South
Carolina!
Alexander
and
possibly
Sarah
arrived
in
the
Kershaw
District
area
of
South
Carolina
between
1810
and
November
1812.
Although
they
are
not
found
the
1810
Census
for
the
area,
later
census
records
show
that
all
five
of
their
known
children
were
born
in
this
state,
the
first
child,
John
N.
born
possibly
as
early
as
1810.
Book
G
page
116
Deeds
and
Conveyances,
Kershaw
District,
South
Carolina;
Dated
November
17
1812,
Recorded
May
25
1814
accessed
and
copiedat
the
Camden
County
Courthouse
in
Kershaw
South
Carolina
by
Lori
McLeod
Wilke
and
David
Jay
Wilke
June
2003
All
of
the
known
records
of
Alexander
were
recorded
in
Kershaw
District,
however
research
has
revealed
that
almost
all
of
Alexander
and
Sarah's
associations
have
been
found
to
have
been
with
Sumter
District
residents,
evidenced
by
his
Estate
record
and
the
marriages
of
their
children.
Deeds
and
Estate
Records
of
Alexander
McLeod,
accessed
and
copied
by
Lori
McLeod
Wilke
2000
-
2006,
Sumter
and
Camden
Courthouses,
Sumter
and
Kershaw
Counties,
South
Carolina
1810
-
A
Kershaw
District/County
Record
exists
that
shows
an
Alexander
McLeod
for
a
Norman
McLeod
vs.
Jeremiah
Simmons
and
David
Kitterell."
This
record
has
not
been
investigated
at
this
time,
so
caution
is
advised
in
attaching
this
to
our
Alexander
and
Norman.
These
1810
Minutes
of
the
Common
Court,
although
regarding
both
an
Alexander
and
Norman
McLeod,
cannot
be
attibuted
to
OUR
Alexander
(h/o
Sarah
McIntosh)
with
any
degree
of
certainty
to
date.
However,
an
index
of
the
Kershaw
District
Court
of
Common
Pleas
shows
several
lawsuits
involving
a
Norman
McLeod
between
the
years
1810
and
1822
-
a
copy
of
one
of
these
lawsuits
found
in
the
Camden
Archives
has
some
of
indication
that
it
may
be
for
the
brother
of
Alexander....another
lawsuit
"Mary
Lackey
vs
Norman
McLeod"
cr
1820
is
also
of
interest
in
our
research
(See
Norman
McLeod
-
descendants
of
Elizabeth
Lackey
believe
that
they
are
descendants
of
Norman
McLeod,
son
of
Angus
and
Nancy
McCutchen
MacLeod
-
DNA
testing
may
help
prove
the
relationship)
April
16,
1810
The
Minutes
of
the
Kershaw
District
Court
of
Common
Pleas
Reference
to
Kershaw
Court
Minutes
from
the
McLeod
Family
History
compiled
cr.
1960
provided
by
Donald
Ross
McLeod
Jr.
/
Index
of
McLeod
Court
Cases
heard
in
the
Kershaw
Court
of
Common
Pleas,
found
June
2006
in
the
Camden
Archives
by
Lori
McLeod
Wilke
and
David
Jay
Wilke
1812
On
November
17th
1812,
Alexander
purchased
from
Micajah
Woodward
225
acres
located
"the
same
more
or
less
situate
in
the
district
aforesaid"
(meaning
more
or
less
in
Kershaw
District)
on
Horsepen
Branch
on
the
waters
of
the
Scape
Or
and
Black
River.
The
land
was
part
of
an
December
3
1786/7,
2550
acre
grant
to
Issac
Lenoir
(State
Plats
19:179/plat
099-008
19:279:00).
Lenoir
had
apparently
left
this
portion
of
his
estate
to
his
daughter,
who
had
married
Micajah
Woodward
as
her
second
husband.
The
land
was
bordered
Southeast
by
Spann
Land;
Northeast
by
Arrants;
Northwest
by
Issac
Lenoir's
land
and
Southwest
by
the
Horsepen
Branch.
The
deed
was
witnessed
by
John
McKay,
Alexander's
brother
in
law
by
1828.
