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In memory of those who served and gave their all
Henry Alexander Lee was borne on Monday, 4 March 1844, the 4th son of William Lee and his wife Martha Elizabeth Thomas.
Sarah Jane Brock was borne on Thursday, 16 June 1842, the 4th daughter of Squire H. Brock and his wife Rachel Parker.
The two families own farmland in the Brock’s Mill section of Chesterfield County.
Henry Alexander Lee served in the Civil War with the 8th SC Infantry and was a Prisoner of war at Point Lookout, Maryland where many of his fellow soldier died.
After the war, Henry Alexander Lee returned home and married Sarah Jane Brock, daughter of Squire and Rachel Brock. Henry and Sarah were married in 1866 based on birth of their 1st born Child on 8 June 1867. Also, Henry and Sarah reported in the 1900 Chesterfield County Population Census that they had been married 34 years, 2 children, 2 living.
Henry Alexander Lee and Sarah Jane Brock had the following children:
i. Robert Alexander Lee, born 8 Jun 1867, Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina; married Sarah Jane Crawford; died 8 Oct 1908, Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina.
ii. Thomas Augustus Lee was born on 9 Oct 1869 in Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina; died 5 Sept. 1922 in Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina.
On 25 November 1910, Sarah Jane (Brock) Lee passed away and was buried in the Zoar UMC Cemetery.
Henry Alexander Lee wrote his Last Will on 3 July 1911 leaving his entire estate to his surviving son, Thomas Augustus Lee. His oldest son, Robert Alexander Lee, had passed away on 8 October 1908 leaving a surviving wife, Sarah Jane, and 5 surviving grandchildren. No mention of his daughter-in-law and grandchildren were made within the Last Will and Testament.
Last Will and Testament:
State of South Carolina}County of Chesterfield}
I, Henry Lee, of the State and County aforesaid, realizing that in the Providence of God all men must die, and being of sound and disposing mind, do hereby declare and publish this to be my Last Will and Testament.
First, I desire that all my funeral expenses and just debts be first paid out of my estate.
Second, I will and bequeath all the real estate that I own in said County and state and all the interest or title to any real estate That I own in said County and State to my son, T. A. Lee in fee simple; the real estate mentioned being one acre of land deeded to me by S. W. Brock, being touched by lands of S. W. Brock, Frank Brock and others and the tract of land where I reside containing one-hundred acres more or less, being touched by lands of Frank Brock, J. A. Watson, Sam Brock and Luda Sellers.
Third, I will and give to my son T. A. Lee all the personal property of whatsoever description and bind for him to have and to hold as his own-that I own at my death.
In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 3rd Day of July, 1911.
Henry Lee {Seal}
Signed, sealed, published}
and declare to be the}
last will and testament}
of the Testator, Henry}
Lee, in the presence}
and at his request}
and in the presence}
of each of us, and}
each of us signing in}
the presence of each}
other and in the}
presence of the}
testator.}
E. N. Redfearn}
C. B. Criegton}
Geo. K. H. Laney}
Henry Alexander Lee died on 24 February 1912 and was buried beside his wife in the Zoar UMC Cemetery.
Sarah Jane (Brock) Lee is my 1st Cousin 4X Removed.
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1. Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, database and digital images, (http://www.findagrave.com: accessed December 2023); Memorial page for Henry Lee; (4 March 1844–24 February 1912); Find a Grave memorial # 83013067, Citing Zoar United Methodist Church Cemetery; Brocks Mill, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, USA.
2. 1850 U. S. Census, Chesterfield, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, population schedule, Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina, Page 109B(Stamped), Line 18, Dwelling 170, Family 170, Household of William LEE; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com: viewed 25 May 2014); citing National Archives Microfilm M432 Roll 851.
3. Ancestry, "Civil War Service Records" database, Military Service Records (https://www.fold3.com/: accessed April 2024), entry for Henry LEE, Private; 8th SC Infantry; Confederate.
4. 1900 U. S. Census, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, population schedule, Court House, Chesterfield, South Carolina, enumeration district (ED) 21, Page: 12A/96 (stamped); Line 20, Dwelling 209, Family 214, Household of Henry L. LEE; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com: viewed 15 September 2017); citing National Archives Microfilm T623_1523.
