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THE DALGONER GRIERSONS of North America - Page 16
This is Katy Grayson, [aka Grierson] she is the gr-gr-grandmother of Willabelle (nee Hutchison) Schultz. Katy was the daughter of Robert Grierson (aka Grayson) & Sinogee of the Spanalgee Family, Muskogee Creek Confederacy, in their home in Hillabees, in what is now the State of Alabama. Katy then married a Red Stick Warrior, Tulwa Tustunnugee (also known as Johnie Benson) [Robert Grierson was the son of Thomas Grierson & Elizabeth (nee EWART) of Larbreck Farm, Parish of Irongrey, near Dumfries, Scotland whose father, James was of Dalgoner & James Grierson was the son of (Sir) Robert Grierson of Lag. "Auld Lag's" Lineage stretches back to antiquity, to King Achius, about 90 generations.], as mentioned in the diaries of Benjamin Hawkins. "A Creek man, marrying a Creek Woman, always took her clan's name. Hence, Johnie Grierson. The Indians had a hard time pronouncing r's & the negros said "Grison". So, usually white agents who did census's etc., wrote Grayson. It became Grayson upon removal from Alabama & Georgia to the Indian Territories of what is now Oklahoma. Katy & Johnie Grayson had Robert Grayson, my ancestor, who married Martha Danley in Indian Territory. Robert & Martha Grayson had Christie Grayson who married Johnathon Stephan Tilly. Christie and "Steve" Tilly had Myrtle, who married Glover Ross Hutchison. They had Willabelle (Hutchison). Willabelle married John Schultz. They had a daughter, Christie Sue Schultz. Christie Schultz married Dwain Morse. They have a son, Stephan Emrys Morse."
The Will of (Colonel) James Grierson (Loyalist), dated 21st September, 1778 - who was assassinated on date of [June 7th], 1781 by (Captain) Samuel or David Alexander.
THIS WILL: In the name of God, Amen, I, JAMES GRIERSON of Augusta, in Province of Georgia, (Merchant), being in perfect health of body, and of sound mind memory and understanding, but considering the uncertainty of this transitory life, do make, publish and declare this my last Will and testament in manner and form following: (to wit)
Whereas I owe no money to any person or persons but what may easily be paid at any time by my executors, hereinafter nominated and appointed in the sum of one-thousand and five-hundred lbs. lawful money of Georgia, aforesaid by my bond to JOHN GLEN & THOMAS NORTHCUTT of Savannah, [Georgia] merchants if it should not be in my power to discharge or settle that debt in my lifetime; I do hereby request and direct that my executors will, and have it paid off as soon after my death as possible and for the better enabling them to do so, I hereby empowere them to sell immediately after my deceased in whatever manner they think best. Whatever store goods may there remain upon and such part of horses, household goods or cattle as when added to such part of any outstanding debts as can be speedily collected, shall be sufficient to raise a sum adequate to discharging the said bond. Should it please Almighty God that my aged and honored mother ["THOMAS GRIERSON 0f Larbreck [Farm, in the Parish of Irongrey, near Dumfries, [Scotland], died 8th May, 1774, aged 65; and the spouse of the latter, ELIZABETH EWART" - she is the aged and honoured mother] survive me in this life, I desire my executors may send her a Mourning Ring which I sometimes wear, by the first safe conveyance, they can meet with, on which MRS. GRIERSON'S name, etc. is engraved. I give, bequeath & devise unto my dear son JAMES [GRIERSON], 50 acres of land, situate, lying and being on the Kiokee; [?] originally granted to EDMUND CARTBRIDGE, with their and everyof their appurtenances; also the following slaves, viz.: OLD WILL, his wife, JENNY, LITTLE WILL & INDIAN BILLY to have and to hold the said land, tenements, heredicament (sp) and premises together with the said slaves to my said son, JAMES [GRIERSON] as heirs, executors, administrators & assigns from and immediately after my deceased, forever. I give, bequeath and devise unto my dear son, THOMAS [GRIERSON], nine-hundred and fifty acres of land situate lying and being on the waters, Mooney's Creek in the Parish of St. Paul, originally granted CHARLES ANDERSON and to ISAAC LEWIS and to myself as may be fully seen by the said "Grants Reference" being thereunto and with their and every of their appurtenances also the following slaves, viz.: SANCHO (sp) and his wife, PHILLIS and children and LUCY'S son, JOHN to have and to hold the said lands common to her and premises unto my said son, THOMAS [GRIERSON], together with the said slaves - his heirs, executors, and administrators and assigns from and immediately after my deceased forever. I give, bequeath and devise unto my dear son, DAVID [GRIERSON], all my plantation and land situate, lying and being on Rocky Creek in the District of Augusta, aforesaid containing 500 acres more or less by (2) two grants to myself and 200 acres of land situate lying and being on or near the Great Kiokee