In the name of god amen I Joshua Coker Senr. Being sick of Body but of good and
perfect memory Thanks be to Almighty god calling to mind the uncertain State of
this Transitory life that all Flesh must yield to Death when it Shall please god
to call I do make Constitute ordain Declare this my last will and Testament in
manner and Form Following Revoking and disannulling by these presents all and
Every Testament and Testaments will and wills heretofore by me made and declared
Either by word or writing And this is only to be taken For my last will and
Testament and none other - - - And First Being penitent and Sorry From the
Bottom of my Hart For my Sins past --- Most humbly desireing Forgiveness for the
Same I give and Commit my Soul to almighty god my Saviour and to have Full
Remissions of all my Sins and that my Soul with Body at the Jeneral Resurrection
Shall rise again with Joy and through the merits of christs Death and ---
Suffering possess and inherit the Kingdom of Heaven prepared For his Elect and
chosen and my Body To be Buried in Such a place as it shall please my Executors
hereafter named to appoint - and now for The Setling of my Temporal Estate &
such goods chattels Debts as hath pleased god far above my Derserts to bestow
upon me I do order give & dispose off in manner following First I will all those
debts and Dues which I owe to any manner of person or persons whatever Shall be
well truly paid by my Executors hereafter named Item I give & bequeath to my
Eldest son Roberson Coker the Plantation & Tract of Land he is now living on
containing three hundred acres more or less being part of a tract of six hundred
acres Beginning at the west side of sd tract at a gum corner in a Branch Runing
From Sd Branch across to a small Drean or Branch down sd Drean to Mr Evenses
line along sd line to newmans Branch continueing lines made out round to the
Begining Corner the other part of land to be Divided Between my loving wife &
youngest son Clark Coker to my loving wife I give and Bequeath the dwelling
where I now dwell a part of the plantation to be Reserved for My son Clark that
is a field on the Swamp under fence to it self I & acre Round his house (? to?)
The Balance of My Plantation with Rail timber & Fire wood sufficient for the
use                                      wife
of the Plantation I give to my loving ^ Dureing her life at her Deceased to
Return to my son Clark I give to my son Clark a tract of land Begining at the
affoursaid gum corner & down The affoursaid Drean to Evenses line then to my
lower line & across to the middle of puddg swamp up sd swamp & Round to the gum
corner Being three hundred acres more or less two cows & yearlings & Five sows
and twenty six Pigs I Desire to be sold to pay my creditors a negro woman Silvia
I give to my wife her life then to live with Either of my sons or where she is a
mind at the death of her mistress if she is living a mare & colt to the use of
my wife her or theyr life then the colt to Return to Clark my son the colt the
mare is in fole with to my son Roberson when folded the Balance of my stock
household & kitchen furniture plantation tooles for the use of my loving wife
her life then to be devided between my two sons if they cant agree and divid
then to be sold and the money Equally divided with them [-"on bed & furniture"-
struck out] I give to my grand son Joshua Coker a Featherbed & Furniture at the
death of his grand mother if he dies before she does the bed to Returnd to the
Estate a shot gun I wish sold to pay my Debts when the cattle & hogs is sold  a
Flock of geese I give & bequeath to my wife at her death to Return to my son
Clark Coker - - - I Constitute ordain and appoint my wife Executrix and my Son
Roberson & Clark Coker my Executors of this my last will and testament - - - In
witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this second day of April
one thousand Eight hundred and thirteen signed seald published pronounced and
declared by the Said                               }
Joshua Coker as his last will & testament in the presents of us who in his  }
presents & in the presents of Each other have hereunto subscribed our names }
                                               his
                                        Joshua  +  Coker        {seal}
                                               mark
Stephen Floyd
Daniel Passer
        her
Silviah  X  Coker
       mark


Certified True Copy of Original 
Filed in this Office
G (Allen or Ellen?) Richburg
Judge of Probate
Sumter County
South Carolina 

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South Carolina  }
Sumter District }

Personally appeared Daniel Passer one of the Subscribing Witnesses to said Will
& made oath that he was personally present and saw the within named Joshua Coker
Sign Seal pronounce and Declare the Within Instrument of writing to be and
Contain his last will and Testament that he was then of Sound and Disposing mind
memory and understanding to the best of the deponents Knowledge and Belief, and
that Stephen Floyd & Silviah Coker with this deponent did subscribe their names
as witnesses to the due execution of the Same, at the request of the Testator in
his presence and in presence of each other --

Sworn before me this
Eleventh day of March 1814 - 
William Taylor                             Daniel Passer
Ordinary S.D.

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Transcribed by Steven James Coker from copies.

General Notes: 

1. For this presentation, some attempt has been made to reproduce capitalization
as found in the originals. However, this is not an exact and true reproduction.
Line breaks shown are not as found in the documents. Other than occasional
dashes, there is little or no punctuation shown in the Will.

2. Spelling is sic.

3. It is left to the reader to verify the accuracy of this transcription prior
to use.

Steven James Coker
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