Book
G
page
116
Deeds
and
Conveyances,
Kershaw
District,
South
Carolina;
Dated
November
17
1812,
Recorded
May
25
1814
accessed
and
copiedat
the
Camden
County
Courthouse
in
Kershaw
South
Carolina
by
Lori
McLeod
Wilke
and
David
Jay
Wilke
June
2003
The
1821
Mill
Map
done
by
Stephen
Henry
Boykin
(improved
in
1825)
shows
that
Horsepen
Branch,
like
Beaverdam
Branch
where
Alexander's
brother
Daniel
and
his
father,
Angus,
as
well
as
his
brother
in
law,
John
McKay,
owned
land,
crossed
the
border
of
the
two
counties.
This
map
and
the
words
of
the
deed
"more
or
less
situate",
confirmed
that
Alexander's
land
likely
lay
on
or
crossed
the
border
of
Kershaw
and
Sumter
Districts
explaining
why
so
many
of
his
business
associates
were
Sumter
District
residents
and
not
Kershaw.
It
also
explained
the
presence
of
his
children,
although
living
on
inherited
land
in
later
years,
were
found
in
Sumter
as
well
as
Kershaw.
The
boundary
lines
of
the
two
counties
were
changed
frequently.
Mill
Map
Found
on
line
at
SC
Genweb/Book
G
page
116
Deeds
and
Conveyances,
Kershaw
District,
South
Carolina;
Dated
November
17
1812,
Recorded
May
25
1814
accessed
and
copied
at
the
Camden
County
Courthouse
in
Kershaw
South
Carolina
by
Lori
McLeod
Wilke
and
David
Jay
Wilke
June
2003
It
appears
possible
that
Alexander
and
Sarah
owned
land
in
Sumter
County
on
the
Beaverdam
Branch
although
records
of
its
purchase
have
yet
to
be
found.
Albert
John
McLeod,
grandson
of
Alexander,
stated
in
the
1920
interview
that
Alexander
had
two
grants
of
land
on
Beaverdam.
I
originally
believed
that
the
interview
had
mixed
up
the
Beaverdam
ownership,
attributing
it
to
Alexander
when
in
fact
it
had
been
Daniel
who
owned
land
there-recent
evidence
has
been
found
to
indicate
that
Alexander
may
also
owned
land
on
Beaverdam
Branch,
which
he
possibly
Deed
Gifted
to
his
elder
children
before
his
death
in
1824.
Deeds
and
Estate
Records
of
the
children
of
Alexander
and
Sarah
McIntosh,
research
done
by
Lori
McLeod
Wilke
2000-2006
/January
1
1841
Alex
McLeod
to
R.
James
accessed
and
copied
by
Lori
McLeod
Wilke,
David
J.
Wilke
and
Trish
and
Elizabeth
Brown
on
June
25th,
2004
at
the
Camden
County
Courthouse,
Kershaw
County,
South
Carolina.
However,
as
grandchildren
of
Angus
MacLeod,
who
appears
to
have
distributed
his
estate
through
sales
of
little
cost
to
his
descendants
in
lieu
of
a
Will,
may
also
have
sold
or
given
Beaverdam
Branch
land
to
the
children
of
Alexander
-
while
we
know
the
children
of
Alexander
owned
land
on
the
branch,
to
date
(January
2009)
we
have
no
deeds
detailing
how
they
obtained
that
land.
NOTE:
A
work
done
in
the
1960's
by
a
professional
genealogist
who
had
access
to
the
writings
of
Nicey
Jane
McLeod
Holland
Hughes
(written
history's
location
is
presently
unknown
but
is
said
to
have
been
in
the
possession
of
one
of
Nicey's
children
by
Rufus
Hughes).
In
this
work,
the
genealogist
mentioned
that
Alexander's
land
"lay
on
the
upper
reaches
of
Swift
Creek".
No
record
has
been
found
that
shows
that
Alexander
owned
land
on
the
upper
reaches
however,
the
estate
of
his
son,
John
N.
McLeod
(Nicey
Jane's
father)
indicates
that
a
portion
of
his
estate
lay
on
the
creek.
I
have
found
that
not
all
deeds
were
recorded,
some
land
purchases
are
referred
to
in
other
deeds
-
i.e.
Angus
purchased
57
acres
at
one
point
with
the
only
proof
of
ownership
being
a
letter
from
seller
and
the
fact
that
he
lived
on
the
land.
This
information
is
buried
in
another
deed
in
which
ownership
of
a
large
portion
of
land
had
changed
hands
many
times
-
less
the
57
acres
Angus
continued
to
hold.
