WILL OF
MATHIAS RICHARDSON

South Carolina           }      In the name of God amen.
Pendleton District      }      I Mathias Richardson of the above State  & District & county – Being Henderson County             of a sound mind and disposing memory, do make and constitute this my last Will and Testament. In the first place I recommend my Soul to God who gave it, and my Body to be decently interred without pomp or extravagance; and as to what worldly goods it hath been please God to bestow upon me, it is my last will and I do positively order, that they be disposed of in the following manner.
First, That all my Lawful debts be paid.
Secondly, that all my estate, real and personal, at my decease, to be equally divided among my Sons and Daughters of the following names viz. Charity Gilliland, Catherine Stanton, John Richardson, Mathias Richardson junr, Frances Clardy, Elizabeth Ward, Mourning Tarrant, Anne Dofsett, and to my three grand children, Aaron, Mathias and David, (Sones of my Daughter Martha Garrison Decd) I give and bequeath a portion of my sd estate, in amount equal to that of one of my above named children, which sum or portion of my estate, to be equally divided among my said grand sons, Aaron, Mathias & David, hereby revoking all former Wills by me made. Lastly I do nominate, constitute, and appoint my sons John and Mathias Richardson, and also William Stanton, Executors to this my Last Will and Testament, in witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed my seal this 27th day of June Eighteen hundred and twenty seven.
Witnesses present
John Wilson           }                                                                           his
Samuel Wilson       }                                                            Mathias  X  Richardson (Seal)
Clark Wilson          }                                                                          mark

Recorded in Will Book A, Page 390
Recorded December 29, 1828
Proved December 29, 1828
John Harris, O. P.D.
Roll No. 587

-transcription by Kate Maynard, 2013