=  J.S. Gibbes  =

State of South Carolina }
  County of Charleston  }

Present:  Honorable William E. Vincent, Probate Judge for the
County of Charleston
          Personally appeared before me Mrs. Mary L.
Ferris, subscribing witness to the annexed instrument of writing
purporting to be the Last Will and Testament of James S. Gibbes
late of Charleston, deceased, who being duly sworn, deposeth and
saith that she was present and did see the said instrument of
writing duly executed by the said James S. Gibbes. And de-
ponent further saith that the said James S. Gibbes at the time
of executing the said instrument of writing, was, to the best of
deponents Knowledge and belief, of sound and disposing mind, memory
and understanding, and that Marie L. Ferris (the deponent)
and Cornelius Barnswell and P.A. Emanuel, in the presence
of each other and of the said James S. Gibbes and at his
request, signed their names and witnesses to the due execution
of the same.         (Signed)  M.L. Ferris
Sworn and subscribed to before me this   }
first day of May in the year of our Lord }
one thousand eight hundred & eighty eight}

State of South Carolina }
Charleston County       }
                      I, William E. Vincent, Judge of Probate
in and for the County and State aforesaid do hereby certify that
the within Third Codocil to the Last Will and Testament of James
S. Gibbes, deceased, was this day admitted to probate in Common
form upon the oath of Mrs. M.L. Ferris, one of the subscribing
witnesses to the same & that R.B. Ferris, Esq, H.S. Holmes Esq, John
Haile Esq and E.H. Sparkman Esq obtained Letters Testamentary
                  Given under my hand and seal this First
                  day of May, A.D. eighteen hundred and eighty eight
                               (signed)  W.E. Vincent
                                              P.J.