Chesterfield County SC Estates~Estate Folder #494A ~ William Frederick Rivers

Chesterfield County SC Estate Series:  This is a series of postings of 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 resource if you are looking for ancestors in Chesterfield County, South Carolina.

Today’s subject is the Estate of William Frederick Rivers.


William Frederick Rivers, a Chesterfield merchant, died at the Charlotte Sanatorium on the late evening of 3 September 1926. He was a son of James Samuel Rivers and Laura Jane Davis. 

He left a sizable estate, his widow Nettie and 7 children varying in age from 15 to 9 months. One child, Vera Mae, had passed away just pass her 3rd birthday, at age 3, on 8 August 1918. 

His widow, Nettie (Hinson) Rivers was name administratrix of the Estate of her husband, William Frederick Rivers.

Heirs-at-law of the Estate are:

• Nettie (Hinson) Rivers, age 33, Wife
• James Rivers, age 15, Son
• Maggie Rivers, age 12, Daughter
• William Rivers, age 9, Son
• Lera Rivers, age 7, Daughter
• Pauline Rivers, age 5, Daughter
• Roberta Rivers, age 3, Daughter
• E. B. [Eugene B.] Rivers, age 9 mo., Son

Image 527, Probate Folder 494A

This is a lengthy estate consisting of 38 images.


William Frederick Rivers is my second cousin 3 times removed.





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Sunday’s Obituary~Mr. W. Fred Rivers

This is an exact transcription of the obituary for William Frederick Rivers, son of William Frederick Rivers and Lucy Jane Odom.

Mr. W. Fred Rivers, of the Zoar community died at his home last Friday morning at about 6 O'clock. He was fifty-one years of age and was a son of the late W. Fred Rivers. He leaves a wife and six children to mourn his death. Mrs. Rivers, before her marriage was Miss Lillie Jones. The funeral services were conducted by the Revs. Peeler and Brown of Chesterfield.[1]

William Frederick Rivers was born March 25, 1871 and died March 5th, 1922. He married Lillie M. Jones in 1905. To this union was born 7 children; 5 sons and two daughters. The youngest child, a son, was a mere 3 months and 12 days old when his Father passed away.

William Frederick Rivers is my second cousin 3 times removed.


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[1] James C. Pigg, Obituaries from The Chesterfield Advertiser, 1892-1926; Self-Publish, 2001. Obituary of W. Fred Rivers;The Chesterfield Advertiser,11 May 1922, Page 1, Col 1, Chesterfield County, South Carolina.