5. 1910 U. S. Census, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, population schedule, Court House, Chesterfield, South Carolina, enumeration district (ED) 0037, Page: 13A/139 (stamped); Line 27, Dwelling 220, Family 220, Household of Henry Lee; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com: viewed 15 September 2017); citing National Archives Microfilm T624, Roll 1455.
6. Chesterfield County, South Carolina, Image 473 of 1673 Henry Lee; Chesterfield County, SC Estate Records, Cases 1053-1137, 1865-1927, Chesterfield, Chesterfield County, South Carolina.
7. Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, database, "Record, Henry Lee (4 March 1844–24 February 1912), Memorial # 83013067.
8. Chesterfield County, South Carolina, Probate Files & Loose papers, Estate of Henry LEE; digital images, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, FamilySearch (http://www.familysearch.org: on-line December 2023); Folder#1081.
9. Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, database, "Record, Sarah J. Lee (16 June 1842–25 November 1910), Memorial # 83013155.
10. 1860 U. S. Census, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, population schedule, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, page 118A, Line 25, Dwelling 346, Family 345, Household of Squire BROCK; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com: viewed 7 October 2011); citing National Archives Microfilm M653_1217.
11. 1900 U. S. Census, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, population schedule, Court House, Chesterfield, South Carolina, ED 21, Page: 12A/96 (stamped); Line 20, Dwelling 209, Family 214, Household of Henry L. LEE.
12. 1910 U. S. Census, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, population schedule, Court House, Chesterfield, South Carolina, ED 0037, Page: 13A/139 (stamped); Line 27, Dwelling 220, Family 220, Household of Henry Lee.
13. 1920 U. S. Census, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, population schedule, Court House, Chesterfield, South Carolina, enumeration district (ED) 40, Page: 24B/180 (stamped); Line 92, Dwelling 440, Family 452, Household of Thomas A. LEE; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com: viewed 16 September 2017); citing National Archives Microfilm T625_1690.
Nancy Dease was born about 1811 in Washington Parish, Louisiana to John Burk Dease and his wife Bridget Gillard. She was the granddaughter of Mark Deese and his wife Nancy [Maiden Name unproven]. She was the 2nd borne and only daughter of John Burk and Bridget. She had 4 brothers; one of which was the eldest of the family.
Sometime around 1840/1841, Nancy Dease and William T. Bothwell were married most likely in Washington Parish, Louisiana. William T. Bothwell was a farm laborer and Farmer born in South Carolina. Their first born, a son Kenyon, arrived in 1841. [He can also be found using the name – Kenneth].
William T. Bothwell and Nancy Dease had the following children:
i. Kenyon Boutwell was born about 1842 in Washington Parish, Louisiana. He died 30 JUN 1894, Washington Parish, Louisiana.
ii. Mary Annie Boutwell, born 5 Jun 1846, Washington Parish, Louisiana; died 1 Mar 1918, Eagle Lake, Colorado, Texas.
William T. Boutwell died probably in January 1892 based on his obituary.
The Free Press, Poplarville, Mississippi, Thu, Feb 4, 1892
Nancy (Dease) Boutwell died before 1900.
Nancy (Dease) Boutwell is my 1st Cousin 4X Removed.
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1. 1850, Washington Parish, Louisiana, population schedule, Washington Parish, Louisiana, Page: 451A(Stamped); Line#6, Dwelling#192, Family#192, Household of Elzy DEES; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com: online December 2023); citing National Archives and Records Administration, Roll: M432_xxx.
2. 1860 U.S. Census, St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana, population schedule, St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana, Page:#296 (Penciled), Line:#26;, Dwelling:#492; Family:#492, Household of W. D. BOUTWELL; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.Ancestry.com: online December 2023); citing NARA publication Roll: M653_xxx.
3. 1870, Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana, population schedule, Ward 4, Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana, Page:#166 (Stamped), Line:#27, Dwelling:#43; Family:#43, Household of Jas. BOUTWELL; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com: online December 2023); citing National Archives M593.
