John GORMAN

Male Abt 1747 - Bef 1803  (~ 56 years)


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  • Name John GORMAN 
    Born Abt 1747  , , Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Will 14 Aug 1798  , Edgefield, South Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Probate 18 Feb 1803  , Edgefield, South Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Died Bef 8 Jun 1803  , Edgefield, South Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Person ID I5452  An Armstrong & A Heffernan
    Last Modified 28 Dec 2009 

    Father Christopher GORMAN,   b. Abt 1715,   d. Deceased 
    Mother Susannah ???,   b. Abt 1720,   d. Deceased 
    Family ID F2378  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Hannah ???,   b. Abt 1750, , , Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Between 1778 and 1798  (Age ~ 28 years) 
    Married Abt 1771 
    Children 
     1. John Spragins GORMAN,   b. Abt 1772,   d. 1820, , Hall, Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 48 years)
     2. Clayborn GORMAN,   b. Abt 1770,   d. Abt 1797  (Age ~ 27 years)
     3. Susannah GORMAN,   b. Abt 1774,   d. Deceased
     4. Sabetha GORMAN,   b. Abt 1776,   d. Deceased
     5. Patsy GORMAN,   b. Abt 1778,   d. Deceased
    Last Modified 28 Dec 2009 
    Family ID F2362  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Nancy NICHOLSON,   b. Abt 1757,   d. Deceased 
    Married 1797 
    Children 
     1. Hannah GORMAN,   b. Bef Aug 1798,   d. Deceased
     2. Rhoda GORMAN,   b. Aft Aug 1798,   d. Deceased
     3. Nancy GORMAN,   b. Abt 1802,   d. Deceased
    Last Modified 6 Dec 2008 
    Family ID F2377  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • 1790 Rockingham Co, NC Census
      530A GORMAN Joseph 1 1 1 . .

      ? Last Will and Testament of John Gorman Senr
      of Edgefield County, South Carolina.
      Signed 14 August 1798; proven Feburary 1803.
      IN THE NAME OF GOD AMEN I John Gorman Senr. of Edgefield County in the State of South Carolina --- Planter, Being of Sound mind and memory Thanks be to God for his mercies ---- Calling unto mind the Mortality of my body and knowing that it is appointed for all men once to Die, do make and Ordain this my last Will and Testament in Manner and form following:
      First I give and Recommend my Soul unto the hands of Almighty God, and as for my body I Recommend to the Earth to be Buried in a decent Christian like Burial at the Discretion of my Executors, Nothing Doubting but at the General Resurrection I shall Receive the same again by the Mighty power of God -- and as touching such worldly Estate where with it hath benn please God to blefs me with I give Devise and Dispose of the Same in the Following manner and form ---- First I give and Bequeath or lend to my Dearly beloved wife Nancy Gorman the plantation whereon I Now live together with my Land adjoining to it ----- also two Negroes viz Dick and Amy also all my household furniture working tools --- Stock of horses hogs and Cattle During her Natural life and also my Servant Luke During his time bound by Indenture and after her Decease the Said Property to Go to the heirs of her body Lawfully begotten by me ------also I give and Bequeath to my Daughter Hannah One Negro Girl Named Frann ------ also I give and Bequeath to my Daughter Susannah Turner Sixty Pounds to be Raised and levied out of My Estate after my Decease Also I give and Bequeath to my Son John Spragins Gorman One Shilling Sterling for I have Given him the other part of his portion before ----- also I give and Bequeath to my Daughters Sabetha [possibly Tabitha] Berry and Patsy Scott one Shilling for Each I have Given them the other part of their Portion before also I give and Bequeath to my Grand Children --- the heirs of my Son Clayborn Gorman Decd. Twenty Shillings Each to be paid out of my Estate --- also I will that my three Negroes viz Sampson Beck and Isaac and Six hundred acres of Land on the head of Mill Creek to Be sold at twelve Months Credit and the Money applied to Discharge my Just Debts and pay off my Legacies as above Directed. I Give the remainder to my wife to Dispose of as She Pleases -------------------- and also hereby appoint my Said Wife Nancy Gorman, David Richardson, and Henry King to be my Executors to this my last will and Testament and I Do hereby Utterly Revoke and Disanul all and Every other Will or Legacy by me before made Willed or Bequeathed ----- Ratifying and Confirming this and no other to be my last Will and Testament... In Witnefs whereof I have hereunto Set my hand and Seal this fourteenth Day of August anno Domini 1798.
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      John (-I-) Gorman
      mark { SEAL }
      Signed Sealed Published and Pronounced by the Said John Gorman as his last Will and Testament Testament who in his presents and in the presence of Each other have hereunto Subscribed our names:
      Test: David Nicholson
      Rhoda Nicholson
      Henry King
      SOUTH CAROLINA, EDGEFIELD DISTRICT --- by John Simkins Esquire Ordinary
      Personly appeared Before me David Nicholson and Rhoda Nicholson who being Duly Sworn do make oath and say they were present and Saw John Gorman Sign Seal publish andDeliver the within to be his last will and Testament and that the Said John Gorman was then of Sound and Disposing mind and memory to the Best of their Deponants knowledge and belief and at the Same time Qualified Nancy Gorman Executx. ---- Given under my hand the Eighteenth Febry, 1803. Jn. Simkins O.E.B. Qualified David Richardson as an Executor to the within the 7th day March, 1803.
      Recorded in Will Book "A", Page 179 Recorded June 8, 1803
      Jno Simkins O.E.D.

      Box #11; Pkg #392, Edgefield County, South Carolina
      Transcribed by Norma Gorman Wright, from photocopy of handwritten original, photocopy in my files, Nov. 2000.

      Deed: 18 Jun 1801, Edgefield District, South Carolina, William Moore to Major Thomas Butler. Deed, 18 June 1801, £50.10 sterling, 150 acres on north side of Pen Creek of Little Saluda River bounded S on Loderrick Hill, N on Benjamin Culpepper. SE by William Sudeth and John Gorman Senr; warrant all but ten acres of sd tract lying at upper end where the line crosses the Charleston Road next to Richardsons. Also 30 acres being part of old survey by John'? Richard Lewis to John Lewis and from John Lewis to John Douglass. lying on Pen Creek joining land of John Gorman. William Suddith, Lodwick Hill, which thirty acres I only defend from myself, heirs and assigns. If the thirty acres should he taken away by an older right, sd William Moore is not bound to make any thereof good. Wit Geo B Moore, William Spragins. /s/ William Moore. Proven 25 March 1802 by William Spragins; Wm Nibbs J.Q. Rec 25 March 1802.

  • Sources 
    1. [S329] Will, John Gorman.
      Recorded in Will Book "A", Page 179 Recorded June 8, 1803
      Jno Simkins O.E.D.


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