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- Richard Fondren and his wife Sarah were in Tennessee, so Richard gave his power of attorney to his brother Jesse. The abstract reads as follows:
State of Tennessee, Franklin County. Richard Fondren of State and county aforesaid appoints Jesse Fondren his attorney to demand from the "state" (sic) of Thomas Cole deceased from executors of said estate, all my legacy, dated 18 Oct 1816. Richard Fondren, Wit: William Fondrin Senior, William Fondrin Junior. Proved by the oath of William Fondrin 11 Nov 1816 before J. Camp, J.P. (Deed Book P, page 149, Spartanburg County, SC)
The sale of a portion of Thomas Cole's property on the 7th and 8th of February, 1817, shows the amount received to be $740.80 1/4, and included: 1 close brush, 1 cotton wheel, 1 churn, a pair of fire dogs, 100 lbs of bacon, 1 hogs head, 1 old barrel, old pewter, Bible and hymn book, flat iron, old tools, 3 weeding hoes, 4 beds, 2 coffee pots, blankets, quilts and sheets, 2 table cloths, numerous other articles of furniture and household items, numerous farm animals and farm equipment, and 1 negro boy Sam, 1 negro girl Selvy.
Other slaves, as well as land, were not sold, but went directly to the heirs. The will states that his "daughter Patsey has received as follows which is to be deducted out of her part one horse twenty five dollars one umbrella seven and a half one trunk seven dollars."
This man, Thomas Cole, signed his will with his mark (X), yet he had accumulated all this property, served in the South Carolina Militia "since the fall of Charleston as private and lieutenant in Roebuck's Regiment of Anderson's Return," (for which service he received twenty pounds, two shillings and one penny half penny on August 2, 1786), and raised a large family.
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Yates and Others
1776 - 1830 (54 years)