which was originally granted to EDMUND CARTBRIDGE with their every of the appurtenances, also the following slaves ____________? and his wife __________? CLARA and her son and whatever children she may have hereinafter to have and to hold and said lands, tenements, heredicaments(sp) and premises together with the said slaves, to my son, DAVID [GRIERSON], his heirs, executors, administrators and assigns, from and immediately after my deceased, forever. I give, bequeath and devise unto my dear daughter, KATHERINE [GRIERSON], 1,000 acres of land situate, lying and being on Little River, in the Parish of St. Paul, originally granted to myself with every appurtenance thereto in any wise belonging. Also, the following slaves: viz.: MARK, his wife, PENNY, SAWYER, SAMMY & LUCY'S daughter, MOLLY, to have and to hold the said land, tenements in house situations and provisions together with the said slaves to my dear daughter, KATHERINE [GRIERSON], her heirs, executors & administrators & assigns from and immediately after my decease, forever. I give, bequeath & devise unto my dear son, GEORGE [GRIERSON], seven-hundred & fifty acres of land, situate lying and being on Little River aforesaid, adjoining to the tract which is above, divided and set[?] over to my said daughter, KATHERINE [GRIERSON] and specified in (2) two grants. The one to JOHN ANDERSON, and the other to EPHRAIM o____? with their & every of their appurtenances; also the following slaves: viz.: ABNER, ANDREW, JACK & LUCY'S daughters, NANCY to have and to hold, the said lands herewith impremises[?] together with the said slaves to my said son, GEORGE GRIERSON, his executors, administrators and assigns from and immediately after my deceased forever. And whereas my said children are and will be minors for a number of years to come, and should it please Almighty God to deprive them of me, they will stand in great need of the protection, assistance, and friendship of the best and ablest men which I can appoint to be their tutors and guardians to be and therefore that my said dear children, JAMES, THOMAS, DAVID, KATHERINE & GEORGE [GRIERSON] and everyone of them, their education and estates may be the better taken care of during their minority and marriage, I do hereby give and depose of the tuition, guardianship & custody ofthem and every one them to my said dear children and their estates into my trusty and well beloved friends, (Doctor) ANDREW JOHNSON, practitioner in physic, the (Reverend) JAMES SEYMOUR CLARK both of Augusta, [Georgia], and JOHN GLEN, Esquire, of Savannah, [Georgia], until such time as my said sons shall respectively attain the age of twenty-one years, and until my said daughter shall ever be married with the consent & approbration of her said tutors and guardians, or until she shall attain the age of 21 years but it is hereby provided and declared that if my daughter KATHERINE [GRIERSON], aforesaid should or do marry during the term of her minority and marries without the consent and approbration of her said tutors and guardians first had and obtained then and such case the forementioned gift, devise & bequest unto her my dear daughter, KATHERINE, is declared null and void and my executors are hereby authorized and required to pay to her my said daughter, Katherine, or toher lawful representatives the sum of one hundred pounds sterling which shall be in lieu of all the estate both real and personal hereby given, bequeathed and devised unto my said daughter or mentor[?] intended so to be and the said estate is to be so forfeited by the imprudent conduct of my said daughter shall by my executors to be divided share and share alike amongst my said sons and the survivors of them, anything hereinbefore contained to the contrary, notwithstanding, and I do hereby make, constitute, and appoint the said ANDREW JOHNSTON, JAMES SEYMOUR, & JOHN GLEN, together with my said sons, JAMES & THOMAS, executors of this my Will, and I give to each of them, the said JOHN GLEN, JAMES SEYMOUR, & ANDREW JOHNSTON the sum of £5.00 sterling to be laid out in a Mourning Ring for each of them. And whereas, by the death of my father, THOMAS GRIERSON, Esquire, the estate of LARBRECK in the Parish of IRONGREY, near DUMFRIES, NORTH BRITAIN, descended to an is by law legally vested in me, now I do hereby give, devise and bequeath the said estate of Larbreck (if the same shall remain unsold at the time of my deceases, to them with the income and profits arising there-from unto my said children, JAMES [GRIERSON], THOMAS [GRIERSON], DAVID [GRIERSON] KATHERINE [GRIERSON], & GEORGE [GRIERSON] to them, their heirs and executors, administrators & assigns forever, but in manner following: (to wit) Whenever my said executors shall receive an amount of the decease of my said mother (who now possesses the said estate of LARBRECK (& enjoys the profits and emolluments of the same and who it is my intention and meaning shall possess and enjoy the same during the remainder of her natural life; it is my