The typed Will below is the second Will that was found. The scanned image of the first Will was dated 16th December 1861.

There was a renouncing of Robert Trotter as the Exec. of Henry Otis Trotter's Will and Henry's wife Susan Hendricks Trotter became the Exec. of the Estate. Please use the back icon to go back to find all of the documents that pertain to his will and Estate records that we have. There are several of them, there are also the Estate Records of Henry's wife Susan Hendricks Trotter also.

Henry Otis Trotter Box 65 #698

Will of Henry Otis Trotter. Probate Judge Office, Pickens, South Carolina.

I Henry Trotter being of sound and disposing mind and memory, etc. I desire my executor to pay must just debts and funeral expenses out of the first money that come unto their hands. Or sell such property as needed to pay all debts. I give to my wife Susan Trotter all my property that remains both real and personal for her and the children support and at her death to be divided among all my children. I appoint my son Robert Trotter executor. Dated 16 Dec. 1861. Wit: G. W. Keith, Mangum Compton. Matthew Gillaspie.

Signed: Henry Trotter, filed 20 Oct, 1862

Click here for the typed version is first of the Will dated 16th of December, 1861.

Below is the scanned copy of the original Will.