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WILL OF JOHN GOWDY
27 April 1846
State of South Carolina }
Abbieville District }
In the name of God Amen.
I, John Gowdy, of the State and District aforesaid, being weak & frail in boddy but sound and disposing mind & being admonished by my present bodily affliction that my life is short & also being desirous to make some disposition of my Worldly Effects do Make & Ordain this to be my last will & testament.

And 1st I consign My body to the dust that from whence it Came & My spirit to God who gave it.

Item 2nd It is my desire that my family, to wit, My beloved wife, My Son Robert M.Gowdy & My daughters Eliza & Jane Should remain together during the life of my wife.

Item 3rd It is my will & desire that my property both real & personal should remain together during the life of My beloved wife, unless she desires it to be sold sooner & if so she is at liberty to have a part or the whole of it disposed of at any time she thinks proper.

Item 4th Whenever my property is disposed of either before or after the death of my wife it is my will that each of My children should share & share alike with the Exception of my daughters Eliza & Jane who are to receive each one hundred dollars, more than an Equal distribution share of my Estate, the children of my deceased daughter Nancy who was wife of James Cunningham are to receive the share that would be coming to their mother if she was alive.

Item 5th It is my will & desire that my friend David Kellar Esqr. And my beloved son Robert (M/W). Gowdy should act as the Executors of this my last will & testament.

Signed, sealed, published & delivered & acknowledged to be my last will & testament this twenty seventh day of April one thousand Eight hundred & forty six.
In the presence of
G.W. Cromer
John X Gowdy (LS)
James Irwin
Issac Branch

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