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Glasgow Papers
Will of Mary wife of James Glasgow

IN THE NAME OF GOD, AMEN, I, Mary Glasgow, of the District of Newberry and State of South Carolina, being weak in body but of sound mind and memory, blessed be God for His Mercies, do this 5th day of April in the Year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty two, I do make this my last will and testament in the way and manner following:

I do allow my son, John Glasgow, to have the management and care of my property during my life, and to put so much of the said money and property to my use and benefit as far as he does think needful, and at my decease one head stone with foot stone, and all my funeral expenditures are taken out, and if anything remaining at my decease, to go to Mary Glasgow, the widow of Wilson Glasgow, deceased, and her heirs, their use and benefit.

IN WITNESS WHEROF I, the said Mary Glasgow, have to this my last will and testament set my hand and seal 5th day of April, One thousand Eight Hundred and Twenty-two.

                   her
MARY               GLASGOW (L.S.)
                  mark
Signed, sealed, and declared by the said testator to be her last will and testament in the presence of us,
  JOHN TOLAND
ROBERT GLASGOW

Recorded in Will Book "H", page 489-90
Recorded November 5th, 1822
Proved October 14th, 1822
T. T. Cureton, O. N. D.
Box No. 43 -- Pkg. No. 96 -- Est. No. 1043

SOUTH CAROLINA)
NEWBERRY DISTRICT) At the Court of Ordinary began and held in and for the district aforesaid the 14th day of October, 1822, the within last will and testament of Mary Glasgow, deceased, was duly proven by the oath of Robert Glasgow, one of the subscribing witnesses to the same, having been approved and allowed of, and was ordered to be recorded.
  F. F. Cureton, O. H. D.

From the papers of Robert Glasgow who researched
this Glasgow line from the late 1950' till his death in 1993

 

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