Spartanburg County, S.C.

Will Book C

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Will of Nathan Lankston, being advanced in life…. My books to be divided amongst all my children: to Sarah Bennett, Rippons Selection of hymns, and __ Lyric poems; to Martha Yarborough my large Bible; to William Lankston, my pockett Bible; to Nancy Bearden, Butterworths concordance; to Willis Lankston, Elements of useful knowledge and Songs of the night; to John Langston, 2^nd volumn of Village Sermons and Wat's Hymns; to Elizabeth Stone, 1^st Vollumn(sic) Village Sermons and the Crook in the Lot; to Jacob Lankston, Dodridges use and progress of Religion in the Soul and Watt's Psalsm; to Mary Stone, Fullers Gospell ….; to Caleb Langston, Gospell Worthy of all acceptation; to Absolom Langston, Mercers Cluster and Bracons Concordance; to Jennett Stone, Walkers Dictionary and all the remnants of books not mentioned above; I will negro Rose to be applied to pay Rachall S. Compton her legacy of her fathers's estate; my bed and furniture to my wife Catharine Langston; land on which I live and the place where my son Jacob formerly lived to be sold; if Chany Stone pays the demand notes, I will the tract of land on which Chany Stoan lies to my grandchildren of Chany and Elizabeth Stone viz Sarah Ann Stone, Simpson Stoan, Eliphas Stone and Martha J. Stoan, and Chany and Elizabeth Stoan have the priviledg of living on the land till the children come to mature age; my nephew John Bearden my exr. 31 May 1832

Nathan Langston

Wit: Davis Newman

Hiram Yarborough

B. Waters.

Proved by Hiram Yarborough and B. Waters, 25 Feb. 1834