Transcribed by Guy H. Power (21 September 1999)

SOUTH CAROLINA

IN THE NAME OF GOD AMEN, I Alexander Broughton of St. John Parish in Berkley
County in the Province of South Carolina Gentleman being in perfect health and of a Sound and
disposing mind Memory and Understanding (Blefsed by God for same) but Calling to mind the
Frailty and Uncertainty of Human LIFE, DO make publish and declare my Last Will and
Testament as follows.

FIRST and Principally I Commit my soul unto the hands of Almighty God, Trusting that through his mercy and the Merits and Mediation of my Saviour Jesus Christ I shall Enjoy Eternal Life, my Body I desire may be buried at the discretion of my Executrix and Executors hereafter Named and Appointed and for such worldly Estate as it hath pleased God to Blefs me with I give devise and bequeath thereof as followeth. THAT IS TO SAY. I will that all my Just debts and funeral Charges be first paid and Satisfied before any division be made of any part of my Estate, ALSO I give devise and Bequeath unto my Beloved Wife Mary Broughton the full and free use of my Plantation Called Kibblesworth with Two Hundred and Eleven Acres of Land which belongs to me at the Mulberry, with full Liberty to pofsefs and Enjoy the said plantation Called Kibblesworth and also the said Two hundred and Eleven Acres of Land and to plant the same without impeachment of waste for and during the Term of her Natural Life, and on the death of my said Wife, I give devise and bequeath the said Plantation and two hundred and Eleven Acres of Land unto my Son Alexander Broughton to him and his heirs for ever. ALSO my will is, that my said Wife have and Enjoy the Use of the plantation where Mr. Isaac Peronneau how lives and her dower or other right in all other lands that belonged to her former husband in the same right and Estate as she would have had under her late Husbands Will if she had Continued Sole.

ALSO I give devise and bequeath unto my said Wife all my household furniture and plate
whatsoever, and my riding Chair & Chaise and all my Chair Horses and also the Several Negroes
following Vis., Hercules, Daniel, Tandem and her Child Bella, Town Lucy and her Two sons Joe and Hampton, Seaton, Clarinda and her three sons Hanibal, Mouice and Seaton, Sam and his wife
Phillis with her son Ned, Young Hannah and Nanny with all their future Isfue and Encrease to hold
to her, her Executors administrators and Afsigns for ever.

Alexander Broughton (seal)

Also my will is and I do hereby give devise and Bequeath all Other my Lands and Real Estate
whatsoever unto my son or sons that shall be living at the time of my death and such other son, that
my said wife shall or may be Ensient or big with at the time of my death to be Equally divided
between them share and Share alike by my Executrix and Executors hereinafter Named and to
them and their Respective heirs forever. ALSO I give devise and Bequeath all the rest and residue
of my of my [sic] personal Estate to be Equally divided between my said wife and the Children
that I shall have by my said wife and the Child that my said Wife maybe, Ensient or big with at the
time of my death, share and share alike and to their respective Executors, administrators and
Afsigns for ever, and my Will is and I do hereby give devise and bequeath the same and what is
herein before given unto my said wife in lieu and full Satisfaction of all dower and Thirds whatsoever which my said Wife shall or may be Intitled to have out of my said Estate or any part thereof and will that the same be Accepted and received by her in full of all Claims and Demands whatsoever which she may have on. Or against my said Estate, Also my will is that if Either of my Children shall die before they Attain the age of twenty One Years or Marriage as aforesaid, that his or her part of my personal Estate shall be Equally divided between the Survivors of them and the Land shall be Equally divided between the Survivors of my sons. AND I give devise and Bequeath the same to Each of them and their Respective Heirs, Executors administrators & Afsigns for ever. But if my sons or Son should die before he or they attain the age of twenty one Years, Then and in such Case I give devise and bequeath unto my beloved Wife Mary Broughton the full and free use of all my Lands whatsoever, with full Liberty to pofsefs and Enjoy the same and to plant the same without Impeachment of waste for and during the Term of her Natural Live, and on the death of my said Wife, I give devise and bequeath all my said Lands unto such of my daughters or Daughter as shall be living at the death of my said Wife, and to their respective Heirs and Afsigns for ever.

Alexander Broughton (seal)

AND Lastly, I do declare this to be my Last Will and Testament, and do Nominate Constitute and
Appoint my said Wife Executrix and my Brother in Law John Jones and my Cousin Thomas
Broughton Executors of my said Will Giving unto them and the Survivors and Survivor of them full power and Authority to divide my said Estate if need be, and to Transact and Manage the same during the Infancy of my Children Untill the Sons or Son, Shall Attain the age of Twenty one
Years & the Daughters or Daughter until Twenty one Years or Marriage which shall first
happen, and for which purpose, I also Appoint them Guardians of my said Children. IN
WITNEFS whereof I have hereunto Set my hand and Seal this Second day of March In the Year
of our Lord One thousand Seven Hundred and fifty Six

Alexander Broughton (seal)

Signed Sealed, published
and declared by the said
Andrew Broughton and as
for his Last Will and Testament
in the presence of Us, who in his
presence and at his request
as witnefs thereto

