JOHN CLACKLER
LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT
John Clackler Senior Last Will & Testament
South Carolina
Edgefield County
In the Name of God Amen I John Clackler of the state & County Aforesaid tho Weak in Body yet in perfect Senses do make this my Last Will and testament as follows Imprimis I bequeath to my loving Wife Sarah Clackler all my Lands Negroes Cattle Horses Household furniture and all other my Estate both real and personal after my Just & Lawful Debts are paid during her life or Widowhood & after her death or Widowhood all my Estate both real and Personal as aforesaid I Give & bequeath to my Loving Children John Pursley William Pursley Moses Pursley Andrew Pursley John Clackler Jacob Clackler Amy Heverly Elizabeth Devore & Nancy Alinbaker to be Equally Divided among them and their heirs forever. Also I give & Bequeath to my son Jacob Clackler fifty acres of Land more or Less joining John Pursly’s Land. I Appoint John Pursley Junior Executor to this my Last Will and Testament In Witness Whereof I have hereunto set my Hand & Seal this fifteenth Day of March 1790 Signed Sealed & Delivered in the presence of
Dan’l Ritchy John (his X mark) Clackler Sen’r (seal)
David Sigler
Proved in open court by the Oath of Daniel Ritchey & David Sigler
July Term 1790 & Ordered to be Recorded.