South Carolina, Fairfield
District: This indenture made and concluded, signed and sealed
by & between Nancy Reynolds of the District and State aforesaid
on the one part and Reuben Harrison of the same District and
State on the other part. Witnesseth, that whereas the said Nancy
Reynolds and Reuben Harrison are about to be joined & united
in the Holy State of Matrimony & become man & wife, &
whereas by the law of the land the said Nancy Reynolds would
after marriage & by virtue thereof acquire the right of Dower
in & to the Property both real & personal from the said
Reuben Harrison, & the same would after his death vest in
her, unless and provided a contract, bargain covenant, or marriage
contract be made, concluded & executed by the said Nancy
Reynolds with him the said Reuben Harrison, his heirs and assigns
wherein & whereby for & in consideration of the property
& valuable consideration therein mentioned & secured,
or intended to be secured to her the said Nancy Reynolds, her
heirs & assigns forever, by the said Reuben Harrison, the
said Nancy Reynolds will and does relinquish and forever renounce,
acquit & release for herself & for her heirs all her
right of Dower to, & in all the property both real &
personal of him the said Reuben Harrison, to him & his heirs
forever; for that purpose & to the intent that she the said
Nancy Reynolds may renounce & relinquish & divest herself
her & her heirs of all right, title claim & interest
to, or in Dower, or to or in right of Dower, to or in all the
property both real & personal of him the said Reuben Harrison;
Now know ye that the said Nancy Reynolds for and in consideration
of the property and valuable consideration following, that is
to say, of two hundred acres of land lying & being on Sawneys
Creek in Fairfield District & being part of a tract (of)
land known by the name of the Barrot tract, & for & in
consideration of a Negro fellow named Pleasant about twenty years
old, & of a Negro woman named Mary about twenty one years
old, one young able work mule, one young saddle horse, two likely
cows & calves, six head of sheep, two sows & pigs, as
well as for & in consideration of the property to be mentioned
& set forth in another part of this Indenture, or instrument
of writing, does by these presents relinquish, renounce, release
& give up forever all her right, title, claim & interest
of to & in Dower or right of Dower which would otherwise
& without this contract, bargain, covenant or marriage contract,
after marriage accrue or arise or attach to her in all the property
both real & personal of him the said Reuben Harrison; and
the said Nancy Reynolds for, & in consideration of all the
property above mentioned, & hereafter to be mentioned doth
hereby relinquish, renounce give up & release all right,
title claim & interest to & in Dower, or the right of
Dower, to & in all the property both real & personal
of him the said Reuben Harrison which after marriage might accrue
or attach to her the said Nancy, were it not for this contract,
bargain, covenant & mariage contract; and the said Reuben
Harrison for & in consideration of Marriage with the said
Nancy Reynolds, & for & in consideration of her relinquishment
& renunciation of Dower to & in all his property both
real & personal doth by these presents, give, grant, bargain
sell & convey to her the said Nancy Reynolds her heirs &
assigns forever, two hundred acres of land lying and being on
Sawneys Creek, & being part of a tract commonly called the
Barrot tract, which two hundred acres of land is to be taken
from any part of said land in a body, that she or her heirs may
choose, and also a Negro fellow named Pleasant about twenty one
years of age, one Negro woman named Mary about twenty one years
old, & one young able mule, one young saddle horse, two likely
cows & calves, six head of sheep, two sows & pigs, &
also a good feather bed bedsted & bed furniture and all the
household & kitchen furniture in his possession at his death,
& whatever silver plate, & farming utensils, & poultry
of every description in his possession at his death, and the
said Reuben Harrison further promises & agrees that in case
he dies before the said Nancy, that then the said Nancy Reynolds
shall have one years provision of corn, pork, & fodder for
herself Negroes & stock. In witness whereof the said Nancy
Reynolds, & Reuben Harrison have hereunto set their names
& affixed their seals this 1st day of November1834. In the
presence of Jas. E. Graham, Jno. Smart & Griffith Graham.
Nancy Reynolds her X mark (Seal)
Reuben Harrison (Seal)
State of South Carolina, Fairfield District
Personally came before me Jno. Smart who made oath that he saw
the within deed duly executed between Reuben Harrison & Nancy
Reynolds, & that James E. Graham, Griffith Graham & himself
subscribed their names as witnesses to the same, in the presence
of each other and the said parties. Sworn before me Jany 8th,
1835.
Jno. Smart (Seal), J. (?) Elliott (Seal) . Recorded Jany 8th
1835).
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