It’s Family Time~The Two Famlies of Lewis H. Wadsworth

Lewis H. Wadsworth was born on 13 Sep 1832 in Chesterfield County, South Carolina.^{1 2} Lewis, as a child or head of household, appears in Chesterfield County censuses from 1860 through 1900.^{3 4 5}
Lewis died on 7 Mar 1910 at the age of 77 in Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina.^{6 7} His estate (Folder #987) was probated in Chesterfield County, South Carolina.⁸ He left a Will in which the bulk of his estate was left to his second wife, Elizabeth Crawford Wadsworth.⁹

Lewis H. Wadsworth and Mary Ann Freeman were married on 28 Dec 1849 in Chesterfield County, South Carolina.¹⁰ Mary Ann Freeman, daughter of Jesse Freeman and Sarah Jane Davis, was born on 2 Oct 1829 in Chesterfield County, South Carolina.^{11 12 13 14} She died on 5 Feb 1901 at the age of 71 in Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina.^{15 16}
 
Lewis H. Wadsworth and Mary Ann Freeman had the following children:
 
i. Eliza Jane Wadsworth, born abt 1852, Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina; married John B. C. Hunt, abt 1878, Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina; died 8 Jan 1920, Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina.
ii. Sarah Ann "Susie" Wadsworth, born 15 Feb 1854, Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina; married John Daniel Teal, 1872, Chesterfield County, South Carolina; died 9 Jan 1936, Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina.
iii. John William Wadsworth, born 21 Feb 1857, Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina; married Margaret Emaline Davis, 10 Jan 1878, Chesterfield County, South Carolina; died 10 Mar 1938, Darlington, Darlington, South Carolina.
iv. Nancy A. Wadsworth, born 5 Aug 1859, Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina; married William John Odom, abt 1882; died 8 Jan 1937, Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina.
v. Mary Ann Wadsworth was born on 11 Jun 1862 in Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina. She died on 25 Dec 1863 at the age of 1 in Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina.
vi. Effie Wadsworth, born 15 Jan 1866, Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina; married Isaac Berkley Rivers, Chesterfield County, South Carolina; died 19 Dec 1935, Cabarrus Country, North Carolina.
vii. Jesse Thomas Wadsworth, born Sep 1869, Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina; married Julia Susan Davis, abt 1895, Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina; died 10 Jan 1940, Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina.
viii. Martha Lee Wadsworth, born abt 1874, Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina; married Walter Douglas; died 5 Sep 1952, New Orleans, St. Tammany, Louisiana.
ix. Infant Daughter Wadsworth¹⁷ (dates unknown).
 
Lewis H. Wadsworth and Elizabeth A. Crawford were married about 1902. Elizabeth A. Crawford, daughter of David Faire Crawford and Sarah J. Adams, was born on 12 Aug 1868 in Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina.^{18 19} Elizabeth and her family can be found in Chesterfield County censuses from 1910 through 1940. ^{20 21 22 23 24}
 
Elizabeth C. Wadsworth died on 10 Jun 1949 at the age of 80 in Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina.²⁵ She was buried on 11 Jun 1949 at Brocks Mill Baptist Church Cemetery in Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina.²⁶
 
Lewis H. Wadsworth and Elizabeth A. Crawford had the following children:
 
i. James Walker Wadsworth was born on 13 Jun 1903 in Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina. ^{27 28 29} He died in Sep 1983 at the age of 80 in Kannapolis, Cabarrus, North Carolina.
ii. Pearl Wadsworth, born 21 Dec 1905 and died 29 Jul 1986; married Vance Davis.
 

Lewis H. Wadsworth is my 1st Cousin four times removed.
 