4. 1880 U. S. Census, 2-WD, Washington Parish, Louisiana, population schedule, David Magee Mill, Washington, Louisiana, enumeration district (ED) #194, Page:#152B (Stamped), Line:#36, Dwelling:#50; Family:#50, Household of William T. BOUTWELL; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com: online December 2023); citing National Archives Microfilm T9_473.
5. The Free Press, "W. T. Boutwell, 82, recently died near Franklinton, La..," Death Notice, The Free Press, Poplarville, Mississippi, 4 February 1892, Page 2, Column 1.
Temperance C. Dry was born 20 Jan 1855, a daughter of Charles Andrew Dry and Leah (Tucker) Dry of Union County, North Carolina. Temperance was the last of six children borne to this couple. Temperance had one older sister, Lydia, and 4 older brothers.
At age 17, Temperance married William Hampton Brooks on 8 December 1872. William Hampton Brooks was born 20 October 1849, a son of Calvin Brooks and Mary Melissa Smith of Union County, North Carolina.
William Hampton Brooks was a farmer. He and Temperance, his wife, lived in the New Salem area of Union County, North Carolina.
William Hampton Brooks and Temperence C. Dry had the following children:
i. Lemuel Preston Brooks was born on 6 Sep 1873 in Union County, North Carolina. He died on 22 Apr 1952 at the age of 78 in Raleigh, Wake, North Carolina.
ii. Daniel Philas Brooks was born on 28 Oct 1875 in Union County, North Carolina. He died on 26 Nov 1962 at the age of 87 in Marshville, Union, North Carolina.
iii. Charles Exium Brooks was born on 29 Oct 1875 in Union County, North Carolina. He died on 26 Nov 1962 at the age of 87 in Marshville, Union, North Carolina.
iv. Ida Valeana Brooks was born on 10 Nov 1880 in Union County, North Carolina. She died on 21 Nov 1967 at the age of 87 in Monroe, Union, North Carolina.
v. Mary Prosser Brooks was born on 14 Oct 1883 in Union County, North Carolina. She died on 17 Sep 1966 at the age of 82 in Union County, North Carolina.
vi. William Clarence Brooks was born on 15 May 1886 in Union County, North Carolina. He died on 6 Feb 1960 at the age of 73 in Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina.
vii. Julius Lacy Brooks was born on 3 Feb 1889 in Marshville, Union, North Carolina. He appeared in the census in 1900.
Sadly, on 8 Jun 1896, Temperance C. (Dry) Brooks passed away leaving surviving her 7 children and her husband, William Hampton Brooks. Mr. Brooks, a farmer, with small children needed a caretaker. On 1 October 1896, William Hampton Brooks married Minnie Delaney Baucom and raised another family of five children.
William Hampton Brooks died 13 July 1915 in New Salem, Union County, North Carolina. William Hampton and Temperance are buried in Mount Moriah United Methodist Church Cemetery, New Salem, Union County, North Carolina.
Temperance C. (Dry) Brooks is my 2nd Cousin 4X Removed.
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1. Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, database and digital images, (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed February 2024); Memorial page for William Hampton Brooks; (20 October 1849–3 July 1915); Find a Grave memorial # 52764245, Citing Mount Moriah United Methodist Church Cemetery; New Salem, Union County, North Carolina, USA.
2. 1850 Census, Union County, North Carolina, population schedule, Union, North Carolina, Page:#81B (Stamped), Line:#27, Dwelling:#1191, Family:#1191, Household of Cullen BROOKS; online database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : on line February 2024); citing National Archives Microfilm Publication M432, Roll 647.
3. 1860 Census, Union County, North Carolina, population schedule, Union, North Carolina, Page: #381B, Line: #6, Dwelling: #532, Family: #518, Household of Calvin BROOKS; online database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com: online February 2024); citing National Archives Microfilm Publication M653, Roll 915.
4. 1870 Census, Union County, North Carolina, population schedule, New Salem, Union, North Carolina, Page: #633(stamped), Line: #16, Dwelling: #384, Family: #376; Calvin BROOKS, Dwelling: #384, Family: #376, Household of Calvin Brooks; online database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com: online February 2024); citing National Archives Microfilm Publication M593, Roll 1161.
