Promissory Note from Carroll W. Davis Estate Folder

Documents related to my 2nd Great Grandfather William A. Purvis are very scarce; so when I found this one in the Probate folder #66, Carroll Washington Davis, I was very happy. Sometime after that note, William learned to sign his name and I have one document, from later in life, where he did sign the document.¹  



Four years after the date hereof we or either of us
promise to pay D. R. Davis adm. of C. W. Davis
sixteen dollars and twenty seven cts with
interest from the date hereof, the interest to
be paid annually for value Rec’d witness
our hands and seals Apr. 3^rd, 1863
                           Wm. A. ( X his mark) Purvis {seal}
                           William Lee {seal}
                           S. D. Timmons {seal}
 
Rec’^d of Mr. Pigg $ 3.00 and Mr. Lee $6.⁶⁵ in
payment in full of this note according to the
sealing. Dec 7^th, 1878           E. J. Kennedy








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[1] "South Carolina Probate Records, Files and Loose Papers, 1732-1964," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1-19383-29511-14?cc=1911928&wc=MPP5-FMS:190567401,190561002,190567402,190625801 : accessed 16 July 2015), Chesterfield > Probate Court, Estate records > 1865-1927 > Cases 0065-0087 > image 29 of 482; county courthouses, South Carolina, and South Carolina Department of Archives and History, Columbia.