desire that a proper agent or agents be employed by my said executors to sell the said estate of Larbreck [FARM] to the most and advantageous and that the proceeds may be put into the hands of some proper persons in Great Britain, or elsewhere who can ship and consign Negro Slaves to this country to the amount of the said proceed, and that when the said slaves shall be received by my said executors, and the tutors and guardians of my said children, they, or a majority of them shall divide the said negroes amongst my said children or the survivors of them in share and share alike and whereas I may die possessed of sundry real and personal estate not mentioned yet disposed of by this my Will, my desire is, and my said executors are hereby empowered to sell all such surplus estate to the same real or personal as I may be possessed of at the time of my death (which is not hereby given or bequeathed away) to the best advantage they can for the benefit of my said children, in general to be divided amongst them or the survivors of them in share and share alike, except my small library of books, jewels or particular furniture, household goods or other valuable articles I may die possessed of (which my said executors from particular circumstances may judge which most proper to be given to my children. I give, devise & bequeath unto my said children to be divided and shared out amongst them my said children, as to the distribution and judgement of my said executors may deem to be best for them respectively. It is furthermore my meaning that if any of my dear said children should die during his or her minority, the estate and effects hereby given, bequeathed and devised to him and her or them, shall be equally divided and shared amongst the survivors, provided nevertheless in case of the death of my oldest son, JAMES [GRIERSON] during his minority, that part of my estate which is hereby given, bequeathed, and devised unto him shall descent to my second son, and in case of death as aforesaid to my third and fourth sons according to seniority of age and priority of both, and that the estate and assets hereby given bequeathed and devised, to such of my sons as shall or may succeed by such seniority and priority to the estates and effects of my said eldest son, anything hereuntofore contained to the contrary not withstanding, and I do earnestly request and desire of my said executors that they will pay all the attention that they possibly can to the education of my said children in case of my death or during a term of their minority and that they will have my said sons put to such employments as they shall in their opinion and judgement of any said executors' best calculated and qualified to impart and pursue, respectively so soon as they shall be thought fitting to be bound as apprentices to such employments or occupations. I give, bequeath and devise unto JOHN [GRIERSON], son of my LATE dear brother, THOMAS GRIERSON, the sum of one-hundred [£100.00] sterling lawful money of Georgia, aforesaid to be paid to him when he shall attain to the age of 21 and I likewise leave him to the tuition of the guardianship of those gentlemen who are appointed guardians and tutors of my own children and desire that he may be properly educated and bound out to such merchants (business as he may be best calculated, to acquire a due knowledge, etc., and pursue so soon as they may judge proper, the said bequest to be considered as a donation from me and the apparent responsibility of bringing him up. Educating and binding him to an employment to be deemed a full equivalent for any balance which may appear due on the acount in my books over the title of "the estate of THOMAS GRIERSON." I give, bequeath and devise unto MARY BUTLER the sum of (twenty-five) £25.00 [sterling], lawful money of Georgia, as an acknowledgement of her long and faithful service in my family and over and above her wages and grandson hereby revoke all former Wills by me made and declare this to be my last Will and testament in witness whereof, I, the said JAMES GRIERSON, to this my last Will and testament contained in three (that is to say to both of these said three sheets have set my hand and my seal) sheets of Royal Paper in my own handwriting, here set and seal to the place where they are affixed together at both this twenty-first day of September in the Year of Our Lord, One-thousand, seven-hundred and seventy-eight, I, JAMES GRIERSON (SS) signed, sealed, published and declared by the said testator JAMES GRIERSON is, and for his Last Will & Testament in the presence of us who in his presence and at his request, have subscribed our names as witnesses hereto: P. HOUSTON, THOMAS HANSON, & WILLIAM BREBNER.
Grierson Origins - Page 16
(Colonel) James Grierson's Trousseau - Page 171
Grierson Origins - Page 15
Grierson Origins - Page 17
Grierson Archives
PLAN OF DALGONNER - 1852
Larbreck, Dalgoner & Lagg Grierson Connections - Page 16-A
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