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Fairfield District, SC Deed Book ?, pages 82-83

"South Carolina Fairfield County
Know all Men by these presents that we William Sorsby and William Watson of the County and State aforesaid are held and firmly bound unto Elizabeth Sorsby of the County and State aforesaid in the full and Just Sum Two Thousand Dollars to be paid to the said Elizabeth Sorsby her heirs Executors Administrators or Assigns to which payment will and truly be made and done, we bind ourselves our heirs Executors Administrators and Assigns firmly by these presents sealed with our Seals and dated this eighteenth day of January in the Year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety-seven and in the twenty first Year of American Independence -- Whereas William Sorsby and Elizabeth Sorsby his Wife both of the County and State aforesaid have this day mutually agreed forever hereafter to live Separate and apart from each other, in consideration whereof the above named William Sorsby agrees that the said Elizabeth Sorsby should have use occupy and enjoy without the hindrance or molestation of him the said William Sorsby or of any other person or persons on his Account or by or through his means or procurement, all the following property that is to say Three Negroes Vis, Sylvia a Wench, Phillis a Girl, & Jerry a Boy, one Feather Bed and Furniture, which she has now in her possession, also one Feather Bed to be given and delivered in three months from this day to my son Samuel Sorsby -- Now the Condition of the above obligation is such that the above bound William Sorsby his heirs Executors or Administrators shall and do well and truly permit the said Elizabeth Sorsby to have used and enjoy, absolutely to herself her heirs Executors or Administrators all the property above mentioned to her or their sole use benefit or Behoof without the molestation or hindrance of him the said William Sorsby or by or through the Claim of him the said William Sorsby or any other person or persons claiming by from or under him or by Virtue of any claim or Demand against him.  And further if the said William Sorsby his heirs Executors or Administrators shall and do at times hereafter for the better ??? to the said Elizabeth Sorsby her heirs Executors or Administrators, all the property above mentioned make such further assurances and conveyances of the sam to the said Elizabeth Sorsby her heirs Executors or Administrators as shall be reasonably required by her them or any of them, and shall not any time here after claim or demand any of the property which she said Elizabeth Sorsby may now have or shall hereafter by any means acquire but to permit to her absolutely to enjoy and dispose of the same as full and ample manner as if she were a fem Sole and not married -- (The Words, Together with all other property that she had and received from her father William Kirkland, being orared, and the words, obligation is is such that the above being intertined before signed)
(signed) William Sorsby (seal)
(signed) William Watson (seal)
Signed sealed and delivered in presence of
(signed) Micajah Pickett J. P.
(signed) Zachariah Kirkland J. P.

Fairfield County
I do hereby certify to all Whom it may concern that the within Bond was duly executed before me and that Micajah Pickett Esq're together with myself subscribed our names as Witnesses to the same --
Certified this 11th day of November 1797 by
(signed) Zachariah Kirkland J.P.
Recorded 11th Nov'er 1797 - Fees 3/9"

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