Therefore,
it
is
quite
possible
that
Alexander
and
Sarah
owned
land
not
only
on
Beaverdam
but
also
on
the
upper
reaches
of
Swift
Creek
and
deed
gifted
these
lands
to
their
children
who
are
later
seen
owning
and
selling
lands
on
these
waters.
Further
research
is
ongoing.
Resume
of
McLeods
provided
to
Lori
McLeod
Wilke
by
Donald
Ross
McLeod
Jr.
October
2000
Location
in
the
present
configuration
of
counties
and
townships
of
South
Carolina
The
book,
Lee
County
Past
and
Present
Volume
II
gives
detailed
information
of
the
formation
of
that
county
in
1902.
Although
many
of
the
records
of
our
family
concern
land
that
lies
today
in
Lee
County,
their
records
are
found
in
the
courthouses
of
Kershaw
and
Sumter.
Later
years
found
family
members
in
Buffaloe
and
DeKalb
Townships
of
Kershaw
County
and
in
Spring
Hill
and
Bradford
Springs
of
Sumter
County.
These
four
areas
have
all
been
incorporated
into
what
is
present
day
Lee
County
- Todays
Spring
Hill
Township
of
Lee
County
includes
the
Providence,
Rafting
Creek
,
and
Bradford
Springs
Townships
of
old
Sumter
County
and
lies
West
of
and
South
of
the
Beaver
Dam
Swamp
-
- Description
of
Bradford
Springs/Spring
Hill
area
-
Lies
in
northwestern
Lee
County
in
the
northern
High
Hills
of
Santee.
The
High
Hills
parallel
the
Wateree
River
for
about
40
miles.
The
springs
were
considered
to
be
of
great
health
benefit,
its
waters
being
used
to
treat
such
illnesses
as
"
Inward
Night
Fevers,
Loss
of
Appetite,
or
Debility
of
the
Nerves.....cure
any
scrofulous
Humour,
old
inverterate
Ulcers,
Tetters,
Ringworms
etc"
Todays
communities
include
Egypt
where
Angus
and
Nancy,
Daniel
and
the
Bethune's
resided.
City
Gazzette
1814
article
as
quoted
in
the
book
Lee
County
Past
and
Present
Volume
II
page
116
- Today's
Ionia
Township
of
Lee
County
includes
the
Buffalo
township
of
past
Kershaw
County
which
also
lies
west
of
the
Scape
Or
Swamp
and
Carters
Crossing
of
old
Sumter
County
and
north
of
Beaver
Dam
Swamp
and
west
of
the
Scape
Or
Swamp
-
- Description
of
Ionia
Township
area
- bounded
by
the
Hickory
Hill
Township
area,
in
which
Alexander
II
and
his
owned
some
property,
portions
of
the
Egypt
Community
appear
to
lie
or
bound
this
area
as
Lee
County
Past
and
Present
Vol
II
states
that
New
Hope
Presbyterian
Church
Cemetery
or
McLeod
Cemetery
lies
in
the
Ionia
Community.
- Todays
Turkey
Creek
Township
of
Lee
County
includes
DeKalb
Township
of
Kershaw
County
west
of
the
Scape
Or
and
west
of
Lynches
River
and
the
part
of
old
Bishopville
Township
of
Sumter
County
which
lays
North
of
the
public
road
leading
from
Stokes
Bridge
on
the
Lynches
River
to
the
Harrison
Hall
Mill
-
see
the
1821
Mill
Map
of
Stephen
H.
Boykin
for
more
detailed
info
(improved
in
1825;
this
area
includes
the
Lucknow
Township
{incorporated
1897})
-
Alexander
and
Sarah
McIntosh
McLeods
children
are
enumerated
in
this
area
as
were
Norman
McLeod,
the
husband
of
Alexander's
sister,
Betsy
McLeod.
- Nine
miles
from
present
day
Bishopville
and
eighteen
miles
from
Camden
(Kershaw),
Turkey
Creek
lies
on
the
northern
edge
of
Lee
County.
Lee
County
Past
and
Present
Volume
II
Naturalization
It
has
been
assumed
that
an
1813
Court
of
Common
Pleas
document
listing
an
Alexander
McLeod
who
had
applied
for
Naturalization
was
that
of
our
Alexander
-
the
presence
of
several
other
Alexander
McLeods
in
Kershaw
and
Sumter
during
that
period
cause
me
some
pause.
Searches
of
the
British
Aliens
registered
in
the
United
States
(1812)
have
to
date
revealed
no
Alexander
or
Angus
McLeods
in
North
Carolina.
