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Note: [eva leavell v139t1095.ftw] Information from:
1. Kindred Konnections.
2. Family Tree Maker
3. Will Recorded Will Book A pages 97,98 Probate Court Newberry Co., S.C.
4. According to Matthew Spinella P.O. Box 496 Dover Delaware 19903, Robe
rt Leavell was born in France.
5.Will of Robert Leavell:
In the Name of God, Amen, Newberry County, I, Robert Leavell, being we
ak of body but perfec t and sound in memory and calling to mind the certai
nty of death and the Uncertainty of lif e in this world, constitute and Or
dain this my Last Will and Testament, in the first place , I give up my im mortal soul to Almighty God, who gave it to me, and my body to the gra
ve t o be decently buried at the discretion of my Executors hereafter name d, and as for my worldl y goods that God has been pleased to bestow up
on me I dispose of them in the form and manne r following;: (First) In p
remises; I lend to my beloved wife, Sarah Leavell, all my househo ld furni
ture, working tools of all kinds and stock of all kinds also as mu
ch of my land plant ation as is enclosed in my lines joining Bush Riv
er up to a Black Corner Tree of Charles Crow s near the upper corn
er of my plantation from thence strait across to the Spanish Oak tree co r
ner of John Coles by my spring branch to have and to hold and same and eve
ry of them durin g the whole of her natural life or widowhood: ITEM: I g
ive to my son Edward Leavell the abo ve land and plantation not crossing t
he river being the part that I lent to his mother and wh at of my land th
at lies on the South side of the River, I give to my son John Leavell al so on e hundred acres where he now lives; ITEM; I firm and bequea
th to my son Richard Leavell, on e hundred acres of land joining his plant
ation where he now lives, the quantities mentioned b eing the whole of wh
at land I had; I give my Beds to my daughters to divide them as equ
al a s they can. I also give her mother's equal part Frances Ryal decease
d, my eldest daughter, t o her daughter, Betty Ryal. As for the remaind
er of my estate to be equally divided amongs t all my children then livi
ng or to their heirs. I constitute and appoint my wife Sarah Leav ell a
nd my son-on-law, Elijah Teague, Executors to see to the execution of my l
ast will and T estament, setting void all my other wills as witnessed my h
and and seal this sixth day of Oct ober in the year of our Lord, one thous
and seven hundred and eighty-seven.
Witnesses present:
William Belto n ROBER T LEA
VELL (SEAL)
James Cole.
A true record of the original will this 28th day of July 1797
ATTEST; Fred Nance, Clerk Newberry County.
6. Robert Leavell was progenitor of the Leavell's in South Carolina, Miss
issippi, and Texas . He lived in the Bush River Community of Newberry Co ., SouthCarolina in the 1770s. He married Sarah Coles. He is not mention
ed in his brother's will of 17 Oct 1775' all others are.
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