 
 
 






 
 
 
 
 
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1. James C. Pigg, Chesterfield County Cemetery Survey; Chesterfield County Genealogical Services, 1995, page 616. Tombstone of Lewis H. Wadsworth; 13 September 1832–7 March 1910, Bethesda United Methodist Church Cemetery, Chesterfield County, South Carolina.
2. 1840 U S Census, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, population schedule, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, Page 372, Line 15, John WADSWORTH; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 3 March 2012); citing National Archives Microfilm M740_Roll 510.
3. 1860 U. S. Census, Chesterfield, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, population schedule, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, Page 115(stamped); Line 40, Dwelling 303, Family 303, Household of LEWIS H. WADSWORTH; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : Viewed 7 May 2013); citing National Archives Microfilm M653_1217.
4. 1880 U. S. Census, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, population schedule, Cole Hill, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, enumeration district (ED) 004, Page 303D, Line 28, Dwelling 80, Family 80, Household of Lewis WADSWORTH; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 7 May 2013); citing National Archive Microfilm T9, Roll 1225.
5. 1900 U. S. Census, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, population schedule, Cole Hill, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, enumeration district (ED) 19, Page 3A/61A (stamped), Line 29, Dwelling 49; Family 49, Household of Lewis H. WADSWORTH; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : Viewed 13 September 2012); citing National Archives Microfilm  T623_1523.
6. Chesterfield County, South Carolina, Chesterfield County Estate Papers, Lewis H. Wadsworth; "Chesterfield County Estate Papers," digital images, LDS Church, Family Search (https://www.familysearch.org/: viewed, downloaded 31 March 2012); Estate Folder #987, died 7 March 1910.
7. Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, database and digital images, (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 7 May 2013); Memorial page for Lewis H. Wadsworth; (13 September 1832–7 March 1910); Find a Grave memorial # 64940896, Citing Bethesda United Methodist Church Cemetery; Chesterfield, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, USA.
8. Chesterfield County, South Carolina, Probate Files & Loose papers, Lewis H. Wadsworth; digital images, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, FamilySearch (http://www.familysearch.org: viewed 7 May 2013); Estate Folder #987.
9. Chesterfield County, South Carolina, Will Books, Lewis H. Wadsworth; Probate Office, Chesterfield, Chesterfield County, South Carolina.
10. James C. Pigg, Chesterfield County Cemetery Survey, Chesterfield County Genealogical Services, 1995. Tombstone of Mary Ann Wadsworth.
11. Ibid.
12. 1860 U. S. Census, Chesterfield, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, Population Schedule, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, Page 115(stamped); Line 40, Dwelling 303, Family 303, Household of LEWIS H. WADSWORTH.
13. 1880 U. S. Census, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, Population Schedule, Cole Hill, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, ED 004, Page 303D, Line 28, Dwelling 80, Family 80, Household of Lewis WADSWORTH.
14. 1900 U. S. Census, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, population schedule, Cole Hill, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, ED 19, Page 3A/61A (stamped), Line 29, Dwelling 49; Family 49, Household of Lewis H. WADSWORTH.
15. James C. Pigg, Chesterfield County Cemetery Survey, Chesterfield County Genealogical Services, 1995. Tombstone of Mary Ann Wadsworth.
16. Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, database, "Record, Mary Ann Freeman Wadsworth (2 December 1829–5 February 1901), Memorial # 64940964.
17. James C. Pigg, Chesterfield County Cemetery Survey, Chesterfield County Genealogical Services, 1995. Tombstone of Infant Daughter WADSWORTH.
18. Elizabet Herndon, death certificate 011117 (10 June 1949), Vital Records, Department of Health and Environmental Control, Columbia, Richland County, South Carolina.
19. 1880 U. S. Census, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, Population Schedule, Cheraw, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, ED 003, Page: 291C, Line 31, Dwelling 28, Family 33, Household of D. F. CRAWFORD.
20. 1900 U. S. Census, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, population schedule, Court House, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, ED #21, Page 104B, Line 53, Dwelling 370, Family 377, Household of Elizabeth WHITE.
21. 1910 U. S. Census, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, population schedule, Hill, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, enumeration district (ED) 0034, Page 84B, Line 78, Dwelling 20, Family 20, Household of Elizabeth WADSWORTH; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : viewed 14 January 2011); citing National Archives Microfilm  T624_1455.
22. 1920 U. S. Census, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, population schedule, Cole Hill, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, enumeration district (ED) 37, Page: 102B, Line 58, Dwelling 30, Family 30, Household of Elizabeth HERNDON; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : viewed 14 January 2011); citing National Archives Microfilm T625_1690.
23. 1930 U. S. Census, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, population schedule, Cole Hill, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, enumeration district (ED) 13, Page 261B, Line 62, Dwelling 47, Family 49, Household of David F. WHITE; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : viewed 14 January 2011); citing National Archives Microfilm T626_Roll: 2192.
24. 1940 U. S. Census, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, population schedule, Cole Hill, Chesterfield, South Carolina, enumeration district (ED) 13-13, Page 4A/173A(stamped); Line 4, Household #45, Household of Elizabeth HERNDON; digital images, 1940 CENSUS (http://1940census.archives.gov : accessed ); citing NARA microfilm publication T627, roll 3799.
25. Elizabet Herndon, Chesterfield death certificate 011117 (10 June 1949).
26. Ibid.
27. 1910 U. S. Census, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, population schedule, Hill, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, ED 0034, Page 84B, Line 78, Dwelling 20, Family 20, Household of Elizabeth WADSWORTH.
28. 1920 U. S. Census, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, population schedule, Cole Hill, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, ED 37, Page: 102B, Line 58, Dwelling 30, Family 30, Household of Elizabeth HERNDON.
29. 1940 U. S. Census, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, population schedule, Cole Hill, Chesterfield, South Carolina, ED 13-13, Page 4A/173A(stamped); Line 4, Household #45, Household of Elizabeth HERNDON.
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Amanuensis Monday~WILL of Lewis H. Wadsworth

