Pike County Wills.. John Fortune 1784
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Will for John Fortune is recorded 1-14-1784. 

V22-14 SC Will Transcripts 1782-1868 Kershaw, Co.
Microfilmed by the SC Dept. of Archives and History, Columbia, 1978
"Will of John Fortune" (Camden Dist.)
Before me John Buchanan Esg. personally appeared Mary McCreary who being 
duly sworn saith that a Will said to be made by her father John Fortune 
of Camden Dist. (decd) was left in her care for a considerable time, and 
that she read and heard the Will read repeatedly and that the following 
form and contents of the Will aforesaid. To his eldest son William Fortune 
he left five shillings and no more. To his eldest daughter Mary wife of 
Robert McCreary he left five shillings and no more. To his daughter 
Jenny ten pounds. To his sons Mark and Richard one hundred pounds each. 
To his daughter Elizabeth one hundred pounds, to his grandson William Fortune, 
son of William, one cow and a calf. To his granddaughter Elizabeth, 
daughter to Mary, ten pounds. To his wife Ann Fortune he left all his 
household furniture, also one hundred pounds. He further directed that 
his lands on the head of Jackson Creek should be sold to pay the aforesaid 
Legacies and the surplus money (if any there was) should be equally divided 
amongst the following Persons viz: his wife Ann Fortune two sons Mark and 
Richard, and his two daughters Jenny and Elizabeth. He also directed that 
his wife Ann Fortune should be whole and Sole executrix to his last Will 
and Testament. This Deponent further saith that the aforesaid Will was 
evidenced by Willam Simmons Esqr. Saunders and Robert Dukes, and further 
saith not.
(Sworn before me this 14th Jan. 1784)
Mary McCreary
Jno Buchanan J. P.
Recorded in Will Book A-1 page 45
Recorded on 14-Jan-1784
Apt. 25, pg. 876