State of New York }
City and County of New York}ss
I Moses B. Maclay, residing in the City of
New York, a commissioner in said State, to take Depositions, affidavits, acknowl-
edgements of Deeds, powers of Attorney &c to be used or recorded in the
State of Florida, duly commissioned and Qualified, do hereby certify and make
known that on the day of the date hereof, before me personally appeared Ann
Vanderbergh wife of James Vanderbergh the grantor in the written
Deed, who being by me examined seperately and apart from husband;
acknowledged that she executed the above relinquishment & renunciation of
her Dower freely and voluntarily & without any compulsion, constraint,
apprehension or fear of, or from her said husband, and that she wished
not to retract it
(Seal) Witness my hand and seal of office this 17th day of
January A.D. 1854
Moses B. Maclay
Florida Commissioner in New York
Recorded Apr 5th 1854
Robt Youngblood
Clerk
State of South Carolina}
Kershaw District }
Whereas James Chesnut and Thomas
Whitaker by Testamentary appointment, and Qualification according to
deceased, which bears date the 3rd day of May A.D. 1839, and whereas
the said John Chesnut, in the fifth clause of the said last will
and Testament, enjoins a certain duty, and thereby confers a power
upon his said Executors in the following words, to wit; I direct that before
my Daughters shall be put in possession of the property to which they shall
become entitled under the provisions of this will, my Executrix, and Executors
shall secure it to them, so that it shall not in any way be liable to the
disposal, or for the debts of there Husbands, and if any my Daughters shall
die without issue, the property of the Daughter or Daughters so dying, to which
She or they shall become entitled under this will, shall revert to my
other children in equal proportions. And whereas the said Executors in
the manner prescribed by the Testater, have proceeded to divide that por=
=tion of his personal Estate which is subject to division and are accor
=ding the last directions of the said last Will and Testament prepared
to assign one of the Shares of the said Estate, so divided, for Mary Whitaker
Haile Second Daughter of Testater, and now wife of Edward Haile of
the District and State aforesaid. To The End Therefore, that the
property, hereinafter specified, are comprised in the said Share, shall be
secured to the said Mary Whitaker, before it goes into her possession,
and that the provisions of the Will of the Testater in relation to the same
may in all respects be fully carried out into effect.
Know all men by these presents, the we James Chesnut
and Thomas Whitaker, Executors as aforesaid of the said last Will and
testament, pursuing the directions of our Testator, and by virtue of power
and authority in us vested by the said Will and Testament, inconsideration of ten dollars to |