5. 1900 US Census, Union County, North Carolina, population schedule, New Salem, Union, North Carolina, enumeration district (ED) #0141, Page: #217B (stamped), Line: #56, Dwelling: #8, Family: #9, Household of Hamp BROOKS; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com: online February 2024); citing National Archives Microfilm T623, Roll 1220.
6. William Hamp Brooks, death certificate #1 (13 July 1915), NC State Archives., North Carolina Deaths, 1908-67, Raleigh, Wake, North Carolina.
7. Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, database, "Record, William Hampton Brooks (20 October 1849–3 July 1915), Memorial # 52764245.
8. "Index to North Carolina Marriage Bonds, 1741-2011," database, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com: online February 2024), Marriage: Tempie C Dry & Hampton Brooks; North Carolina Division of Archives and History, 1977; Marriage Date: 8 Dec 1872.
9. Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, database, "Record, Temperence C. Dry Brooks (20 January 1855–8 June 1896), Memorial # 52764438.
10. 1860 Census, Union County, North Carolina, Population Schedule, Union, North Carolina, , Page: 382 (stamped); Line 17, Dwelling 547, Family 533, Household of John E. SMITH.
11. Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, database, "Record, Temperence C. Dry Brooks (20 January 1855–8 June 1896), Memorial # 52764438.
12. "Index to North Carolina Marriage Bonds, 1741-2011," database, Ancestry, Marriage: Minnie Bancom & W. Hampton Brooks
Philip Andrew Rivers and Lucile Julia Shook were married in Collins County Texas on 5 Sep 1915. Philip Andrew Rivers was born 13 Sept 1890, a son of William Isaac James Rivers and Eliza Delaney McDonough, William Isaac James Rivers grew up in Chesterfield County, South Carolina but moved to Collins County, Texas sometime before 1880.
Lucile Julia Shook was borne 9 April 1892 a daughter of Baird Donald Shook and Malinda Catherine Warden.
Their first borne child, Leonard P. Rivers, arrived in October 1916. They would have four additional children; 3 daughters and another son.
SPIDER BITE FATAL.
Chamberville Lad Picking Cotton Is Bitten by Poisonous Insect.
McKinney, Tex., Sept 10 -- Little Leonard Rivers, four years and eleven months, son of Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Rivers, who resides at Chamberville, ten miles north of McKinney, had his mother to make him a little cotton sack so he could go to the field and help :daddy pick cotton.
The little fellow remained in the field for a few hours and then returned to his home with a few pounds of cotton in his sack and said to his mother: "Oh, mother, see what [where] a funny old bug bit me. I brought it for you to see." The bug proved to be a poisonous spider and a physician was called. The poison had gotten in its work and after hours of suffering he died.
The San Antonio Light; September 11, 1921; Page 4-A
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1. Obituary courtesy of Theresa Cloud Dancer Buchanan
2. "SPIDER BITE FATAL.," death notice, San Antonio Light, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, September 11, 1921, Page 4A , Chamberville Lad Picking Cotton Is Bitten by Poisonous Insect.
3. Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, database and digital images, (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed January 2024); Memorial page for Leonard Philip Rivers; (October 1916–1 September 1921); Find a Grave memorial # 6490875, Citing Chambersville Cemetery; Chambersville, Collin County, Texas, USA.
My 4th Great Grandparents, William Eddins and his wife Nancy [last name unknown] lived in Chesterfield County in the late 1790’s and early 1800’s. They had 9 children; 3 sons and 6 daughters.
Their two oldest sons, Williams and Richard married sisters, Hannah and Elizabeth Wilson, daughters of James Wilson and his Lydia wife [last name unknown]. The Wilsons lived in neighboring Darlington County, South Carolina.
Both Williams and Richard Eddins, the two first borne sons were married in 1808, Williams Eddins marring Elizabeth Ingram and Richard married Elizabeth Wilson. Sadly, Elizabeth (Ingram) Eddins died about 1828 in Pike County, Alabama. Williams then married Hannah Wilson that same year in Madison County, Alabama.
Williams marriage to Hannah Wilson was short lived. After the birth of two children, Hannah (Wilson) Eddins died.