Amanuensis Monday is a genealogy blogging theme. It was started by John Newmark who writes the TransylvanianDutch blog.

His definition of Amanuensis is: 

Amanuensis: A person employed to write what another dictates or to copy what has been written by another.
 
Today’s subject is The Chesterfield District WILL of  Lewis H. Wadsworth, 1907.



The State of South Carolina}
County of Chesterfield}
I, Lewis H. Wadsworth, of the County of Chesterfield and the State of South Carolina being of sound mind and memory do make, publish, and declare this to be my last Will and Testament to wit:
First: All my just debts and funeral expenses shall be first fully paid.
Second: I give devise and bequeath all the rest residue and remainder of my Estate, both real and personal to my beloved wife and my bodily heirs, which said estate is to be equally divided between them. To have and to hold said property to her my said wife and my bodily heirs and assign forever.
Third: At the death of my Wife the portion of the estate that I herewith give devise and bequeath to her shall be given to the heirs, born to her by me.
Fourth: I further devise give and bequeath to my said Wife Elizabeth C. Wadsworth , the homestead tract of land upon which she now lives.
Fifth: To my son J. Thomas Wadsworth I give, devise, and bequeath that portion of my estate east of my homestead palace, and upon which he now lives. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my Hand and Seal this 11^th day of July AD 1907
                                                         J. H. Wadsworth (seal)
Signed, Sealed, published and delivered as and for his last Will and Testament by the above named Testator in our presence, who have at his request and in his presence. And in the presence of each other signed our names as witnesses thereto.
                        Witnesses:        E. J. Dargan
                                                  J. P. Mangum
                                                  J. R. Jowers
 
The State of South Carolina}
County of Chesterfield}
Personally appeared before me, E. J. Dargan and made oath that he saw the within named Lewis H. Wadsworth sign, seal and as His act and deed deliver the within written instrument and that he with J. P. Mangum J. R. Jowers witnessed the Execution thereof.
                                                                  R. J. Dargan
Sworn to and Subscribed
Before me this 11^th Day
July AD 1907
 
Lewis H. Wadsworth, b. 13 Sept. 1832 was the son of John H. Wadsworth and Susannah Davis.  He married Mary Ann Freeman, daughter of Jesse Freeman and Sarah Jane Davis. Lewis and Mary Ann raised a family of 7 children; five daughters and two sons. Two additional daughters did not survive through infancy. 
 
This Will was the first clue that Lewis H. Wadsworth had remarried after the death of Mary Ann Freeman Wadsworth in February 1901, taking as his second wife, Elizabeth A. Crawford.  
 
Lewis H. Wadsworth is my 1st Cousin 4X removed.




 
 
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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-1-19383-31958-30?cc=1911928&wc=MMBR-QT4 : accessed 6 September 2015), Chesterfield > Probate Court, Estate records > 1865-1927 > Cases 0980-1052 > image 274 of 1643; county courthouses, South Carolina, and South Carolina Department of Archives and History, Columbia.