This
means
either
a)
Angus
and
Alexander
were
naturalized
by
1812
or
b)
they
were
missed
during
migration
from
North
to
South
Carolina
(first
property
purchase
in
SC
by
Alexander
in
November
1812).
Alexander's
father,
Angus
McLeod
voted
in
an
election
in
1799
in
Rockingham,
Richmond
County
however,
a
petition
was
filed
to
invalidate
his
vote
due
to
his
being
an
alien,
not
naturatilized
in
that
year
(see
his
page
for
more
information)
-
so
we
can
be
fairly
certain
that
if
Angus
was
eventually
naturalized,
it
would
have
been
after
1799.
Since
he
was
obviously
one
who
wished
to
vote,
it
seems
very
likely
that
he
in
fact,
did
apply
for
naturalization
after
having
his
vote
dis-counted.
1812
-
1824
1812
On
November
17th
1812,
Alexander
purchased
from
Micajah
Woodward
225
acres
located
"the
same
more
or
less
situate
in
the
district
aforesaid"
(meaning
more
or
less
in
Kershaw
District)
on
Horsepen
Branch
on
the
waters
of
the
Scape
Or
and
Black
River.
The
land
was
part
of
an
December
3
1786/7,
2550
acre
grant
to
Issac
Lenoir
(State
Plats
19:179/plat
099-008
19:279:00).
Lenoir
had
apparently
left
this
portion
of
his
estate
to
his
daughter,
who
had
married
Micajah
Woodward
as
her
second
husband.
The
land
was
bordered
Southeast
by
Spann
Land;
Northeast
by
Arrants;
Northwest
by
Issac
Lenoir's
land
and
Southwest
by
the
Horsepen
Branch.
The
deed
was
witnessed
by
John
McKay,
Alexander's
brother
in
law
by
1828.
Book
G
page
116
Deeds
and
Conveyances,
Kershaw
District,
South
Carolina;
Dated
November
17
1812,
Recorded
May
25
1814
accessed
and
copiedat
the
Camden
County
Courthouse
in
Kershaw
South
Carolina
by
Lori
McLeod
Wilke
and
David
Jay
Wilke
June
2003
Sometime
between
1810
and
1812
-
John
N.
McLeod,
later
the
husband
of
Kitsy
Davis
is
born.
1813
-See
above
-
It
is
possible
that
Alexander
applied
for
citizenship
on
November
17
of
this
year
although
this
has
in
no
way
been
proven.
Research
of
citizenship
application
and
receipt
of
naturalization
is
difficult,
however,
by
1820
Alexander's
Kershaw
District
Census
shows
that
he
was
naturalized
and
not
an
alien.
Therefore,
it
is
likely
that
this
is
his
record.
November
17,
1813
The
Minutes
of
the
Kershaw
District
Court
of
Common
Pleas/Reference
to
Kershaw
Court
Minutes
from
the
McLeod
Family
History
compiled
cr.
1960
provided
by
Donald
Ross
McLeod
Jr.
/Copy
of
the
Kershaw
Court
Minutes
obtained
from
the
Camden
Archives
McLeod
Family
File
on
Monday
June
30
2003
by
Lori
McLeod
Wilke
Alexander
I's
early
death
leaves
us
few
records
to
give
details
of
his
life
in
Kershaw
County.
The
1812
land
deed
proves
where
some
of
the
property
he
owned
was
located
and
his
1824
estate
record
give
evidence
that
he
operated
a
small
farm
or
plantation
of
at
least
225
acres,
owned
three
slaves,
and
had
Coopers
tools.
A
Cooper
was
a
maker
of
Barrels,
and
a
Cooper
was
considered
an
"artisan".
One
could
make
a
modest
income
from
this
trade.
Estate
File
#
1775;
Estate
of
Alexander
McLeod,
deceased,
Executors
Daniel
McLeod
and
Norman(d)
McLeod,
Camden
Courthouse,
Kershaw,
South
Carolina
accessed
and
copied
by
Lori
McLeod
Wilke
June
30
2003
At
the
time
of
his
death,
he
and
Sarah
also
owned
15
head
of
sheep
and
7
lambs
valued
at
$18.00,
16
head
of
hogs
and
pigs
valued
at
$37.00,
18
head
of
cattle
and
calves
valued
at
$125.00,
3
yearlings,
one
British
musket,
farming
utensils,
one
Grindle
horn
and
a
saddle.
