State South Carolina
Kershaw District          I John R. Joy
Judge of the Court of Ordinary in and for
the Said District of Kershaw in the Said State
of South Carolina do hereby Certify that
the foregoing is a correct and true copy of
the last Will and testament of Ellen Chesnut
the Original of which has been duly admitted
to Probate According to the Laws of Said State
of South Carolina, And Which is on file and
of Record in this office, I do further Certify
that I am the Judge of the Said Court, That
the Same has no Prothonotary or Clerk,
that I am the keeper of the Seal-Thereof and
that the Seal hereunto affixed is the Seal of
Said Court.
          Witness my hand and the seal of
     Said Court this twenty eighth day of
     March in the year of our Lord one
     thousand and eight hundred and fifty four
                              John R. Joy
                                O.K.D.

State of South Carolina
                     I John L. Manning Governor
of the Said State of South Carolina do hereby Certify
That John R. Joy Esqr. is Judge of the Court
of Ordinary for the Said District in the State
aforesaid (as appears by his name in his
hand writing with his Seal of Office thereunto
affixed) And that he is the keeper of the
Seal of Said Court. That all due faith &
Credit Should be given to his Official Acts as
Judge of the Said Court of Ordinary, and
further Certify that the Said foregoing Certificate
of the Said Judge of the Said Court of Ordinary