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 #133
Stephen Brock
This estate folder begins at image #1040 and ends with image #1055. (images 1040-1055)
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1-19384-41721-51?cc=1911928Stephen Brock died intestate on 11 September 1867 in Cheraw, Chesterfield County, South Carolina.
His wife, Nancy Smith Brock, daughter of Wiley and Mary Smith was named administratrix of the Estate.
The estate folder show that an inventory was performed with the following item documented.
Stephen Brock owned a lot in the town of Cheraw known as Lot 246 for which Peter Haley Brock petitioned the court to sell so that he could get his share.
Transcription:
The State of South Carolina}
Chesterfield County}
To Hugh Craig, Esq. Judge of Probate
The petition of Peter H. Brock
Sheweth that Stephen Brock late of said
County lately died intestate having him surviving
his widow Nancy Brock, P. H. Brock, Irvin S. Brock, Frank Brock & Calhoun Brock, and that the said intestate was Seized & possessed in his own right of the one half interest in a certain lot in the town of Cheraw Numbered 246 on Market Street continued-
Your petitioner being desirous of obtaining his share of the above property prays that a summons in partition do ifsue for the division or sale of the same.
Jany 10th 1870 P. H. Brock
SUMMON TO APPEAR
Transcription:
The State of South Carolina}
To Nancy Brock, P. H. Brock, Irvin S. Brock, Frank Brock and Calhoun Brock legal heirs of Stephen Brock, who died intestate, Greetings-
You are hereby required to appear at the Court of probate, to be holden at Chesterfield Court House for Chesterfield County on Thursday the 23th day of January, A.D. 19870, to show cause if any you can, why the real estate of Stephen Brock deceased, situated in the County of Chesterfield and Town of Cheraw known as Lot No. 246 on Market street continued, should not be divided or sold, allotting to the said Nancy Brock the one third party thereof and to the said P. H. Brock, I. S. Brock, Frank Brock and Calhoun Brock each an equal share in the remaining two thirds.
Given under my hand and seal this 10th day of January A. S. 1870.
Hugh Craig
Judge of Probate
Stephen Brock and Nancy Smith were married about 1847. In the 1850 census their first two children, Peter and Thomas, were ages 2 and 1.
Several documents in this file names the heirs-at-law but mostly the file centered on Lot 246 in the town of Cheraw and the sale of said lot.
Stephen and Nancy had 6 children; four are named above - P. H. Brock, Irvin S. Brock, Frank Brock and Calhoun Brock, Not named in the Estate are: Thomas (1849-1850) and Louisa Jane (8 Oct 1851-12 Mar 1865).
Nancy Smith Brock died 12 January 1878; eleven years after the loss of her husband, Stephen. They are buried in the Old St. David’s Episcopal Church cemetery.
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Sources:
1. Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, database and digital images, (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed March 2012); Memorial page for Stephen Brock; (23 February 1820–11 September 1867); Find a Grave memorial # 80864390, Citing Old Saint David’s Episcopal Church Cemetery; Cheraw, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, USA.
2. 1850 U. S. Census, Chesterfield, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, population schedule, Chesterfield, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, Page 103A; Line 42, Dwelling 65, Family 65, Household of Stephen Brock; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed March 2010); citing National Archives Microfilm M432 Roll 851.
3. 1860 U. S. Census, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, population schedule, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, Page 106, Line 23, Dwelling 184, Family 183, Household of Stephen BROCK; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed March 2009); citing National Archives Microfilm M653_1217.
4. 1870 U. S. Census, Chesterfield, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, population schedule, Cheraw, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, Page 260B(stamped); Line 21, Dwelling #186, Family #192, Household of N[ancy] BROCK; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 8 October 2013); citing National Archives Microfilm M593_1491.
5. "South Carolina Probate Records, Files and Loose Papers, 1732-1964," Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints, Family Search (https://www.familysearch.org/ : viewed, downloaded March 2012), microfilmed copies of actual records, "Estate Folder #133 - Stephen Brock," Frames 1040-1055 of 1495; South Carolina Archives.
6. Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, database, "Record, Nancy Smith Brock (26 February 1827–12 January 1878), Memorial # 80864408.
7. Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, database, "Record, Thomas Brock (1849–1850), Memorial # 80864466.
8. Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, database, "Record, Louisa Jane Brock (8 October 1851–12 March 1865), Memorial # 80864442.
9. Chesterfield County, South Carolina, Probate Files & Loose papers, Franklin T. Brock; digital images, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, FamilySearch (http://www.familysearch.org: viewed 5 April 2013); 0460, Franklin T. Brock, deaf-mute.
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