It
would
appear
that
he
had
plans
to
raise
horses
as
his
estate
paid
out
to
Thomas
Davis
on
January
14th
1825
$5.00
for
a
season
of
Stud
horse
and
Negro
hire.
(Note:
the
amounts
each
item
is
valued
at
may
appear
small;
however,
Alexander
purchased
the
225
acres
for
$225.00).
Estate
File
#
1775;
Estate
of
Alexander
McLeod,
deceased,
Executors
Daniel
McLeod
and
Norman(d)
McLeod,
Camden
Courthouse,
Kershaw,
South
Carolina
accessed
and
copied
by
Lori
McLeod
Wilke
June
30
2003
In
2000,
Trish
Sanders
Brown,
a
descendant
of
Alexander
and
Sarah's
eldest
son,
John
N.
McLeod,
found
what
she
believes
is
the
original
location
of
Alexander's
property.
Using
the
property
location
found
in
the
1812
Deed,
she
found
a
cornerstone
of
an
old
home,
evidence
of
graves,
and
evidence
of
a
Mill.
Therefore,
a
possibility
exists
that
Alexander
operated
a
Mill.
An
1878
Sumter
County
Map
shows
a
McLeods
Mill
located
on
Horsepen
Branch
on
the
border
of
Old
Kershaw
and
Old
Sumter
Districts/Counties.
It
is
known
that
Alexander
I
purchased
property
in
1812
from
a
Micajah
Woodward
on
Horsepen
Branch.
Alexander's
son,
John
N.,
later
purchased
additional
Horsepen
Branch
property
in
1843,
from
his
brother-in-law,
Darling
Davis.
Although
Alexander
I's
Horsepen
Branch
property
showed
evidence
of
a
Mill
and
the
1878
Map
shows
a
McLeods
Mill
on
that
branch,
further
research
is
necessary
to
prove
that
Alexander
and
Sarah
operated
that
Mill.
It
is
possible
the
mill
was
added
to
the
property
after
Alexander
I's
death
by
his
sons
since
it
is
not
shown
on
the
1821
Mill
Map.
It
is
also
possible
that
it
was
not
shown
on
the
1821
Sumter
Mill
Map
because
the
mill
lay
in
Kershaw
District
in
1821
and
in
Sumter
District
in
1878.
Boundary
changes
were
frequent
in
the
area. 1821/1825
Mill
Atlas
by
Stephen
H.
Boykin
@
SCGenweb
/
1878
Map
of
Sumter
County
provided
to
Lori
McLeod
Wilke
by
Donald
Ross
McLeod
Jr.
in
2000
/
"Von
Hacke
Records,
Sumter
Genealogical
Society,
Sumter
SC,"
Paragraph
on
John
N.
McLeod,
McLeod
Section
of
Files
-
Lending
some
proof
to
the
belief
that
Alexander
or
his
heirs
did
own
and
operate
a
Mill
is
the
paragraph
on
McLeods
Mill
and
Pond
in
the
book
Lee
County
Past
And
Present
Vol
II
page
123;
which
states
that
a
third
McLeod
Mill
was
located
on
the
Beaverdam
Creek
-
one
must
remember
that
Horsepen
Branch
on
which
Alexander's
property
was
bounded,
was
a
tributary
of
Beaverdam
Branch
and
some
of
those
neighbors
who
bounded
that
property
were
on
the
Beaverdam
Branch
(see
paragraph
above
regarding
the
1878
Sumter
Map).
It
is
increasingly
evident
that
operating
a
Mill
was
a
family
trade.
Angus
McLeod
of
1820
Sumter
purchased
land
in
1820
which
contained
a
mill
on
Beaverdam
Branch,
Daniel
received
that
land
from
him
in
1831
.
That
Mill
operated
until
approximately
1930.
In
the
Spring
Hill,
Sumter
County
Census
of
1880,
Daniel's
son,
John
Robert
is
shown
as
a
Miller
then
having
inherited
the
land
and
Mill
purchased
and
operated
by
his
grandfather,
Angus
beginning
in
1820. note:
Spring
Hill
was
the
enumeration
location
of
the
present
day
Egypt
Community
of
Lee
County,
in
1870
residents
were
located
in
the
Bradford
Springs
community Sumter
County
Land
Deed
MM
58
Alexander
II,
(son
of
Alex
and
Sarah)
is
known
to
have
erected
a
Mill
Dam
in
1856,
which
like
Beaverdam
and
Horsepen
Branch,
crossed
the
county
line
(presently
runs
in
Lee
County)
and
his
son,
Jesse
Lazarus
McLeod,
operated
Whites
Mill
(formerly
known
as
DeChamps
Mill
in
present
day
Sumter
County)
from
approximately
1890
till
his
death
in
1922.
