Petition #21382026

Abstract

Starling and Ruth Baldaree petition to receive property belonging to the estate of Ruth's late husband, Philemon Waters. According to the provisions of his will, Waters bequeathed a large tract of land and four slaves to Ruth, his widow, for her use during her lifetime and to descend to their youngest son, Jonathan Dawson Waters, upon her death. Waters also bequeathed several tracts of land to Jonathan, with the provision that Ruth would "enjoy" it until Jonathan reached the age of twenty-one. Waters's executors, James Farnandis and John O'Neall, have taken possession of all the property, except the "property to the amount of" $250 that Ruth and her second husband, Starling Baldaree, were permitted to purchase at administrative sale. The Baldarees ask the court to compel the defendants to execute the will by delivering their intended bequests. They also ask that Farnandis and O'Neall be made to account for the "rents and profits" of the estate from 1818, when Waters died.

Result: Partially granted.

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Repository: South Carolina Department of Archives and History, Columbia, South Carolina

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