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MALCoM ERWIN's WILL.
His Real Estate Goes to Mrs. Erwin
for Her Life Time---Fhcn TO HIS
Son-..$2, 900 to Each Of lsis Daugh-
m t;,c nomo of God. amen.

| In the name of God, amen.
| I, Maicom Erwin, of the County of Able
| vile and state OF South Carolina, IN view oil
the uncertainty OF THIS mortal ne ana ;n, tne
mcnt OF Soand mind, memory and under
standing do make, ordain, publish and de-
clare the following to he my last viii amt tea,
lament respecting the property which q klhd
| and beneficent Providence hath bestowed up
on me.
Item lst. After all my just debts are paid
and discharged, the residue of my estate, both
real and personal, give, bequcath and dis
TO nv beloved wife Margaret give, devise
and bequeath, during her natural Wc, my
GIN ana all the appurtenanccs to the same, TO-;
gether with all other real estate OF wnich l
may be possessed at the time Of my death !;
also all Of my chattel property OF every W ue-
| les notes accounts, bonds or chooses In action
Item 2nd. will and direct that all OF the
before mentioned property, both real ana per
sonal, be equeathed TO my beloved wife during
her natural life shall, at her death, go TO anu
become the property Of my only SON, William
Arthur Erwin, subject to the following provls-
ion, viz: should he die, leaving i no we E ,Ts Or
property that may go to him under thls my
will shall return to and become the property
OF my estate, but should he die leaving q vile
but no child or children, then 1t Is my VIII and
hereby direct that one-half OF the real estate
beuueathed to him in this my will shall revert
to my estate and become The property OF the
same to be disposed Of as the law directs
Item 3rd will and direct that all monies,
notes and accounts. bonds and chooses in ac-
ton Of every description OF which l may die
seized and possessed shall be collected into
common fund by my executors hereinafter
named and divided equally among my three
daughters Sallie Hill, Jennie, and Mary jane
McMurtry, share and share alike, ana should
any Of my said three daughters Ole WltnouI
leaving legal issue, in such case the respective
share of such daughter shall go to her surviy-
ing sisters or sister, but If the share OF each
of my said daughters under this provision OF
INV will should fall short of the sum OF tWo
thousand dollars then In such event 1T Is my
will and direct that the deficiency with In
terest thereon, shall be made up 10 them py
their brother, William Arthur, OUT OF In, the
property bequeathed to him in this my will,
or otherwise, within ten years from the time
the same may come into his possession or AZ
ter the death of his mother.
Item 4th. 1t may not be improper TO state
as n reason influencing me to give larger
! share to my son William a. than nave CIV
en- to each of my daughters, Is that he may
nave the means, in case of necessity, TO fur-
nish home to any Of his sisters, If by reason
of any unfortunate circumstance any OF them
hould be reduced TO any such necessity.
Halter myself, however, that the love ana al
% ists, Win always abide amongst them and
that there is no necessity for any positive In
junction on my part or binding, provision IN
this my will to induce or compel such an act
"
one of his sisters
Item 5th. In the third clause Of this my
will wherein direct that SHOULD any OF my
said three daughters die without leaving legal
issue in such case their respective share under
this my will shall go TO the surviving sisters
or sister, it was my intention TO Direct ana
now do so, that should any of them be dead
but having child or children surviving, said
child or children TO receive the share to which
their mother would have been entitled II Nv
ing, under said third clause Of this Will.
Item 9Th. / nominate, constitute ana ap-
point my wife Margaret and my brother VII.
liam John, EXecutriX and Executor OF this
my last will and testament, and direct or de-
sire that they be under no necessity OF apply
ing to any court for authority to execute This
my last will further than to have the same
proven and recorded and to be qualified rs
ExecutriX and Executor thereof, and that no
further returns be made by them 10 the Court
of Probate than the inventory and appraise-
;nent of my estate
l again publish and declare the foregoing
written on four pages rs my last will and tes-
lament.
Witness my hand and seal this 10th day Of
April In the year Of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and eighty,one;
Signed, sealed, published apd declared by
Malcolm Erwin as his last will and testament
in our presence, and we, in the presence OF the
testator and in the presence OF each other,
signed the same as witnesses to the due exc.
ton thereof.
WILLIAM HILL.
ROBERT FERGUSON,
II. Z. HILL.