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 #117
William Lawrence Massey1
This estate folder begins at image #720 and ends with image #730. (images 720-730)
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William Lawrence Massey, age 47, died intestate on 17 May 1862 in Mt. Croghan, South Carolina. he was born in 1815, a son of William Massey and Nancy Thurman.
He married Huldah Meadows about 1829. This date is calculated based on the birth of their first born, a daughter, Mary Ann Jane Massey born 31 Jan 1830. Surviving him at his death was his widow, Huldah, and 13 children. Two children also preceded him in death.
The Courts granted Thomas P. Davis letters of Administration on the estate which consisted of two property parcels (140 and 60 acres) and personal property.
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State of South Carolina}2
Chesterfield District}
To Hugh Craig, Sen. Esquire, Ordinary
The Petition of Thomas P. Davis
Shewth that William L. Mafsey late of said district, lately died intestate, having while he lived and at the time of his death certain real estate lying and being in said district, consisting of two tracts of lands – one on the waters of Thompson containing 140 acres of land more or lefs, bounded by lands of Stephen Jackson, Mary Jackson, Wm Timmons, John Huntley, and others – the other tract on the waters of Thompson creek, containing about 60 acres more or less bounded by John Huntly, Wm. Timmons and others – and that your petitioner having taken out letters of administration on said Estate, desires that the above lands be divided or sold according to law. T. P. Davis
May 24th 1867 Admr.
This letters resulted in Court action to divide the estate which his been summarized here: 3
[#114] Davis, Thomas P. Adm. & wife vs. Stephen Jackson & others - Bill for marshaling assets, injunction & c 1867
William L. Massey died intestate in May 1862, leaving his widow, Hulda Massey and his children: Nancy intermarried with Thomas P. Davis; Allston H. Massey; Mary Ann intermarried with Phillip Rivers; Lydia intermarried with William J. Rivers; Ellen, widow [William] Isaac Hurst died after the death of Wm. L. Massey; Pleasant W. Massey; Sarah, widow of Demsy Rivers, died prior to death of Wm. L. Massey and has since remarried to Leander Sweatt; Rosa intermarried with Thomas F. Davis; Rueben Massey; Hulda (Jr) intermarried with Hugh M. Massey; and James Massey, the last three infants under the age of 21.
The following list of heirs were also found within the probate folder. 4
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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-1-19384-43473-34?cc=1911928 : accessed 4 June 2016), Chesterfield > Probate Court, Estate records > 1865-1927 > Cases 0088-0152 > image 720 of 1495; county courthouses, South Carolina, and South Carolina Department of Archives and History, Columbia.
[2]"South Carolina Probate Records, Files and Loose Papers, 1732-1964," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1-19384-43277-32?cc=1911928 : accessed 4 June 2016), Chesterfield > Probate Court, Estate records > 1865-1927 > Cases 0088-0152 > image 726 of 1495; county courthouses, South Carolina, and South Carolina Department of Archives and History, Columbia.
[3]SOURCE: #114 Index and Genealogical Abstracts of the Chesterfield District Court of Common Pleas, Equity Side, 1823-1869, page 133 as recorded in "Cheraw/Chesterfield District Wills, 1750-1865 & Abstracts from the Court of Common Pleas 1823-1869, Published by James C. Pigg, Copyright 1995. Lists all 12 of the 14 known children of William & Hulda Massey; not listed is Lottie (Sept 1844) and Benjamin T. Massey (1838-1848); the two children that predeceased their father. .
[4]"South Carolina Probate Records, Files and Loose Papers, 1732-1964," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1-19384-43809-10?cc=1911928 : accessed 4 June 2016), Chesterfield > Probate Court, Estate records > 1865-1927 > Cases 0088-0152 > image 727 of 1495; county courthouses, South Carolina, and South Carolina Department of Archives and History, Columbia.
