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- "Mr. McDowell was an intelligent, common sense sort of man; he was a farmer living near Mt. Olive, and was personally popular, as a proof of which he was the first candidate that the opposite political party had succeeded in electing. The two political parties in that day were known as "Union" and "state Rights," or "Nullifiers" as they were called by some. The Union party were the followers of Andrew Jackson on the tariff question, which had so excited the state of South Carolina a few years previous. The party was afterward known as the Democratic Party. The State Rights party held to the position of John C. Calhoun, and afterwards took the name of Whig Party- both parties honorable in following the lead of such illustrious men as Jackson and Calhoun. The Union Party claimned a majority of fifty or a hundred votes in the county and had heretofore invariably elected their men. The State Rights Party, relying on the good sense and personal popularity of McDowell, succeeded in electing him three times to the legislature and once after it was known as the Whig Party. He raised an intelligent family of children, two of his sons, P. H. and Dr. George M. McDowell, holding positions of honor before their death."
Lizzie R. Mitchell, History of Pike County Georgia (Spartanburg, South Carolina: The Reprint Company, 1980), p. 29.
- Will
Pike County GaArchives Wills.....Charles McDowell March 19 1850
Source: Will Book C. Pike County Probate Court
Written: March 19 1850
Recorded: March 7 1851
Georgia
Pike County
I Charles McDowell of said State and County being about to leave my home and beloved family for a distant country and fully impressed with the importance of manifesting to my beloved wife and children my tender regard for their welfare and being also in possession of a sound disposing mind and memory make and ordain the following as my last will and testament: I never having at any time heretofore made any other (to wit)
Item 1st
Having heretofore given off to each of my beloved children which I will now name (to wit) Patrick H. McDowell, Amelia C. Coppedge, Charles J. McDowell, Amanda T . Garner and Mary A . Wimbray(?) a pittance of my earthly state equal to my ability to give (viz) To P.H. McDowell a Negro man 28 years old, a horse, bridle and saddle, cow and calf, bed and furniture - To Amelia C. Coppedge, a Negro woman 16 years old, bed and furniture, mare and colt _ To Charles J. McDowell a Negro boy and our lot of land and 50 dollars toward a horse, a bed and furniture yet not used _ To Amanda T. Garner our Negro woman, bed and furniture, cow and calf, and horse worth 45 dollars _ To Mary A.S. Wimbray our Negro girl, bed and furniture, cow and calf and desirous that each and every one of my beloved children shall have precisely alike in the distribution of my earthly estate.
2nd Item
It is my will and desire and I hereby provide for the same, that after the payment of all my just debts which I desire _?_ _?_ made without sale of any essentials of my estate; by collecting of debts and not earnings from the same. That my beloved son George M. McDowell, Elizabeth _?_ McDowell, Maria V. McDowell and Francis G. McDowell be untitled and do receive free of charge to them and out of my estate liberal schooling to make them equal in that attainment to their older Brothers and Sisters, (to wit) my beloved son George _?_ _?_ 12 months schooling more, my beloved daughter Elizabeth S. the same, my beloved daughter Marcia V. _?_ years more, my beloved daughter Francis C. the same or more.
Item 3rd
After the fulfillment of the second item - it is my will and desire to thereby provide that my son George M. have and receive, to make him equal with his older Brothers and Sisters, a Negro boy Archibald, to be delivered up to him at the age of 21, or one year sooner shall he marry, one horse, bridle and saddle worth $80, cow and calf, bed furniture. That my daughter Elizabeth S. shall have purchased for her, one Negro woman 16 years old at the time of her marriage or arrival at age, one horse and saddle
worth $80, cow and calf, bed furniture to make her share equal as aforesaid. It is my will and desire and I hereby provide and bequeath unto my beloved daughter Marcia V., to make her equal as aforesaid with other Brothers and Sisters, a like item with her older sister Elizabeth. It is my will and desire and I hereby provide and bequeath to my beloved daughter Francis C., a Negro girl, Martha, one hundred dollars in cash, one horse, bridle and saddle, cow and calf, bed furniture to make her equal as
aforesaid.
Item 4th
It is my will and desire and I hereby provide and bequeath to my beloved daughter Amelia Coppedge $50, to Amanda T. Garner $50, to Charles J. McDowell $75 - to Mary A.S. Wimbray $150 to place them as I conceive equal heretofore to be paid to them at the final distribution of my _?_ estate.
Item 5th
It is my will and desire and I do hereby provide and bequeath unto my wife Elizabeth H. McDowell a lifetime interest in all my remaining estate, real and personal; as well also, as that which may fall to her from her fathers estate subject only to the provisions made in Item 2nd for my beloved children George M., Elizabeth S. - Marcia V. and Francis C. McDowell.
Item 6th
It is my will and desire and I do hereby provide and bequeath, after the death of my beloved wife, to each and every one of my beloved children, an equal share of my earthly estate, to be divided by lot or appraisement or sale as my _?_ _?_ intended, fully observing the foregoing provisions in this my last will.
Item, 7th
It is my will and desire that nothing in the foregoing shall be _?_ to interdict my exe. at any time if in their judgment it is deemed best to buy or sale any property publicly or privately to fulfill the objects of my last will and testament.
Item 8th
It is my will and desire and I do hereby provide that in the event that either of the above Negroes Archibald or Martha, _?_ but apart to my beloved son George M. and daughter Francis C., should die before either of said beloved children should arrive of age or marry in that event the loss shall not be _?_ but to my estate and their share shall be equal in all respects by making it up to them.
Signed and sealed this 19th March 1850
Chas McDowell
James M. Reid
William H.C. Reid
Joseph S. Simmons
Codicil to the foregoing - for the reason that I have not deemed my little gifts to my beloved children not altogether equal, I make the following as my wish and desire, that the sum set apart to Amelia C., Chas J., to Amanda T. and Mary A.S. to equalize, shall bear interest from 1st January last. I also add $50 each to my unmarried children to be paid them when of age or marriage if convenient and if not to bear interest from that time until paid, then a perfect equality as to all the rest of my estate, and should _?_ misfortune befall any of my beloved children during the lifetime of my beloved wife, she shall be authorized to give such child extra allowance, I hereby constitute and appoint my beloved wife and son P.H. McDowell my executors to carry into effect this my last will and testament this 28 March 1850
Chas McDowell
James M. Reid
William H.C. Reid
Joseph S. Simmons
State of Georgia
Pike County
We William H.C. Reid and Joseph S. Simmons do solemnly swear that we saw Charles McDowell sign and publish and declare this writing to be and contain his last will and testament and Codicil and at the time thereof he was of sound disposing mind and memory and that he did it freely without compulsion to the best of our knowledge and that we saw James M. Reid sign the same as witness.
William H.C. Reid
Joseph S. Simmons
Attest in open court this 3rd day of March 1851
Wiley E. Mangham C.C.O.
State of Georgia
Pike County
I Patrick H. McDowell, do solemnly swear that this writing contains the true last will and testament of Charles McDowell deceased so far as I know or believe and that I will well and truly execute the same by paying first the debts and then the legacies contained in said will so far as his goods and chattels will therefore extend and the law charges me and that I will make a true and perfect inventory of all such goods and chattels so help me God.
P.H. McDowell
Sworn to and subscribed in open court this 3rd March 1851.
Wiley E. Mangham C.C.O.
Recorded this 7th March 1851
Wiley E. Mangham C.C.O.
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