| Barnwell
District Equity Suits. S.C. Archives |
JOHN WOLF vs. JOSEPH
HOWELL JR (widower of Mary Ott
Wolf)
05 Feb 1825
"JOHN
WOLF vs. JOSEPH HOWELL JR.
(husband of Mary Ott Wolf)
Petitioners - John Wolf,
Ann Wolf, Mary Wolf and Caroline
Wolf, minor children of John
Wolf
(son of Jacob), late of Barnwell
District, deceased, by their guardians Margaret
SMITH & Benjamin BRUTON
"Thereupon
their aunt, Margaret SMITH,
and said BRUTON
became their guardians"
... also receipt
from the estate for the children's board 02 Jan
1832, signed "M Arant"
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| Orangeburg
Court Records |
Otis EGERTON & wife vs Jacob
WOLFE & Benj BRUTON, Exor.
25 Nov 1826
The case of Otis
Edgerton & Wife vs.
Jacob Wolfe & Benjamin
Bruton, Exor., contains information on John
Wolfe, John Wolfe's wife and children, Jacob
Wolfe the father of Jacob,
John, and the wife of Otis
Edgerton, and Otis's wife's remarriage.
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| Barnwell District
Equity Suit |
"JACOB RUMPH
& WIFE, et. al. vs. MARY WOLFE
et. al.
Accounting & Partition Filed 05 Feb 1829
John
WOLFE (died shortly after making his
will dated Aug 1819) late of Barnwell District,
owned at his death 600 acre tract of land in
Barnwell District, on Edisto River - leaves to
his wife Mary Ann (Ott)
one-third of his estate"
The widow
married Joseph HOWELL and soon
after died - Mrs. Margaret SMITH
who has recently married Christian ARANT,
and said Benj BRUTON, were
appointed as guardians. Mrs ARANT
testified Mrs. WOLFE (HOWELL)
died June 1821. Col. HOWELL
testified she died May 1821.
In this document
Margaret ARANT refers to John
WOLFE as her brother, this means that Margaret
Wolfe who was named in an 1812 suit,
then wife of Adam HICKMAN
remarried two more times - once to SMITH
& then to ARANT.
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Jacob
bought slaves from his brother Johannes
(John). The slaves were later named in a lawsuit filed by his son-in-law Henry
YOUNG, husband of Martha WOLFE.
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| Henry YOUNG
vs James CARMICHAEL |
Re: Estate of Johannes WOLFE
Orangeburgh Township, SC
Note:
Henry Young is the husband of Martha
WOLFE, dau of Philip Wolfe &
Rachel Minnick
"Then
the S.C. Orangeburgh District: Bill of Complaint
of Henry Young, Adm. Of Johannes Woolf late,
of St. Michael Parish, District of Orangeburgh,
with the will annexed against James Crmichael
[sic] , David Coulter, Henry
Jones, Jacob Ott, John
Woolf (son of Jacob), John
Francis Woolf and Gideon
Jennings -- "Said Jacob
WOOLF now deceased was
possessed of '' several negroes by a certain
bill of sale from 22, October 1773, for £22oo
currency to him paid to him by the said Johannes
WOOLF, the slaves, namely Joe, Sylvia,
Nancy, Frank -- and the said Johannes
WOOLF was also possessed of other
negroes and cattle, etc. and made and published
his last will and testament on the 4th of August
in 1776, and bequeathed unto the said David
WOOLF, Samuel WOOLF,
and Philip, sons of the said Jacob
WOOLF, and nephews of the Testator; four
Negroes Plenty, Primus, Joe & Handy, and two
Negro women Lucy and Jenny, and a girl Sally, and
thereby directed the Margaret WOOLF,
sister of the said, David, Samuel
and Philip, have no
part and bequeath unto Margaret WOOLF,
a Negro girl --. When the youngest, Philip,
should attain the age of twenty-one, the
appointed David WOOLF and Donald
BRUCE were executors.
The said Johannes
WOOLF departed this life on or about the
month, September 1776, without altering the same,
and the said David WOOLF
departed this life intestate shortly after the
testator without issue, without having proved the
said will, and although Donald BRUCE survived
both the testator and David WOOLF
some years, he never had proved the said will and
neglected to intermediate in the affairs. Also,
the said Samuel WOOLF departed
life without issue on or before the said Philip
WOOLF attained the age of 21, and about
the month of January 1789. The said Margaret
WOOLF also departed this life without
issue, and all property became vested in the said
Philip WOOLF, the survivor. In
the lifetime of the said Donald BRUCE, the said Philip
WOOLF possessed himself of a Negro girl,
Mary, a child that he believed was of the said
Negro wench Sylvia and a Negro Joe. The said Joe
is in the possession of the said Henry
JONES (husband of Mary POU WOLFE
- widow of James WOLFE),
mentioned in the Bill of Sale from Jacob
WOLF to the testator. The said Philip
WOOLF on about January 5, 1787, before
the said Phillip WOOLF attained
the age of 21, sold Joe to the said James
CARMICAEL.