And
Alexander's
grandson,
Albert
John
became
a
"pioneer"
in
Mississippi
where
he
also
operated
a
lumber
mill,
general
store
etc.
known
today
as
McLeods
Park
in
Hancock
County
Mississippi.
Deeds
and
Conveyances,
Kershaw
District,
South
Carolina;
Dated
August
28
1856,
Recorded
September
13
1856/OFFICIAL
PROGRAM
PRINTED
FOR
THE
"OFFICIAL
CEREMONY"
"LEGACY
OF
PARKS"
Hancock
County,
Mississippi,
May
9,
1975.
Copy
provided
to
Lori
McLeod
Wilke
by
Donald
Ross
McLeod
Jr.
in
October
of
2000
1815
-
Apr
06
-
Alexander
McLeod
II,
later
the
husband
of
Harriet
Yates
is
born.
Sometime
between
1812
and
1817
-
Catherine
McLeod,
later
the
wife
of
John
C.
Mosely
is
born.
Sometime
around
1817
-
Jane
McLeod,
later
the
wife
of
Alfred
Davis
is
born
1820
-
Alexander
is
found
as
head
of
household
in
Kershaw
District
Alexander
McLeod
2
m
0-10
(John
N
/Alexander
II),
1
male
26-45
Alex
2
females
0-10
(Catherine
/
Jane),
1
f
26-45
(Sarah)
-
farmer,
naturalized,
3
slaves.
The
census
has
been
alphabetized
and
therefore
neighbors
are
not
listed
with
any
certainty.
Sometime
between
now
and
January
1824,
a
fifth
child
is
born,
Angus
who
is
named
in
his
father's
January
15th
Will.
Census;
Kershaw
District,
South
Carolina,
United
States
of
America
Census
Year
1820,
page
151
From
all
indications,
it
appears
that
Alexander
was
well
on
his
way
to
establishing
himself
as
a
successful
citizen
of
the
United
States.
The
1820
Kershaw
District
Census
states
that
he
was
"naturalized,
not
an
alien".
This
appears
to
have
taken
place
around
1813/14
as
an
1813
Application
for
Citizenship
has
been
found
in
the
Kershaw
Court
of
Common
Pleas.
His
estate
record
gives
evidence
of
a
marginally
profitable
farming
operation,
possibly
a
cooperage,
and
may
also
have
operated
a
Mill.
It
would
appear
that
his
life
was
then
cut
short
by
accident
or
illness.
Sometime
between
1820
and
January
of
1824,
Angus
McLeod
II
was
born
-
he
would
marry
Eliza
Ann
Arrants
cr.
1841.
1824
-
On
January
15th,
Alexander
makes
his
will,
stating
that
he
was
"very
sick
and
weak
in
body".
He
leaves
all
of
his
plantation
or
tract
of
land
to
his
wife
Sarah
for
the
use
of
her
until
either
her
death
or
remarriage.
Although
he
states
that
at
her
death
or
remarriage
the
same
is
to
go
to
his
youngest
son
Angus,
the
will
makes
it
clear
that
he
had
also
given
land
to
his
elder
children.
It
had
been
hoped
that
the
estate
file
would
give
a
better
understanding
of
the
extent
of
his
lands
and
the
distribution
of
his
estate,
but
it
did
not.
He
names
his
two
brothers,
Daniel
and
Normand
as
his
co-executors.
The
spelling
of
our
surname
varies
between
MacLeod
and
McLeod
throughout
the
will.
The
will
was
witnessed
by
Malcolm
Fraser
and
Jacob
Nichols.
Alexander
died
sometime
between
the
writing
of
the
will
and
its
probate
on
March
8
1824.
Kershaw
County
Genealogical
Archives/Camden
Recorded
3/8/1824
in
WILL
BOOK
K
page
147
Vol.
2,
E-
D
Will
of
1/15/1824
/Copy
of
Will
provided
to
Lori
McLeod
Wilke
by
Donald
Ross
McLeod
in
October
of
2000/
Estate
File
accessed
and
copied
by
Lori
McLeod
Wilke
June
of
2003
at
the
Camden
Court
House,
Kershaw
County,
South
Carolina.
