Craven County, South Carolina Wills
Craven
was created in 1682 as a propriety county and existed as its own
geographical division until 1769 when all South Carolina Counties were
dissolved and replaced with smaller judicial districts. It was located
north of Berkeley County to the North Carolina border.
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Miscellaneous
- Love, Robert, LWT (1779) transcript
Elegant Funerals
By Jeannette Holland Austin
Funerals during the 17th century had flare! Here are a few things which
have been forgotten. People wore a plain funeral ring as well as a pair
of white funeral gloves. Such items were mentioned in last wills and
testaments and passed down to relatives. The time of mourning was one
year, which all family members observed except the widow who might
prefer black until she remarried. The remarriage was certain, however.
In the colonies, there was a need for women to replace those who died in
child birth and of fevers. Also, there were often small children who
needed raising, and, believe it or not, it was not unusual for her to
"select" the next spouse. This explains the frequency of marriages to
sisters and cousins of the same families. If a woman lost her husband,
she had several suiters at her door the next day to compete against one
another. After all, the estate left by her deceased husband consisted
of the plantation and other resources valuable to the community. All of
the work and expense going into the homeplace was not to be lost! The
early settlement of the wilderness country of the colonies was a brave
decision. Not only was their disease, but unfriendly natives went out
the white European settlements with hatchets. In 1622, for example, in
Virginia, Chief Powhatan set out to slaughter every white man. It was a
great tragedy which called for widowers to return to old neighborhoods
in England to find new wives. This was a solemnly respected occasion
during which all of the neighbors generally attended. Sometimes, the old
wills contain interesting bequests regarding the funeral.
- Abbeville Co. SC Wills, Estates, Minutes, Land Grants #genealogy #southcarolinapioneers
Abbeville County Wills, Estates, Minutes, Land Grants Abbeville County
was part of Ninety-Six District where the old deed may be found. It
became Abbeville County in 1785, with parts later divided into Greenwood
(1897) and McCormick (1916) counties. The county and the county seat
were both named for the French town, Abbeville. The county was settled
primarily by Scotch-Irish and French Huguenot farmers in the
mid-eighteenth century. After the treaty with the Cherokee Indians
signed in 1777 at Dewitt's Corner (now Due West) with a flux
ofScotch-Irish and French Huguenot farmers. Abbeville played a major
role in the secession…
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