Chesterfield County SC Estates~Estate Folder #371–Kinchen Privett.

 

This is a new series of posting, appearing every Sunday, on selected Estate Folders from the Estate files of Chesterfield County. No known estates exist for the period before the Civil War. They were destroyed with the burning of the Courthouse. There are a few “Equity Records” in the State Archives. Do not overlook this valuable resources if you are looking for ancestors in Chesterfield County, South Carolina.

Today we will be looking at the following Estate folders:

Folder #371
Kinchen Privett

This estate folder begins at image #1123 and ends with image #1152. (images 1123-1152)

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1-19384-49420-29?cc=1911928

Kinchen Previtt, in his Last Will and Testament appointed his friend George R. Boatwright as the executor of his estate.












Transcription of top three line:
Desire that my friend George F. Boatwright act as
My executor and see to carrying out the provisions
of this my last Will and Testament. I hereby
 
George declined to accept the appointment as executor of the estate and Thomas F. Mulloy petitioned the Courts to be appointed estate administrator.










Transcription:
State of South Carolina}
Chesterfield County}
I hereby renounce my right to qualify as Executor of the last will and Testament of Kinchen Privett deceased, Dec 12^th 1878.                 George Boatwright
Witness
Thomas F. Mulloy


 












Transcription:
The State of South Carolina}
Chesterfield County}
BY W. J. Hanna…………..Esquire, Probate Judge
WHEREAS, Thomas F. Mulloy as clerk Court Commons
Pleas…………………………………………………………………………
Made suit to me to grant him Letters of Administration with the Will Annexed of them Estate and
Effects of Kinchen Privett……………………………………………………………
THESE ARE THERFORE to cite and admonish all and singular the kindred
And creditors of the said Kinchen Privett……………………………………………….
Deceased, that they be and appear before me, in the Court of Probate, to be held at
Chesterfield Court House……..on 30th January next, after publication
hereof, at 11 o’clock in the forenoon, to shew cause, if any they have, why the said
Administration should not be granted.
GIVEN under my Hand, this 14^th……………………………………………………….day of
December………………………….in the year of our Lord one thousand eight
Hundred and Seventy Eight…………………………………………………………………
Published on the …………………………day of………………….187…. in the
……………………………………………………………. W. J. Hanna
                                                                                         Judge of Probate
 
The entire Will can be read here:
http://carolinafamilyroots.blogspot.com/2012/03/will-of-kinchen-privett.html

At the time Kinchen wrote his Will on 3 November 1871 he left his estate to the children of his deceased daughter Sarah Jane Tucker and wife Mary Privett.

Appointed as Appraisers of the goods and chattel were Michael Davis, W. A. Davis, A. J. Davis and M. B. Davis. Possessions were inventoried and appraised.

Purchasers at the estate sale were Jane Tucker, George Boatwright, C. White, W.A. Davis, E. B. Davis, Ben Rivers, T. B. Teal, M. Davis, James Ross. Fred Davis and many others.  The estate file consists of  29 images.






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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-1-19384-49420-29?cc=1911928 : 21 May 2014), Chesterfield > Probate Court, Estate records > 1865-1927 > Cases 0331-0383 > image 1123 of 1383; county courthouses, South Carolina, and South Carolina Department of Archives and History, Columbia.