I
have
often
wondered
why
the
will
was
not
witnessed
by
family
members
or
others
whose
names
appear
frequently
in
our
family's
records;
we
do
not
see
Malcolm
Fraser
and
Jacob
Nichols
again
on
records
after
the
probation
of
the
estate.
Perhaps
Alexander
was
injured
in
an
accident
on
his
farm
and
it
was
thought
he
might
not
survive
long
enough
for
family
to
arrive
and
these
men
were
working
with
him
there.
It
appears
that
he
did
survive
for
a
time
after
writing
his
will
as
it
was
nearly
three
months
later
that
his
estate
entered
probate.
On
March
8
1824,
Alexander's
brothers,
Daniel
and
Norman
appear
in
the
probate
court
and
swear
the
oath
of
executorship/administration;
both
sign
the
document,
Norman
with
quite
an
elegant
hand.
Although
these
documents
were
of
course
transcribed
from
the
originals
in
the
1930's
during
the
Great
Experiment
-
a
great
effort
was
made
by
the
transcriber
to
differentiate
Norman's
signature
from
Daniel's
and
others
-
it
is
obvious
then
that
the
signature
was
in
fact
such
that
it
stood
out
on
the
page
for
the
transcriber
-
this
fact
is
interesting
in
light
of
a
lawsuit
brought
by
Francis
Boykin
against
Norman
McLeod
in
which
the
elegance
of
Norman
McLeod's
handwriting
is
brought
as
evidence
in
the
case
-
for
more
information
on
the
possibilities
this
brings
see
Norman
McLeod.)
From
that
date
until
a
final
accounting
of
the
estate's
management
was
given
on
February
20
1835,
Daniel
executed
the
estate
of
Alexander.
By
1835,
all
the
children
of
Alexander
and
Sarah
except
Angus
had
reached
their
majority.
Estate
File
1775;
copied
June
30
2003,
Camden
Courthouse,
Camden,
Kershaw
County
South
Carolina
by
David
and
Lori
McLeod
Wilke
The
appraisers
of
the
estate
were
Malcom
Frazer (Witness
to
Will
of
Alexander),
Archibald
Frazer (Witness
to
Deed
of
Alex's
father,
Angus
dated
September
8th,
1827
(GG
255
and
256),
Joseph
Lockart,
James
Brown,
George
Turner,
and
Richard
Brown Estate
File
1775;
copied
June
30
2003,
Camden
Courthouse,
Camden,
Kershaw
County
South
Carolina
by
David
and
Lori
McLeod
Wilke
On
April
17th
Daniel
McLeod
appeared
before
the
court
showing
that
"neccessary
for
the
payment
of
debts
that
part
of
the
personal
estate"
of
Alexander
McLeod
be
sold.
He
requested
that
the
following
be
sold:
a
sorrel
mare
six
head
of
sheep
two
head
of
cows
and
calves
The
petition
for
sale
was
granted
and
was
to
be
sold
"at
the
late
residence
of
the
said
deceased"
on
the
"Sixth
day
of
May
next".
All
sales
under
$4.00
were
to
be
made
in
cash,
all
sums
above
$4.00
a
credit
was
to
be
allowed
unto
the
"first
day
of
January
next,
purchaser
giving
notes
with
appropriate
security
"Estate
File
1775;
copied
June
30
2003,
Camden
Courthouse,
Camden,
Kershaw
County
South
Carolina
by
David
and
Lori
McLeod
Wilke
On
Sept
3
1824,
Daniel
McLeod
appeared
again
and
presented
a
record
of
the
sales
made
on
the
6th
of
May
1824.
Alexander's
brother
in
law,
John
McKay
was
one
of
those
who
made
a
purchase
during
the
sale. Estate
File
1775;
copied
June
30
2003,
Camden
Courthouse,
Camden,
Kershaw
County
South
Carolina
by
David
and
Lori
McLeod
Wilke
1824
-
1840
Alexander's
brother
Daniel
continued
to
execute
the
estate;
the
estate
file
shows
that
crops
continued
to
be
grown
as
monies
were
paid
to
a
Joseph
(whose
last
name
as
written
in
the
Record
of
Expenditure's
is
illegible
but
begins
with
a
C)
and
to
Stephen
Lee
as
"hirelings,
to
work
in
the
crops".
Blacksmithing
by
William
Arrants
and/or
J.
Shriver
and
metal
forging
by
(what
looks
to
be)
J.