About 1787, Abraham
OTT, Gideon JENNINGS,
and John Francis WOOLF possessed
themselves of a number of other Negroes mention
in the Bill of Sale of the testator, and have
kept the said Negroes and used them to great
profit; the said Abraham OTT
departed this life and about June 1800, after
whose death the said Jacob OTT
obtained letters of administration by the Court
of Ordinary for Orangeburgh of the person Estate
of the said Abraham OTT, and by
virtue thereof has possessed himself of a number
of said Negroes. The said Phillip WOOLF
attained the age of 21, and some time afterwards,
about January of 1789, the said Margaret
WOOLF departed this life without issue,
of which premise, the whole of the personal
estate bequeathed to the said David WOOLF,
Samuel WOOLF, Philip
WOOLF, and Margaret WOOLF,
descended to and became vested in the said Philip
WOOLF
The said Philip
WOOLF departed this life about October
1795, leaving Rachel (MINNICK) WOOLF,
his widow, and three children: namely Mary
(abt 1789), aged about 23 years, now the
wife of Thomas TAYLOR, John
Johnannes WOOLF (abt 1791), aged 21
years, and Martha (abt 1792),
aged about 21, now the wife of your orator, all
of whom are entitled to distributive shares.
Therefore, on July 1811, your orator procured
letters of administration with the will annexed
of the goods and chattels which were of the
testator granted by James CARMICHAEL, Esq.
Ordainary of the District of Orangeburgh
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| The separate
answer - - by James CARMICHAEL, Esq, |
Ordinary of the District of Orangeburg, SC
Gideon JENNINGS
The said Negroes
were never out of possession of the said Jacob
- the said Philip WOLFE, Hannah
WOLFE, Margaret WOLFE
and Cebilla (Zibella) WOLFE met
and mutually agreed to a division of the estate
of the said Jacob WOLFE. The
defendant denies viz. That he bonifide purchase
from Adam HICKMAN and Margaret, his wife, who had
been Margaret WOOLFE, daughter
of the said Jacob WOOLFE, and
who is mentioned in the will of the said Johannis
WOLFE that he purchased Sylvia in
January and February 7, 1787, and the said woman
has since had a boy, Joe, 18 or 20 years of age,
as was sworn on February 1, 1812.
[document of]
James CARMICHAEL of Orangeburgh bound to Philip
WOLFE of same for 135 sterling, January 25, 1787
(signed)
James CARMICHAEL {seal}
Witnesses:
Jno. RICHARDSON & Robert SMITH
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The
separate answer of James CARMICHAEL, saith that
he was possessed by fair and bonifide purchases
of three Negroes: Joe, Mary and Eve - Purchased
of said Philip WOLFE & other
co-heirs of Jacob WOLFE about
the month of & sworn to on the 4th February
1793.
Answer
Sworn 06 Feb 1812
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Answer of John Francis
WOLFF, one of the defendants
-- in February
1792, he purchased of Adam HICKMAN for £22 a
small Negro girl, EVE, 5 years old, and received
a bill of sale. The said Adam HICKMAN informed
him that he got said EVE in consequence of his
marriage with a lady by the name of WOLFF
(Margaret), that his wife was
not dead.
Sworn
in Washington District, 08 Jan 1812
[Record] Adam
HICKMAN of S.C. Orangeburgh District, sold of John
F. WOLFF, of the District of ninety-six,
a girl EVE for £22, 4 February 1792.
(signed)
Adam HICKMAN {seal}
Witnesses:
Jonathan DOWNS & Vincent DAVIS
Orangeburgh
District, SC (that) Adam HICKMAN
& wife Margaret for 43
guinea sterling (sold) to Abraham OTT,
a Negro Sally 20 April 1787.
Witnesses:
Jno RICHARDSON & Mary SMITH - Joint and
separate answers of Jacob OTT
& John WOLF - Jacob
OTT was appointed administrator of Abraham
OTT, Dec'd - The said Abraham OTT had
purchased Sally, who since had seven children,
the said Abraham OTT left three
children, one of whom has since married John
WOLF (Mary OTT was married 23 Dec 1802
to John WOLF when she was age 12 - her father
died 1800) -- the said Margaret
wife of Adam HICKMAN, who
previous to her marriage entitled to the said
Negro, and made fair bill of sale.
Sworn
03 Feb 1812
Summons
to John SANDIFER, Wittenhall WARNER, Paul STROMAN
and Jacob WOLFE, Esq. To appear
the first Monday in June 1812. Summons to Jacob
STROMAN, Joseph BROWN, Martin SALLEY Esqs. &
Rachel HUTTO to appear the first Monday in June.
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1751 On Monday Octobr. 28th was
enterred the Body of Anna, wife
of John Wolf, A Liver in
Orangeburg Township
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