Hannah Broughton

Peter Broughton

A. Broughton

I Alexander Broughton, of the parish of Saint John in Berkley County in the Province of South
Carolina Do this Twenty third day of March, One thousand Seven Hundred, and Sixty two make
and publish this my Codicil to my Last Will and Testament in Manner following, this is to say, my Will is that my Executors, do as soon as may be Conveniently done, build a Convenient dwelling
house with two rooms on a floor and two Story High or a dutch roof and Single Story also a
Kitchen wash house and other Convenient out houses, on the North side of my Lott in Charlestown joining to that part of the said Lott which I sold to Mr. Richard Singleton, and I give the free use and Enjoyment of the said Lott dwelling house and out houses to my wife Mary Broughton Broughton [sic] untill my Daughter Charlotte shall attain to the age of Eighteen years or to the day of her Marriage which shall first happen. ITEM as soon as my daughter Charlotte shall atain the age of Eighteen or be Married, my Will is that my Executors do divide the said Lott into two Equal parts by a line from the Street to the back of the said lott, AND I give devise and bequeath the Southermost part of the said Lott to my daughter Mary Broughton and to the Heirs of her body Lawfully begotten for ever. ITEM I give devise and bequeath to my daughter Charlotte Broughton the Northermost part of the said Lott with all the buildings that shall be thereon and to the Heirs of her Body Lawfully begotten for ever. But in case that Either of my said Daughters should die without Leaving any such Heirs then I give devise and bequeath the whole to be Equally divided between all my Children that shall be alive at the time of their death, ITEM I give and bequeath to Each of my Children all the Stock of Horses & Cattle that are branded with their brands, and all the Silver plate that is marked with the two first letters of their Names, ITEM I do hereby Nominate and Appoint my Cousin Peter Broughton one of my Executors in the room of his Brother Thomas Broughton deceased, and do Require and Impower my Executrix and Executors to divide all the Lands that were left by my Father to my Brother Nathaniel and myself and to make and Execute Conveyances for the same to my Brother Nathaniel and to his Heirs agreeable to my Fathers Last Will and the Conditions of a bond given by me to my Brother for the same. AND LASTLY it is my desire that this Present Codicil be Annexed to and made a part of my Last Will and Testament to all Intents and purposes. IN WITNEFS whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal the day and Year above
written

Alexander Broughton (seal)

Signed Sealed and
published by the said
Alexander Broughton as a
Codicil to be Annexed to his Last Will
in the presence of us.

Richard Singellton

Nathaniel Savineau,

Gabriel Pilkington

I the within Named Alexander Broughton, DO make and publish this as a Codicil to my within
Last Will and Testament hereby ratify republish and Confirm the same and the within Codicil in
such parts as are not by this repealed Annulled or Altered. FIRST whereas I have agreed with Sir
John Colleton for the purchase of a plantation Called Exeter for which I have not received Titles
now I do hereby require my Executrix and Executors to pay the purchase Money for the said
Plantation and to Obtain Titles, if they can for the same and I do then and in such Case give and
devise the said Plantation to my son Alexander and his Heirs for ever and my plantation Called
Kibblesworth and two hundred and Eleven acres of land mentioned in the first page of my Will to
my son John in Fee Simple after the death of my wife provided that if Sir John Colleton will
not and Cannot be Obliged to make Titles for the said Plantation Called Exeter, Kibblesworth
plantation and the said two hundred and Eleven Acres of Land shall go in the same manner as is directed by my within Will AND WHEREAS I have fixed no particular time in my Will when my
residuary Real Estate is to be divided amongst my Sons now I do direct that when and as each of
my Sons shall respectively attain his age of twenty one years his Share of my said Estate shallbe divided off and alloted to him I will that the House directed by my within Codicil to be built on my
town Lott shall be of two Stories the Use of of which lot and the buildings to be Erected thereon
as directed by the said Codicil I give and devise to my Wife during life at whose death and not
Sooner the division of the said Lot and the divise thereof as within directed are to be made and to
take place and I give a Majority of my Executrix and Executors the same power to part divide and Convey the land left to me and my Brother Nathaniel by our father as I have within given to
them all, LASTLY I appoint my Brother, Nathaniel Broughton and my Cousin Peter Broughton and my friend John Lloyd Executors of my will and Guardians of my Children with the Same powers and Authorities as are by my said Will given to my Executors therein Named IN WITNEFS whereof I have hereunto Set my hand and Seal Seal this, 28th day of September1764.

ALEXANDER BROUGHTON (seal)

Signed, Sealed, published and declared
by the said Testator as a Codicil to be annexed
to and deemed and Taken as part of his said
last Will and Testament in presence of us,
who in his presence and at his reuest and
also in presence of each other Subscribe our
Names as witnefses hereto.

Walter Coningham

J. Rutltdge,

Hopkin Price.

My will further is that Stephen Nixon be Educated put Apprentice to a trade and Clothed and Maintained by my Executrix and Executors at their discretion out of my Estate.

Witnefs)

Alexr. Garden

Wm Keith

Proved before the Honble Wm. Bull Esqr. Lieut.
 Govr. 13th November 1764.

Last Appeared John Lloyd. one of the Executors who was duely
Qualified as such

these are to Certify that by Virtue of a dudimus
to me directed by his Honour the Lieut. 
Govr. I duly Qualified Mary Broughton exe-
cutrix and Nathaniel Broughton & Peter Brou-
ghton Executors of the within written Last
will and Testament of Alexander Broughton,
deceased.

George Johnston

Recorded from Will book No. 1760-1767

Recorded on Page 436