Barnes
of
plantation
tools
continued
as
did
the
breeding
of
mares
to
Thomas
Davis's
"stud"
and
sale
and
purchase
of
horses
from
and
to
various
residents
of
the
area
until
1835.
Estate
File
1775;
copied
June
30
2003,
Camden
Courthouse,
Camden,
Kershaw
County
South
Carolina
by
David
and
Lori
McLeod
Wilke
It
would
appear
that
their
crop
was
potatos
and
that
they
purchased
their
corn
as
on
July
22
1825
the
estate
paid
Wm.
B.
Larkin
for
five
Bushels
of
Corn
at
$4.00
and
paid
a
Mr.
Swinn
(Spann?)
for
another
nine
bushels
on
the
same
date
of
the
next
year.
In
1827,
it
woud
appear
they
purchased
potatoe
plantings
from
Gates
Goff,
indicating
their
own
harvest
was
lost
the
year
before.
Estate
File
1775;
copied
June
30
2003,
Camden
Courthouse,
Camden,
Kershaw
County
South
Carolina
by
David
and
Lori
McLeod
Wilke
1830
-
Alexander's
widow,
Sarah
McIntosh
McLeod
is
found
as
head
of
household
in
Kershaw
District
aged
30-40.
Living
with
her
are
Angus
aged
0-10,
Alexander
II
aged
15-20,
1
female
aged
15-20
likely
to
be
Jane
who
did
not
marry
until
just
before
1840.
Their
son,
John
N.
McLeod
is
not
found
as
a
head
of
household
in
this
census;
his
whereabouts
are
unknown;
their
daughter
Catherine
was
likely
married
to
John
C.
Mosely
by
this
year. Census
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at
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On
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by
Lori
McLeod
Wilke
2003
-
2006
1835
-
On
February
20th,
the
final
accounting
was
given
to
the
Court
for
the
Estate
of
Alexander
McLeod.
The
estate
had
been
administered
by
Alexander's
brother,
Daniel,
for
almost
eleven
years.
All
but
the
youngest
of
Alexander's
children
had
now
reached
their
majority
and
it
can
be
assumed
that
the
estate
management
was
now
taken
over
by
them.
Later
records
of
the
children
of
Alexander
and
Daniel
indicate
that
the
cousins
maintained
a
very
close
relationship
throughout
their
adult
lives
which
is
evidence
that
the
estate
had
been
managed
in
such
a
way
as
to
not
cause
feelings
of
hardship
or
misuse.
Later
records
also
indicate
that
the
land
was
divided
amongst
the
children.
After
the
1830
census
no
record
has
been
found
of
Sarah
McIntosh
McLeod
-
it
is
assumed
that
she
died
about
the
time
of
the
final
accounting
of
the
estate
but
further
research
is
needed.
1838/9
-
Two
of
Alexander's
brother
in
laws
begin
to
sell
their
property
in
preparation
for
migration
into
Alabama;
John
McKay,
the
husband
of
his
sister
Polly;
Norman
McLeod,
the
husband
of
his
sister
Betsy;
and,
Roderick
Bethune,
the
husband
of
his
sister,
Nancy.
His
parents,
Angus
and
Nancy
McCutchen
McLeod,
had
been
found
in
the
home
of
Roderick
and
Nancy
in
the
1830
Sumter
Census;
it
is
believed
that
Angus
died
sometime
after
April
7
1831
on
which
date
he
sold
the
McLeod
Mill
Pond
property
to
his
son
Daniel.
The
selling
of
property
by
three
of
Angus'
sons
in
law
indicates
that
he
was
deceased
by
1838.
By
the
1840
census,
the
McKay's,
the
McLeod's
and
the
Bethune's
are
found
in
Macon
County
Alabama. Census
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at
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On
Line
by
Lori
McLeod
Wilke
2003
-
2006
1840
-
Alexander's
widow,
Sarah,
is
not
found
as
head
of
household
in
either
Sumter
or
Kershaw
County.
It
is
assumed
that
she
was
deceased
by
this
year
as
no
evidence
of
her
remarriage
has
been
found.
Four
of
their
five
children
are
found
in
the
Sumter
District
census
all
living
near
the
Beaverdam
Branch
of
the
Scape
Or
River,
apparently
the
two
counties
were
combined
at
some
point
for
that
years
census.
Census
Research
at
Ancestry.com
Census
On
Line
by
Lori
McLeod
Wilke
2003
-
2006