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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