Williams Eddins then entered into a “Marriage Contract: with the widow Hannah Deaman and they were married on 19 October 1833 in Madison County, Alabama.
As stated above, Elizabeth and Hannah Wilson were the daughters of James and Lydia Wilson. Sometime in early to mid-1830, James Wilson died in Pike County, Alabama. Both Williams and Richard Eddins were named as kinsmen in the James Wilson Probate file.
Translation:
The State of Alabama}
Pike county} To the Sheriff of said county Greetings:
You are hereby commanded [to] Summons Lydia Wilson widow of the late James Wilson Richard Eddins and Williams Eddins next of Kindred to the said James Wilson deceased to appear at the Montcello on the third Monday in August instant then and there to object to the application made by Rueben Wilson to the Honorable the Orphans Court of said County for letters of Administration on the Estate of the said James Wilson deceased if the think fit, or otherwise the said application will and granted. Witness George B. Augustus Clerk of said Court at office this 4th day of August A.D. 1830.
G. B. Augustus Clerk
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Richard Eddins’ probate file shows that he died before 19 May 1845. The 1850 Census shows that Williams Eddins was alive and well in 1860. W. EDDINS, Male, age 75, born in SC is listed in the 1860 Butler County, Alabama census. He died sometime after 1860; date unknown.
Related Posting:
https://carolinafamilyroots.blogspot.com/2024/05/marriage-contractwilliams-eddins-and.html
Williams and Richard Eddins are my 3rd Great Grand Uncles.
Margaret Cook is my 1st Cousin 6 times removed. She was born abt 1797, a daughter of Daniel Cook, Sr. and Ruth Moultrie. She was the 5th of 12 siblings; she had 7 brothers and 4 sisters.
Her father Daniel Cook, Sr. served in the war of 1812 and died sometime near 1814. Shortly after his death, her Mother Ruth (Moultrie) Cook moved the family across country to the Cumberland gap area settling in Trigg County, Kentucky. On 9 Oct 1816, Ruth’s son Joseph Moultrie Cook married Martha "Patsy" Lindsay in Trigg County.
About 1816, Margaret Cook and Holden Barrett were also married. Holden Barrett was an Anson County boy born in 1796. He was a son of Thomas Barrett and his wife Jane [LNU]. No information has been found on when or where they were married; but, Margaret (Cook) Barrett gave birth to twin daughters on 12 July 1817 in Anson County, North Carolina.
By 1829, Holden and Margaret Barrett had moved to Kentucky to join her Mother Ruth and brother Joseph Moultrie Cook and other siblings.
Family folklore has Holden Barrett passing away in 1832/33, approximately 3 years after his moved to Trigg county.
Holden Barrett and Margaret Cook had the following children:
i. Ruthie Barrett, born 12 Jul 1817, Anson County, North Carolina; married John Joseph Doles, 6 Sep 1833, Trigg County, Kentucky; died 1863.
ii. Jane Cook Barrett, born 12 Jul 1817, Anson County, North Carolina; married James Monroe Kimbrough Sr., 1835; died 20 Oct 1902.
iii. Selena Barrett, born 9 Jun 1819, Anson County, North Carolina; married Mr. Gray; married Xenophon Franklin Berry; died 2 Apr 1879.
iv. Matilda Barrett, born 5 May 1822, Chesterfield County, South Carolina; married Benjamin Franklin Bendall, 1839; died 14 Dec 1905, Franklin County, Alabama.
v. Thomas Barrett, born abt 1826, Trigg County, Kentucky; married Martha Gadd; died 1884, Colbert County, Alabama.
vi. Mary Barrett was born (date unknown; died young).
Margaret Cook is my 1st Cousin 6 times removed.
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1. 1820 U S Census, Anson County, North Carolina, population schedule, Huntley, Anson, North Carolina, Page: 18; Line 14, Household of Holden BARRETT; digital images, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : viewed 3 November 2019); citing National Archives Microfilm M33, Roll 80.
2. Anson County, North Carolina, Deed Book "S': pages 223-224, James Baker to Daniel Cook; 9 November 1816, Register of Deeds, Wadesboro, Anson County, North Carolina.
