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From Greenville Co., SC probate court records
These are some of the papers surrounding William Cox 1's death in 1814. Some of the pages are unintelligible, and others are very difficult to decipher. Please take all of the text with a grain of salt. This is my transcription. I tried to find similar wording on clearer similar documents to help fill in the blanks.
From the papers that I can read, it seems that William Cox did not leave a will. SC probate law at the time said that if a man died intestate (without a will), the widow would get a third with the remainder divided among the children. That is what looks like happened on page 7 of the pdf.
From other sources, "Brazer/Brashear Family Saga" book, the authors said they'd seen a will dated Nov 17 1801 (File #2A299) with sons Abraham Cox and William Cox and two other people as witnesses. Although William Cox Jr. died in 1798??
William Cox apartment2/file 99 [hard to read on index]
page 462-487 of 2214 in the online pdfs
year 1814
abraham cox, admrx (is this William Cox 1's son Abraham or his grandson Abraham, son of Isaac, who we are descended from? Grandson would be approximately in his late 20s if so)
See attached pdf for all the pages
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Here's some background on SC probate records (the strange things you learn when researching family history!)
wm-cox-will1814-combined.pdfTranscript
Transcript
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No. 99
Cox, William
estate
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unreadable
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A R??? of the
Estate of
William Cox
Deceased
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South Carolina
Greenville District
A Citation
By David Goodlette Esq Ordinary
Whereas application hath this day been made to me by Abraham Cox for letter of administration on the estate of William Cox, deceased.
There are therefore to cite and admonish all and singular the kindred to creditors of the said deceased to be and appear before me in the Court of ordinary to be held at [my/any?] house on Friday the 25th
Given under my [hand?] this 17th of Nov.
1814
D Goodlett (seal mark)
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Citation for the kindred of Wm Cox, Dec’d
I so herby certify that I did duly read and publish the written citation this 20 day of Nov. 1814.
Jes?? Richardson
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** Note I have left off the money figures to the right as most are unintelligible. Also, please note, that I don't think William 1's son Abraham Cox is listed here. Is that because he is the administrator or that he already got anything he'd get before his father died? I don't know. The rest of the children are listed in what we *think* is birth order. We are 95% sure, for example that Rachel and Sithey are the oldest. Where Abraham fits in here we don't know.
Return(?) of the payments [maid]made to the widow and to heirs in the year 1814[6?].
The widow’s thirds
Thomas and Rachel Long
James and Sithey Brazier
Isaac Cox
Hannah Brazier [????children??widow??? I can't make out the words but believe it's about the children of Hannah Brazier, dec'd]
Frances & Catherine Lee
Wm Cox [first born?]
Wm Cox [his wife and heirs/] <The son Wm Cox had died before his father. There are two lines for him but only one monetary figure to the right so I'm assuming these lines go together in one entry>
Wm & Sarah Brazier
George and Rebecca Croft
[[???? recorded for visit????[[[ -- line at the end
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I do certify this to be a true return.
Abraham Cox [Admin of?] estate
Wm Cox dec’d this 18th(28th?) April 1817
Made before [???] the [??????]
April 181? S. Goodlette J.D.
Releasing the estate of Wm Cox Dec’d
this 5th April 1817
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TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD
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The amount of the sale of William Cox, deceased, in notes
<<First column>>
$ cts
[do = ditto]
Thomas Dier note
Samuel Dier
[?Barrow/Barron/Barrox?] Chambers
Wm Hornbuckle
John McElroy
John Stokes
Robert Alexander[Elexander?]
John Samford
William Jonson[?]
Cairo[?] [????]
Drury Conly
[???] Dickerson
William Cox [[this may be William Cox III, son of William Cox Jr. and grandson of William 1]]
[James or Thom?] Richardson
John Pollard
John Geordan
William Sullivant
Thomas Brasier
Eleanor[?] Wells[?]
Henry Smith
Samuel More
Abraham Cox, Junior [[most likely Isaac's son, William 1's grandson]
Samuel Hicks [[married to Sarah Cox, Isaac's daughter/William 1's granddaughter]
<<2nd column>>
John Bohanon[?]
Moses Cook
Wm Ray
John Campbell
Blake Cotton/Catton
Roland Thirman
Thomas Deere
David Cotton
Jane Cox [[this could be Jane, daughter of William Jr. or more likely Jane, wife of Abraham Cox (the one born in 1783)]]
[????] Dumas
George Bains
Moses Cook
Benjamin Pollard Jun
William Carr
Henry Cook
Garlan Walker
William C[????]
Benjamin Pollard Senior
Aquila Long
Drury Conly
Harmon Hicks [[married to Rebecca Cox, daughter of Isaac]]
Hardy Griffen
John More
Brasier Henderson
John Lee
Paid down
The [leggates??] accounts
Abraham Cox Senior [[William 1's son]]
Isaac Cox [[William 1's son]]
George Croft [[William 1's son-in-law]]
Thomas Long [[William 1's son-in-law]]
The widow
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The amount of money and notes
in hand
Money in hand
Notes in hand
Interest on notes for 1815
The sale bill of the estate of William Cox Dec’d
Entered into office
This 24th Jany 1815
Total of estate 1112.35 and ¾
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South Carolina
Greenville District
By David Goodlett Esquire, Ordinary
To Abraham Cox the administrator of William Cox deceased
Whereas William Cox lately died intestate having whilst he lived [??] at the time of
his death
TBD TBD TBD
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