Submitted by Herbert Girtman Sr.
In the Name of God Amen I John Gallman
of Saxegotha Township being sick and weak in Body but of Sound Perfect
mind & memory & understanding Praised be God for the same And knowing
the Uncertainty of Human Life and affairs doe make this my Last Will and
Testament revoking all former Wills by me made and for my Worldly
Goods which it has Pleased God to Bless me with after my debts and funeral
Expenses is paid I will and Bequeath That my Plantation I now Live on being
one hundred acres of Land Situate in Saxegotha Township with all Buildings
and Improvements that now is there and Shall be at the Time of my Decease
I give to my Son John Gallman and his heirs for Ever And whereas I am Possessed
of a Tract or Parcel of Land in Craven County being Three hundred acres
bounded by Felix Smiths Land, Gaspar Foots Land and Whereas it is my Thoughts
& Meaning that now My Beloved wife Marguerit being with Child Therefore
if She Should happily Bare it to this world and if it Be a Boy Then I Give
and bequeath Unto him the above sd. Tract of Three Hundred Acres of Land
to him and to his Other Brother My Son Jacob and to their heirs And in
case of Either of their Deaths before they Come of Age then I Give and
bequeath the Part So Willed to the deceased to his Surviving Brother But
in Case of both their Deaths Before they Come to the said Age of Twenty
One Years of then I Give the Said Land to my Eldest son John & his
Heirs for Ever And as to what Personal Estate as Negroes horses Cattle
Hoggs household Goods or anything which God has been Pleased to Bless me
with & I Shall Dye in the Possession of I Give and bequeath to my beloved
Wife Margaret & all My Children as Sons & Daughters Share &
Share alike & to their Heirs,And my further will is that my said wife
Shall have her Living on Sd. one Hundred Acres of Land the said Plantation
I now live on so Left as aforesaid to my Son John as Long as She remains
my Widow & unmarried and no Longer and I also Give & Bequeath unto
my Said Wife Marg't one White Paceing horse Named Bock with a New Side
Saddle & Bridle & to her heirs,And I hereby desire My Loving Brother
Henry Gallman My Brother-in Law John Freymouth my Eldest Son John Gallman
& my Step Son John Conrad Geiger to be my Executors to this my Last
Will and Testament & I hereby appoint them to be my Executors &
Guardians to my above said Children during their nonage And whereas I have
been Left Executor in the Last Will & Testament of Harman Geiger deceased
and having the Sd. Estate In hand & the debts again the Said Estate
Being not all paid I will that my Executors herein before mentioned Collect
in debts as Possibly they can & discharge said debts & whereas
I have Given unto Mr. George Austin of Charlestown a Promissary Note for
Two Hundred & odd Pounds on the Said Estate wherefore I desire the
Said note Shall be paid out of the money the Public owes to me as soon
as Received & what their is Left of the said Este. after the debts
is paid I will that it be shared alike among the said Children of the said
Harman Geiger Excepting the mares & horsekind in the forke? for Sd.
Estate in the hands of John Gartman to be for my Children & to their
heirs & my further will is that after my Decease their be Levied out
of my Estate By my Executors the full and Just Sum of Twenty Pounds for
to By two Cows & Calves for the Said Children Harman Geiger that is
now with me that they may Come to Increase of Cattle Again they Come to
their Age In Witness Whereof I Set my hand and Seal this Twenty Second
day of April 1758 in Saxegotha Township South Carolina
By John Gallman(Seal)
Mark
Signed Sealed Published and declared
By the said John Gallman for and as his Last Will & Testament in the
presence of us who at his request and in his Presence have Subscribed our
names hereto_________
Jacob Tyler Ulrick Boughman
Jacob Geiger
At the Same time qualified Henry Gallman
John Freymouth and John Conrad Geiger As Exors.