3. 1820 U S Census, Anson County, North Carolina, Population Schedule, Huntley, Anson, North Carolina, Page: 18; Line 14, Household of Holden BARRETT.
4. Anson County, North Carolina, Deed Book "U': page 523.
5. Anson County, North Carolina, Deed Book "U': page 495.
6. Trigg County, Kentucky, "Taxable Property in the County of Trigg (1820-1849), 1829, Holden BARRETT; Image 321 of 1214, Line 9, Kentucky Archives, Frankfort, Kentucky.
7. Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, database and digital images, (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 2 December 2019); Memorial page for Margaret Cook Barrett; (1797–July 1867); Find a Grave memorial:#125945076, Citing Bendall Family Cemetery; Jonesboro, Franklin County, Alabama, USA.
Williams Eddins was born about 1781 in Cheraw District, SC a son of Willliam Eddins and hsi wife Nancy whose maiden name is unknown. He had eight siblings; 2 brothers and 6 sisters.
NOTE: There is a lot of misinformation about this family on line. I have seen trees listng as many as 15 sons and giving surnmes to both wives of William Eddins, Sr. His first wife is the Mother of his cildren; in old age he married again for about 3 years before he passed away. There's a 9 page "Bill of Complaint" that contains all the details.
The name William, Williams and Williamson has been attribited to this son of Willaim and Nancy Eddins. William/Williams was married 3 times. His first marriage was to Elizabeth Ingram and took place about 1808 in Chesterfield County, SC or the local area. There were 5 children to this union. His 2nd marriage was to Hannah Wilson and took place about 1828. There were two children of this union. His 3rd and final marriage was Hannah Deaman, one of the parties of this marriage contract, and took place 19 October 1833 in Madison County, Alabama. There were no known children of this union.
Transcription:
Marriage Contract_William Edding & Hannah Dedman
Articles of agreement entered into this nineteenth day of October in the year of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ eighteen hundred and thirty three Between William Eddins senior, and the widow Hannah Dedman both of County of Madison and State of Alabama. Witnesseth that whereas a negotiation of inter marriage between the said William Eddins and Hannah Dedman hath been communicated and it is intended that the rites thereof shall be shortly, Solomnized, now it is agreed and contracted between said parties that if said marriage shall take effect the whole profits and issue, Growing out of all the Estate of the said Hannah Dedman of what kind soever, that which she now has in possession or right to and that which she may hereafter acquire by inheritance purchases or otherwise shall be and remain to the Joint use and support of the sd. William Eddins and Hannah Dedman for and during their intermarriage, and the sd Eddins my intended husband if please (God) to permit it shall have the management of all my business with his own and myself and after the severance of said Marriage by Death or otherwise all the aforesaid Estate with the increase of the Slaves and land shall descend and go to the heirs of the said Hannah Dedman provided nevertheless that the said Hannah shall have the right and privilege of disposing of the same by last will and testament to which disposition as aforesaid the said Eddins hereby gives his assent, and all the Estate of the said William Eddins shall in linke manner decend to his heirs except such as he may will to his companion as life time Estate or during her widow hood and all the rest shall be free from the claim of Dower or other demand of the said Hannah by virtue of the said Marriage to which the said Hannah hereby asserts and relinquishes all claim thereto. In testimony whereof they do hereby set their hands and seals the day and year above written.
Witness William Eddins senior (seal)
Rich B. Purdom Clk C. C. Hannah X Dedman (seal)
State of Alabama
Madison County
This day personally appeared before me Richard B Purdom Clerk of the County Court of said County, William Eddins & Hannah Dedman whose names are subscribed to the within Marriage contract an acknowledged the signing sealing and delivery of the same on the day of the date thereof, given under my hand and seal this nineteenth day of October eighteen hundred and thirty three.
Rich B. Purdom (seal)
The foregoing Marriage Contract was delivered into the Office of the Clerk of the County Court of Madison County in the State of Alabama for registration on the nineteenth day of October eighteen hundred and thirty three and was duly registered on the twenty third day of October eighteen hundred and thirty.
Rich B. Purdom Clerk C. C.
Williams Eddins is my 3rd Great Grand Uncle.
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