Will
of Sarah Mary Hort March 1843
Charleston
,
Charleston County
,
South Carolina
Probate Court Will
Book I p. 283, 1839-1845
I Sarah Mary Hort of
the City of
Charleston
in the State of
So Carolina
being of sound mind, doth make this my last will & Testament. First
I direct that my Funeral Expences, and debts which I may have
Contracted be Satisfied as early as Possible after my demise Second
I direct that as early as practicable Tomb Stones be placed over the
remains of my husband and of my child, with the consent of the
Proprietor Mr Peter Frazier at the True Blue burial ground on Waccamaw
River, and that a plan marble slab with an appropriate inscription shall
be placed over the Spot, where I may be interred Third I
bequeath to St Philips, the church in which I have so long
worshipped, five hundred Dollars in absolute right, and desire that
amount be paid, to the proper authorities of the church, without delay
Fourth as Testamonials of regard, and friendship I leave
to Sarah R Hort, my watch and Silver, and Silver Spoons having the name
of Hort, & other valuables which may be found packed in a trunk
among my papers which has been deposited in Bank; and to Sarah R Hort,
and Susan J. Gadsden I leave jointly my Furniture & Books, cloathing
& Jewelry together with the contents of sundry Trunks and Boxes
deposited for safe keeping with Mr Alexander Robinson To Francis
Delesline Hort I give in absolute right Three hundred Dollars, and to
Col. James Gadsden, and to Alexander Robinson Esq to each, I bequeath a
handsome gold repeater to my cousin Ann Petigrew, I desire should be
presented as a token of my remembrance a handsome Mourning Broach Fifth
To the Children of my niece Martha Prior, who may be living on my
demise, I bequeath in absolute right, Two thousand Dollars, and direct
that the same be paid over to my nephew Percival Vaux, to be invested by
him, and to be held by him in trust of said children, until they become
of age, the interest accruing from said sum to be paid annually to said
children and in Case of the demise of any of the said children, that
this bequest revert to the surviver or survivors Sixth, my
old and faithful Servant Kate, now residing in Georgetown So. Carolina,
I leave and recommend to the kindness of my nephew Percival Vaux,
desiring that she be permitted to enjoy her own time as perfectly as if
she was free, and that in consideration of the Legacy Otherwise made
him, that he will support her during her natural life Seventh
The rest of my slaves Ten in number my shares in the different Banks of
the City of Charleston My Bonds including one of my Brothers Estate;
Together with all the Property personal and real, remaining after the
foregoing legacies are satisfied, of which I may be possessed, I leave
in absolute right and to be divided equally between my niece Elizabeth
Ford and my nephew Percival & Robert Vaux, the Negroes, bank shares
and other property so remaining and so devised, to be sold for division,
and to be divided between the aforesaid legatees share and share alike,
as they on agreement may prefer, and direct and lastly I do hereby
Constitute and appoint James Gadsden and Alx Robinson Esqr my lawful
Executors to carry into full & faithful effect all the promises of
this my last will & Testament.
Witness my hand and
Signature this Third day of March in the Year of Lord Eighteen hundred
and Forty Three
Sarah Mary Hort
Witness Eliza
Brailsford
Sarah Brailsford
Ann Perry
Proved before Thomas
Letire Esqr this O.T.C.D. this
twentieth March 1843
at the same time qualified Col James Gadsden Executor
Leture [?]
[illegible term] Dr W R
T Prior
At Chambers
Mr Grays report being
read, ordered on motion of Petigru and Lesesne.
That the same be confirmed, and that the Petitioner Dr. W.R. T.
Prior be appointed Trustee under the will of the Testatrix Mrs Sarah M
Hort in the place of Mr Percival Vaux named therein, who declines acting
and that a certificate of this appointment and substitution be annexed
to the original will of the said Testatrix and lodged therewith.
Filed
8 January 1844
(signed) Benjn F Dunkin
Office of the Register
in Equity
Charleston District
I Thomas I Gantt
Register in Equity for
Charleston
do hereby certify the above to be a true and correct copy of the
original order filed in my office
Ths I Gantt R.E.C.D. 8
Jany 1844
