority of descendants in this book are through these three brothers. Includes some unattached branches of Blythe families. Family members and descendants live in North Carolina, Arkansas, Maryland, Alabama, Tennessee, Missouri, Texas, Oklahoma and elsewhere.
   
   
   William Blythe married to Sarah Murphree is thought to be (and frequently label as such) the son of William and Elizabeth Champion Blye of Edenton, North Carolina, (the original Albemarle Region), North Carolina. However, there is conflicting information.
   
   The Cherokee War ended in a treaty that opened the Up Country for settlement. The Bounty Act of 1761 offered public land tax free for ten years, and settlers from other colonies began pouring into the Up Country...
   
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