Elizabeth Estes

Other Events:

• Census: 1810, Chester Dist., South Carolina
• Probate: 8 Nov 1819, Chester Dist., South Carolina; Will proved on testimony of witnesses
• Probate: 8 Sep 1820, Chester Dist., South Carolina; Executors Thomas G and Elisha Jaggers petition the court for permission to sell the entire estate in order to pay its debts
• Probate: 18 Aug 1821, Chester Dist., South Carolina; Estate settlement; the heirs each variously receive between $10 and $75
• Residence: 1810, Chester Dist., South Carolina; With a boy and girl age 10 to 15, a man and woman age 16 to 25, a man age 26 to 44 and seven slaves
• Will: 24 Sep 1819, Chester Dist., South Carolina; To daughter Elizabeth Jaggers (a slave Nancy); to son John Jaggers (money from Elizabeth); to son Thomas Garret Jaggers (money from Elizabeth); to her estate (credit from Elizabeth); to daughter Martha Jaggers (a slave); to son-in-law William Estes (money from Martha); to son Elisha Jaggers (a girl slave Amy); except Amy to remain with her mother, Nancy, for one year and provided for by Elizabeth; "beloved sons" Thomas Garret Jaggers and Elisha Jaggers executors; John P Roden, Mary Roden, and Nancy Sealy witnesses

Notes:

Will:
This is easily the most ridiculous will we have ever encountered. Apart from the absurdity of willing people to one another, there is the aspect of attempting to force the living to make purchases at the behest of the dead, not to mention enshrining a welshing on debt. The punchline is that under the legal conditions of the time, Elizabeth did not own any of the people, who were already willed by her late husband. We believe that since her estate and her husband's are kept in the same packet that this will was contested and ultimately discarded.

Elizabeth — John Jaggers. John (son of Jeremiah Jaggers) was born Bef 1755, Chester Co., South Carolina; died 4 May 1804, Chester Co., South Carolina. [Group Sheet]